Creating a new genre

To be somebody is to be creating a new genre

By your own simple artistic common sense,

Inventing a fresh way of poetic expression,

Making everyday life with God a special event,

To be enjoyed in all kinds of situations,

And made known in a new type of poem,

Free from traditional forms and norms,

But easily assessable to ordinary people!

(Written as a response to an encouragement from my friend Håvard Kjøllesdal who had written his first "To be somebody" poem. He sent it to me because I had created this new genre, in his opinion! I happily responded by writing these lines. Below I include his first poem in this genre!) 

To be somebody

Is to be holy to the Lord

To set my life apart for the King and his purposes.

To be somebody is to highly esteem the blood of Jesus

To know that I am bought with a precious price

Bought free from the slavery of the world, and called into a life in service of the Most High God

To be somebody is to separate from the desire to merely live for earthly pleasure

and to give myself as a seed in Gods hand

and be somebody

who can make a difference in my generation

To be somebody is to have one great desire in life

which means more to me then a big salary and a successful career

a desire which makes earthly pleasure look small and unattractive

which makes me want to give up everything else that calls for my attention

To be somebody is to desire to do great things for the Lord

To be somebody is to desire to see Jesus and the kingdom impact my society

To be somebody is to carry a dream

to see the young people in my neighborhood stretch out their hands to Jesus

and say no to the empty life of their ancestors.

So that they can run with Gods purposes to the nations of the earth.

Text: Håvard Kjøllesdal