He Knows My Name: Poetic Whispers from Heaven

By Penny T. Jenkins

Do you long to hear God whisper your name again in new and fresh waysperhaps through poetic whispers? Are you ready to respond to these whispersto whisper back to God?

He Knows My Name: Poetic Whispers from Heaven presents an inspiring collection of poetry from Penny T. Jenkins that strives to answer those questions and to provide solace in troubled times. It can also be used as a seventy-day devotional to explore our emotions as we are drawn closer to God.

God knows our names and wants to whisper sweet encouragement into our hearts and souls again. He is always with us, encouraging us and loving us through the challenges in our lives. These poems of inspiration are meant to draw us closer to God through His soft and tender whisperings, along with the Scriptures, His written Word. Included in this collection are seventy inspirational poems and many powerful biblical references. It is a place to capture inspiring and emotional moments with God.

He Knows My Name

He knows my name.

He knows my shame.

He knows my blame.

He knows my game.

Yet He still came,

But not for fame,

And not to complain,

And not to cause pain.

He came to reclaim.

He came to proclaim.

He came to exclaim.

He knows my name.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Apr 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9781512702637

Penny T. Jenkins

Penny T. Jenkins is an ordained minister and resides in Frederick, Maryland. She aspires to inspire through poetry and other inspirational writings as led by the Holy Spirit. Penny is the founder of WIMspirations, providing support and encouragement to women who desire to move beyond their current circumstances to become the women they are meant to be.

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Scripture taken from The Message. Copyright (c) by Eugene H. Peterson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

He Knows My Name

I Aspire to Inspire

My Heavenly Lover

I Can’t Hear You

Harmonious Peace

Choices

At Any Time

An Eye Witness Account of the Cross (in a nutshell)

Simply Life

Who told you that?

Day Dreaming at Night

Please Don’t

Does What I Say and Convey Portray Him?

No Unrealistic Expectations, No Hidden Agendas

Stop Toying with My Joy

Gifts Unwrapped Before Its Time

Jesus Christ, My Bright Light

Unsettled & Unspoken Yearnings (. . . and hating every minute of it)

A Time for all Things

Nameless, Faceless, Shapeless

The Deceiver

Just Go with the Flow

I want some JOY

Warning Signs

Right Lord?

Stop Wasting Time

The Obvious

It’s in Your Name

Life Sucks Sometimes

Loneliness

I Want to See Your Eyes

Time Keeps on Slipping Away

Who’s My Daddy?

Are You a Minister?

Don’t Play with Your Pray

Unfathomable Mystery

Get Behind Me Satan

A Tear

Poised for a Purpose (The Three Senses)

SMART

My Little Girl

Teach Me Lord

Woman in the Mirror

How to Love Unconditionally

In My Mind’s Eye

Beauty Beyond

Wall of Shame

HOPE leads to HAPPINESS

Too Much Self

He Loves Me Still

She Never Really Knew Me

Wanted

Innocence

How Long, O’ Lord?

Fear Not

Keep Praying

SINfluence

How Do You Perceive You?

A God-Venture

A Free Pass

How to Practice His Presence

A Plague I have become

Every Woman for Herself

A Questioning Attitude

Come As You Were

An Outcast

Fear Not the Storm

In Due Time

A Solace Place

Softly and Tenderly Jesus Calls

To my daughter, Amber, whose beautiful, graceful, and purposeful quest for life is pure poetry in motion, as captured in my poem, My Little Girl.

To all the women who have yet to discover who they are meant to be and should be in this world, I challenge each one of you to keep listening for the whispers as He calls your name. You are cherished, you are loved, and you are beautiful.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First, and foremost, I thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for using me to spread the Gospel in such creative ways. I continue to stand in awe, Lord, of how much You love me.

My husband, Timothy Jenkins, who has been my biggest cheerleader. Your words of encouragement and affirmation were what I needed to get me motivated to continue to write and share my poetry.

Pastor Scott Thomas, who from day one believed in my gift and told me that I must share my poems of inspiration with others. Thanks for reminding me of Proverbs 18:16.

The Women’s Ministry at Strong Tower Christian Church, and our Servant-Leader, Pastor Angela Gerald. You ladies allowed me to share my poems with you even before I dreamed of publishing them.

INTRODUCTION

Dreams are meant to be discovered, pursued, and, of course, realized. As you read He Knows My Name, allow God to whisper sweet somethings into your heart again. He longs to talk to you and has been calling your name for quite some time now. He wants to breathe life into you again, so get ready to inhale.

God desperately wants to give you the desires of your heart, so give Him permission to speak into your life as you read and absorb every word written in each poem. Meditate on the biblical references that follow each poem; they will draw you even closer to your heavenly Father as He whispers to you from His Word.

Each word and thought captured in these poetic treasures has been inspired by the Holy Spirit. The reflection pages are there for you to write down what God is whispering to you. Find a quiet place to relax before reading each poem. I encourage you to read each poem and scripture reference out loud, slowly.

The world is waiting for you to blossom, so go forth with great assurance, proclaiming with great excitement, He knows my name. Through these writings, God will tenderly and softly whisper to you (just like He whispered to me), but you must be willing to hear His still, small voice.