Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and best-selling author Dr. Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

In this episode, you'll get to listen to Paul read 10 selected poems from his new devotional,

My Heart Cries Out.

The full volume contains 121 poetic meditations, each paired with scripture verses and

reflection questions, which we pray will inspire and encourage you.

To preview and order Paul's latest book, visit my heartcries out.com.

Here's Paul with his first poem titled,

Rest. Rest, a faint dream for many, a treasured commodity. In a fallen world, a thing so needed, yet so easily interrupted, the garden was a place of rest. No violence in creation,

no wheat or thorn, no cleft between God and man, no reason to hide, no cause for fear,

no need unmet, no grief to face, bright sun, pure love, unfettered peace,

unstained beauty, man and God, worship and love. But a voice interrupted the rest,

strategies of death, words of deceit, actions of rebellion, fingers of blame, expulsion from the garden,

judgment and death, rests interrupted, rest shattered. So we wait for the Lord. His grace strengthens,

his presence comforts, his promises assure, his power activates,

and his rule guarantees that someday rest, real rest, pure rest, eternal rest, will reign

once more. No violence in creation, no weed or thorn, no clef between God and man.

No reason to hide. No cause for fear. No need unmet. No grief to face between God and man.

Yes, rest, true rest will live again and last forever. So we wait for the Lord,

to restore us to that place, bright sun, pure love, unfettered peace, unstained beauty,

God and man, together forever, until that day with hearts that are strong and hope that is undimmed

and joy that embraces the future, we wait for the Lord.

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