What Lies Beyond the Door - A Light Poem to Counter Dark Times

Composed, Revised and Published by Jean-Louis Mondon Amplified and edited May 22, 2023

While I was still dreaming
Contemplating the blushing dawn,
My Father, the Master Gardener
Drawing me from my sleep
Invited me to step beyond
The threshold into the deep.
With a Word of His mouth
and a twinkle in His eye

Come with me to my garden.
We will stroll down the path 
Where the cool, soft breeze,
Exhales its subtle, calming fragrance
Splashing the resplendent light
Dispersed in diaphanous tones.

Together in sweet communion
we will rejoice walking
On this earth, your temporary home
My good and beautiful creation.

Behold, the most exquisite flower
One that grows and blooms toward the sun
Of a matchless love
In Jesus Christ my beloved Son.

The soft soothing warmth of the rays
Emanating from his eyes,
Filled with mercy and compassion 
Beckons the humble and contrite at heart,
Even the most broken: “Come and rest in me”
 
The fragile beauty of its essence
Never fades into forgetfulness
But dying to self will be transformed
Into good and lasting fruit,
For the flowing spring of the water of life
That feeds her never, ever runs dry.

 

Note from the author:

A lot of the biblical writing style is symbolic, allegorical and is one of the blessings from God in my life.

 

I have a tendency ot being verbose and my best friends who love me have told me that it is of the reasons why they don´t read a lot of my writings.

So trying all my life to overcome  this weakness, I have prayed many times for the Lord to help me make long stories short. 

 

God's Works Remain Forever
…10 "I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end. 12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,… " Ecclesiastes 3:10-12.

 

What does Poiema mean in Greek?

The Greek word for “WORKMANSHIP” is POIEMA which gives us our English words POEM and POETRY. Poiema means “something made” and in context is something made by God Himself. As a new creation skillfully and artfully created IN CHRIST JESUS (2 Cor 5:17), have you ever thought of your new (supernatural) life as a work of “divine poetry?”

And guess what? He did.

Starting a few years ago, words started flowing out my heart and soul and it was as if a door opened up to this new way of expressing all that was bottled up inside that needed to come out. 

 

Most of what I write is the result of a life long experience and the Lord added one more tool in the panoply of a writer that feels more natural and goes deeper than prose in opening doors for the heart to release the flow of sentiments hard to share with others. 

 

There is always a real story behind and beyond the written word.

 

The Lord Jesus is the Word of God and it is a privilege and a blessing to me that being the great healer of hearts and souls of manking, through the Holy Spirit in answer to prayer, gave me this therapeutic means to apply this balm of Gilead for healing that happens when we go through the door that has been opened by the Master of Wordsmiths himself.

 

The Lord Jesus to the apostle John: To the Church in Philadelphia

 
6He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 7 To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open. 8I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. For you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name.… Revelation 3:6-8

 

Added research on the symbolism of flowers in the Bible:

 

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

2 "As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills."

 

Where did the idea that Jesus is the Rose of Sharon come from?

This may have developed from those who see the Song of Solomon as a picture of Christ and the church, though this is certainly not the primary purpose of this book and is really a strong typological use the book. 

 

Below are comments from a couple of commentaries that might help, though they approach this differently.

 

1. I am the rose of Sharon. The bride is still speaking. It is difficult to determine which flower the bride refers to. The only other occurrence of the word in the OT is in Isa 35:1. Crocus appears to be the best translation. Sharon is the Mediterranean coastal plain between Joppa and Caesarea. In the time of Solomon it was a place of great fertility. 

 

2. As the lily among thistles. The bridegroom speaks. In her humility the bride may think of herself only as a beautiful but humble crocus; he regards her as a lily among thistles. So far as lilies surpass thistles, so far does she surpass other maidens. 

 

3. As the apple tree. The bride responds in the same vein. As an apple tree which produces delicious fruit surpasses the other trees of the forest, so does her bridegroom surpass other young men. 

 

4. The king has brought her, a humble country girl, to a banqueting hall. But she need not fear and be bashful in the presence of the young ladies of Jerusalem, for with his love he is protecting her and putting her at ease. (For the thought of protection, see EX 17:15.) 5. Overcome with love and admiration for her lover, the bride asks for raisin cakes (flagons) and apples to strengthen her physically. (Charles F. Pfeiffer, The Wycliffe Bible Commentary, Old Testament, (Chicago: Moody Press) 1962.)