Kenneth R. Thompson

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

A former pastor of twenty years, Ken Thompson has served tha past eight years as an itenerant evangelist affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. Ken writes poetry to encourace people and to honor God as the source of life and giver of hope.Ken's poems have been published in church periodicals and by the National Library of Poetry. He is also published in Lana Bateman's Poems For The Healing Journey. Ken reads his poetry at church meetings and shares them with the homeless at his church's Noon Day Ministry services.

Compassion's Heart

Compassion's ear is not too far
From us in darkest night;
It closely listens to the beat
Of hearts afraid with fright.
Compassion's mouth is not shut tight
When trouble hurts the soul;
Compassion speaks to souls that groan
Its purpose to console.
Compassion's head is never slow
To turn to meet our need;
It meets the foe that hurts us so
With urgency and speed.
Compassion's eye is never closed
To tears that stain the cheek;
Compassion sees the cause of tears
And gives the help we seek.
Compassion's heart is never cold
Or distant in our strife;
It beats from God's own pulse with might
To lift from death to life!

His Love's Control

Tears that fall upon the face
From eyes with sorrow's creed,
Jesus sees and gives us grace
To help with healing speed.
Tears reflect the pain inside,
But Jesus understands,
And His love flows as a tide
To us from His own hands.
Jesus will the stains remove
Of tears upon the soul
By His mercy sent to prove
In hearts His love's control!

Adversity does show itself

To everyone in life;
Be it kings or princesses fair,
Adversity does strike.
When adversity does come,
Its worth to every heart
Is to purge out sin and dross
To offer life's new start.
With adversity the truth
About a man is known
As it shows him immature,
or, in God's way, full-grown.
Never should we simplify
Adversity's affect,
But it does bring out the worst,
Or shows we've passed its test!