(Here are a few examples of Jon’s poetry which were recently sent to me and JCC – Pastor Tim)
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It isn’t that odd, since it cometh from God
That the blossom gives fragrance to all
Knowing not what it does, it is only because
It’s obeying its clarion call
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Let not the question make you stumble
For we were made to understand
Accept the promise and be humble
For the answer is in God’s command –
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A warrior-poet must live in me
To pen such livid poetry
And fan creative urge to flame
To let it out means more of the same
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Thanking God we are not in His passions alone
But alive in the doing, the truth becomes known
And may He, in His wisdom grow seeds we have sown
May our highest intentions ally with His own
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Shall I listen, and it, understand
Or shall I speak and be confused
If I reject my Lord’s command
I’ll be unflatteringly used
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You can read it in the Bible
E’en though you didn’t hear it here
And if it’s true, then we are liable
To face the former foe we fear
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Sometimes I can feel God smiling on me
Awash in a wave from within to without
I feel it now as I sit by the sea
And I gaze in amazement about
It’s a tangible tamer of troubles and times
That I hold in my heart as I survey the shore
A moment of grace giving rise to the rhymes
And I know in my soul what I wandered here for
In this vision of calm, like a hand in my hand
As alone, yet not lonely, this splendor appears
And of how many others have sat on this sand
Where one’s thinking and actions and vision clears
It would be nice to share such a treasure as this
But with no one around to distract from the still
Like an opening flower or a lingering kiss
That awaken the memories wrapped in my will
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God bless you all and JCC
Your friend and fellow servant of our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus
Jon Honeycutt
Japanese Congregational Church 