The Beloved of God – Poem by Susanne Schuberth
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There is a church that is unseen
It has no building, pew or screen
To display things of churchly life
Instead, this church is called His wife
You join that church by entering
Into Christ through surrendering
All that you have and what you are
To Jesus who’s the Morning Star
He’ll strip your self off from the heart
And nakedness will be the start
Of fellowship you didn’t know
As long as you sat in a row
With other human bodies there
In buildings where the preachers care
About the sermon for the crowd
Which beefs up faith and leaves no doubt
This new Church, she has come to us
In secret, without a big fuss
On Pentecost, that long ago
Now she is here, at hand, aglow
With Spirit’s fire, love, and more
For everyone who to the core
Was pierced with arrows of His love
Sent by His angels from above
Assembling there is different – yes
And fellowship so special – guess
You meet there those beloved ones
Who live elsewhere on earth, His sons
His daughters, all His children come
Together by His Spirit’s drum
Which calls them every day and night
To fellowship sheer out of sight
They worship God with thankfulness
In heart and mind and pray He’ll bless
All those who do not join them yet
With life eternal where regret
Is over as is doubt and fear
When you see God and Jesus near
With all your brothers, sisters there
Who His love in God’s Kingdom share
It has no building, pew or screen
To display things of churchly life
Instead, this church is called His wife
You join that church by entering
Into Christ through surrendering
All that you have and what you are
To Jesus who’s the Morning Star
He’ll strip your self off from the heart
And nakedness will be the start
Of fellowship you didn’t know
As long as you sat in a row
With other human bodies there
In buildings where the preachers care
About the sermon for the crowd
Which beefs up faith and leaves no doubt
This new Church, she has come to us
In secret, without a big fuss
On Pentecost, that long ago
Now she is here, at hand, aglow
With Spirit’s fire, love, and more
For everyone who to the core
Was pierced with arrows of His love
Sent by His angels from above
Assembling there is different – yes
And fellowship so special – guess
You meet there those beloved ones
Who live elsewhere on earth, His sons
His daughters, all His children come
Together by His Spirit’s drum
Which calls them every day and night
To fellowship sheer out of sight
They worship God with thankfulness
In heart and mind and pray He’ll bless
All those who do not join them yet
With life eternal where regret
Is over as is doubt and fear
When you see God and Jesus near
With all your brothers, sisters there
Who His love in God’s Kingdom share
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“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”(John 4:24 ESV)
“And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” (John 17:3 ESV)
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Poem taken from “Susanne Schuberth’s Poetry”
susanneschuberth.wordpress.com
Entering the Promised Land 
This is really a great and meaningful poem, dear Susanne. I am praying that He inspires you to write more like this one! Bless you always and forever! 🐻
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Thank you, Michael, both for compliments and prayers. Much appreciated by the blog author(ess) and currently inspirationless poet(ess). 😉
Every divine blessing to you! 🐱
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