All of the beings on the earth are shaken
by moving wind, quaking ground and flowing time.
All of the human beings on the earth are shaken every day
by wavering feelings, confused minds and ambiguous ideas.
Human beings, among all shaken beings, are anxious.
Anxiety appears from the beginning of time to today’s existence,
from the desire to occupy the place of the Creator God
to creations who desire to live like the Creator. (1)
Anxiety becomes afraid in the guilty conscience.
Afraid becomes fear of punishment
with the trauma of the first human pair, Adam and Eve,
with a human destiny which must live between good and evil.
From Eden to the wilderness, though human destiny is fallen,
the Creator does not give up His creations.
The God who called in Eden, “Adam(2), where are you?” (3)
calls again: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest,” (4) through Jesus in Galilee.
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give it to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.” (5)
Rev. Yong Sub Sim
Poem based on John 14:27.
(1) Genesis 3:1-10
(2) The name means ‘human being” in the Hebrew language.
(3) Genesis 3:9
(4) Matthew 11:28
(5) John 14:27
