Poems:Gift from Jesus
by Hiro Kota
1. [Don’t you think passion is a gift from the God?]
2.[Why suffering ?]
3.[One can’t see can see
4.[Don’t you get tired by running so fast ? ]
5.[We cannot bring anything to the heaven]
6. [What do you need more?]
1. [Don’t you think passion is a gift from the God?]
Why I got a sick?
-because your body is so weak.
Why my heart is so painful?
-because you have a fragile sole
Why I cannot follow the study in a school?
-because you skipped the homework
Why my business is not running well?
-because you thought only profits
If you have similar confessions like these
A proof is that you are an ordinary person
Anyone can be suffering
Anyone can get a sick
Anyone can be constrained by stressfulness
--and now you can see Jesus
Hungriness
Empty heart
All are brought by Jesus
Things would be filled with spring water
which never be get dried
Because of such suffering and painfulness
A gift will be given to anyone
who seeks God
2.[Why suffering ?]
Why depressed by others
We were taught
"Love each other"
A person I took care
often fights back to me
A person I served so many years
ignores me
Why people hate each other
Everyone knows
“Money can’t buy happiness”
When someone appreciate me
My heart would be filled with a joy
Suffering is a work by the God
when we lost him
Our efforts are less imperative
than God’s will
A man who can’t see
is crossing the road
when the traffic light is red
The person waiting for green light
asked him ''How do you know
the signal is red '' ?
The man said “from sounds”
When light turned to green
he crossed the road with help of his stick
Like this
God is near us
but we do not realize
He is always guiding us
from traffic jam
In throughout the life
God guides us for safe
as long as we follow his instruction
4. [Don’t you get tired by running so fast ]
Let's take a rest
You would be tired by running all year around
Take a rest on the way of your life
You never know where you are now
Worry only today, but not for tomorrow
as Jesus said
Difficult to sleep when I think about tomorrow
It’s enough to worry only today
Thus burden to be taken by the God
will be rendered to him
One morning when wake up
You will find yourself
much better than yesterday
5. [We cannot bring anything to the heaven]
Can’t we bring anything to heaven?
No, you can not
no money, beautiful house,
beloved family and pets
You ought to say Good bye to them
Oh, such flowers
that I took care every day in my garden?
No, the Bonsai you loved so much
could be left here as your memory
How about my lovely children?
They live as if they forget you
Remember your past
You forgot to pray to the God
You appreciated may people but not Jesus
You did not ask his help
When you deeply needed him
When frightened, suffered, painful, miserable
Jesus sat near you
but you were too active to ignore him
Everyone dares your Life
Jesus knew why you were not satisfied
even you are successful
When your heart is no longer beaten
He comes next to you
Now you can see him
You are no longer alone
6. [What do you need more?]
Recently I cannot see things near me
My back is sore
When I walk the stairs of subway
On the bike ride
my heart is so beaten by uphill
More and more gray hairs where
once black hair covered
Jesus gives us something
we really need
So any signal we receive
is a gift from the God