Deep Calling Deep

By Sherri Stevens

Deep Calling Deep is a poetry book about the inconsolable deep longing we have in our hearts to connect with and relate to the deepest part of God's heart in a raw and honest way.

• Language: English
• Publisher: GoldTouch Press, LLC
• Release date: May 3, 2021
• ISBN: 9781955347372

Sherri Stevens

Moxie. Merriam-Webster uses synonyms like courageous, guts, and prowess to describe moxie. This single word personifies the spirit of the author. She is a fighter for the weak and disadvantaged. She is a passionate believer in her faith. Her friends and fellow observers have responded affectionately to her fearless and spunky nature with such nicknames as Sheriff Sherri and Baby Pit Bull. So how does Sherri enjoy putting her moxie into motion? She is an adventurous world traveler, a strategic entrepreneur, a fierce fitness enthusiast, and a passionate poet. She has also authored Deep Calling Deep and Where Is God on My Bad Days? But don’t be fooled—Ms. Moxie balances her apparent bravado with a very playful and gentle soft side. She has no problem breaking into spontaneous dance upon hearing one of her favorite tunes or compassionately embracing the tender hearts of those she loves.

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Deep Calling Deep

Poetry collection

Sherri Stevens

Copyright © 2021 by Sherri Stevens.

Library of Congress Control Number:      2021908813

HARDBACK:    978-1-955347-36-5

Paperback:   978-1-955347-35-8

eBook:          978-1-955347-37-2

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To all those who have ever felt like they were

drowning in a deep sea of pain and loss.

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"Surely the hand of The Lord is not too short to save,

nor His ear too dull to hear." - Isaiah 59:1

Contents

Introduction

Preface

Thoughtful Theology

Christmas Key

Do And Do

Same Grace

No Fear In Love

Drink Of Life

Game Changer

You Are My Body

Handcrafted Heart

Passion’s Favorite Prisoner

Think About Your Thinking

Shulamite’s Swan Song

Ways Of The Wind

Loneliness

D.O.A

Relational Rhythms

A Mute Heart’s Scream

T’was Once My Rose

Your Judas Kiss

Bless Not Curse

Forbidden Love

Cross’ Kiss

Withdraw

Agony’s Archive

Frozen Nightmare

Gift Of Good-Byes

Lose And Choose

You Called Me Beloved

Comfort Me My Christian Friend

My Case Against Your Goodness

How I Wonder Where You Are

Have Mercy On Me Jesus

Caretaker Of Job

Eyes Of Dying

Prophetic Parables

I Am, I Am

Maiden Mission

Sandcastle Queen

White Dove’s Liberty

Scary To Be A Canary

Captain Of My Soul

New Moonflower

Sea Seductress

Crusader

Dizzy

Singleness Sings

Formula One

Tandem Bike

Widow’s Wings

Not A Hornblower

The Jerry Mcguire Gospel

Introduction

Within all of our hearts is a deep longing – an inconsolable cry for a passion we sense is missing. In the roar of our waterfalls, we hear a Voice, Deep Calling Deep. It is the Voice of our First Love arousing in us a profound yearning for ecstasy, artistry, and adventure with Him.

This collection of poems describes the very raw and honest spectrum of my faith-journey. Initially, I was reluctant to share the dark side of my many years wrestling with God. I thought it would be dishonoring to God, and I didn’t want to do that. However, after much prayer and contemplation, I concluded that the Bible is very inclusive of honest struggles and heartfelt lamentations of suffering souls. Because I believe God invites and honors such authentic grappling of our faith, I have written this collection of poems to share with others mosaics of my misery as well as kaleidoscopes of my conquests through Christ.

Ironically, it was during my darkest years that I found the Book of Job to offer me the most comfort. Job’s account revealed an unapologetic underbelly of the kind of honest struggle I could relate to. Other stories I had come across that were all wrapped up in their neatly tied bows didn’t fit my pain paradigm. At best, they were irrelevant and irritating. At worst, they were incendiary and mocking. Plus, I felt like such saccharine storytellers had little to no street cred to speak into my life about real pain and heartache. I would hear my heart screaming, SERIOUSLY? You call that pain? Hence, the reason I was inspired to write Deep Calling Deep, and not Shallow Calling Shallow.

Darkness gives dimension. Troubles give texture to a tapestry. Deep Calling Deep is a very textured tapestry - the good, the bad, and the ugly. But I would rather have an ugly win than a pretty loss, and I believe that is the very essence of this book.

I have found that if the pain is not transformed, it will be transferred. Writing this book has helped transform me. My mess became my message. Although many loose and knotted threads still remain dangling from the underbelly