An Advent Poem

The season is upon us Advent is here

I hope for the day that You will appear

You came to earth to dwell among

Immanuel, God with us, Heaven’s Song

Lord we prepare our hearts to receive You

You are the hope of Israel, and our hope too

God our Savior, the promised One from old

The Word from the beginning, arrival foretold

We will go out with joy, and be led forth with peace 

The angels deliver the message, our joy will never cease

The Christ Child has arrived goodwill toward all men

Shout for joy to God, all the earth! Our joy is full amen!

For God so loved the world, He gave His only Son

We were all sinners, lost, gone astray, undone

A stable in Bethlehem received the Holy Child

Not in pomp and circumstance, but meek and mild

Behold the Lamb of God who takes away our sin

The radiance of God's glory and the image of His being, 

The sinless Servant and redeemer wrapped as a baby boy

Glory to God in the highest, it is good news of great joy

in the city of David, born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 

Piper Green © 2016

Michal: Lessons is Bitterness

Michal’s Lament

I am the luckiest woman in the land,

For this young man David has won my hand.

He is indeed the apple of every ladies’ eye,

He caused the Philistines to flee, and Goliath to die.

I dream of living in the palace and my husband being king,

But my father is full of hatred and I don’t know what tomorrow brings.

My husband may be home tonight or I will be mourning by daybreak,

This fighting between them—I don’t know how much I can take.

I dream that David will rescue me after all,

My dreams are dead, my head is hung low, as I am sure to fall.

I have been abandoned by those that I love, believing they felt the same;

I see now I am worth nothing to them, but a pawn in their game.

Look at him dancing before everyone; a fool for all to see.

His faith in the God of Israel; the ark of gold, is this how to be?

My heart is cold toward them; everything I had is long gone,

I resolve to make them pay; life’s pain has robbed me of my song.

© 2012 Piper Green

Revised 2014

Hannah: Restoring the Priesthood

From Sorrow to Joy

I witness today the birth of another child,

My rival’s scorn is nothing mild.

Relentless she mocks me for my barrenness,

My heart it aches to give a child love and tenderness.

My husband loves me this I know for sure;

His love and care he showers on me is so very pure.

He’d love me in my barrenness for all of his days,

I can’t help this emptiness to the Lord I pray.

God smiled on me, for now I have a son.

My heart is full of so much joy I am undone.

I asked God for him and He gave me joy;

I now have my first born son a baby boy.

I came to the Lord in desperate need, I was in distress.

I called upon His Name so mighty, to Him I will address,

My need to change my fate for I want to bring,

My life before Him to His throne, and a new life that sings.

©2012 Piper Green
Revised 2014

Rahab: A Life Held By A String

We hear about the Israelites and the God in which they serve;

The men of Jericho have been preparing every weapon and man preserved.

We know the Israelite’s travels will bring them to our wall;

It is only a matter of time I know before our inevitable fall.

We have heard terrible things about this God and we all melt with fear;

The lands their God has conquered—to our eyes it brings tears.

The Lord dried the Red Sea before them to walk on dry land,

Burying the Egyptian’s horses, and chariots, deep in the sand.

Their terror has fallen on us, we have melted away before them,

The king of the Amorites destroyed, no courage remained in any men.

The Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and earth beneath;

I must know this God of Israel so to me He may bequeath,

Such favor, grace, and mercy, though I can but only hope,

My life now hangs in the balance of these men and a scarlet rope.

I long for a new life, very different from the one I lead here,

I pray that helping these spies will bring God’s favor and rid me of fear.

I long to be different to change my life into a story that sings;

I know not what the future will bring, it rests in this lone scarlet string.

©2012 Piper Green

Revised 2014

Published in A Life That Sings 2014

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Hagar: A Slave-girl Births A Nation

I leave Egypt to serve this woman and man;

Torn from my home to wander in the wilderness sand.

I have lived most of my life in this Egyptian palace,

Now I know not where I go or how I will find solace.

I know not what this brand new journey will bring,

I now wear the mark of this master’s bracelet and ring.

I feel something different in this man and his wife,

They will give me a fresh start, a new lease on life.

I have been happy serving my master’s household,

But now I have been asked to do…it must go untold.

How I am in distress—to lay with a man, to bear him a child;

How my mistress longs for a baby—her thoughts have run wild.

I wake today with this baby growing inside of me.

I cannot wait to see how he will look or who he will be.

I feel him growing and moving, I am soon to bring him forth,

I will shout for joy from the hills; the east, west, south, and north.

The pain is too much; I will pack and leave.

Who is this I see before my eyes? I cannot believe,

That the God of Israel would care to show Himself to me.

He promised me my son would live to be a prince of nations.

The God of Abram has come it was not an aberration.

He led me to a well I named for Him—the One that truly sees.

I will never forget my encounter, for His love runs so very deep,

I will remember year after year and in my heart I will keep.

I run to the desert for my mistress seeks my life.

All that is between us now is hate, turmoil, and strife.

He agreed to her plea to send us away; I am filled with grief.

I am lost; my son and I hunger and thirst—there is no relief.

I left my son under the tree; I can’t bear to watch him die.

I don’t know what to do—we both can only cry.

The Lord came to me in the hour of my need,

To bless my son and all who will be his seed.

I give thanks to the God who sees forever,

He will be with me through all that I endeavor.

I didn’t know when I left Egypt what my life would bring;

I met the God who sees me and now I have a life that sings…

©2011 Piper Green

Find this and other poems in my book, A Life That Sings: Finding Your Song In The Midst of Brokenness