Many a Christian has committed to memory certain scriptures in their lives only later to find that memorized verse encourages strength or comfort in a moment unrelated or unintended. “If a country were a classroom, even when a poem might not heal it, it can suture it. It can be balm, waiting to heal, if only we can listen. A good poem understands that is not going to happen today, it says – listen! And it regrets its necessity, that its hunger is both promise and regret.” Click through for more …