George Herbert
PRAYER. (I)PRAYER the Churches banquet, Angels age,
Gods breath in man returning to his birth,
The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage,
The Christian plummet sounding heav’n and earth ;Engine against th’ Almightie, sinner’s towre,
Reversed thunder, Christ-side-piercing spear,
The six daies world-transposing in an houre,
A kinde of tune, which all things heare and fear ;Softnesse, and peace, and joy, and love, and blisse,
Exalted Manna, gladnesse of the best,
Heaven in ordinarie, man well drest,
The milkie way, the bird of Paradise,Church-bels beyond the stars heard, the souls bloud,
The land of spices, something understood.
Here is a short discourse by John Piper to encourage pastors to be more poetically creative in their preaching. Especially I liked ‘Reversed thunder’ metaphor. Isn’t that is breathtaking? We can talk to God.