Corporate Worship in Poem

Here is a poem about corporate worship, celebrating the unity, diversity, and power of God's people gathering together.

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Corporate Worship

It is not in the silence of a solitary place,

Though sweet the mercy found in secret grace.

It is the sound of many footsteps,drawing near,

The rich,the poor, the broken, and the dear.

It is the imperfect harmony of voices raised,

In a thousand different tones,our God is praised.

The tremor of the aged,thin and weak,

The powerful promise from the young and meek.

"How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity!"(Psalm 133:1)

We bring the week's old sorrows and new fears,

And see them mirrored in our neighbor's tears.

We bring the fragile joy,the whispered doubt,

And find we cannot worship without.

"Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ."(Galatians 6:2)

This is not my faith, and yours, alone,

But a holy temple built from living stone.

Each life a story,each heart a different part,

"We, though many, form one body,"one single heart. (Romans 12:5)

The bread is broken, one loaf for us all,

We hear the Savior's loving,urgent call.

We drink the cup,a single crimson stream,

A shared redemption,a communal dream.

"Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf."(1 Corinthians 10:17)

So let the song swell, a collective breath,

A living triumph over sin and death.

For when two or three gather in His name to pray,

"There am I with them,"the Lord will say. (Matthew 18:20)

This is the worship that the heavens know,

A river of life,together we flow.

Not one,but many; not for me, but we,

A glimpse of all that yet shall be.