A Poem for Gregory John Cobb

I have spent the past few months helping my friend take care of her father who was also my friend. Gregory had 4th stage lung cancer. He passed away last week.

Below, is the poem that I read at the funeral. The prophetic blessing is that I wrote this poem about a fictitious character the prior year. Gregory put flesh on the words of this poem a year later, and God confirmed to me once again that I was indeed His Prophetic Scribe.

I had the opportunity to pray with Gregory and care for him. He thanked me daily. I watched his "spirit man" dance with the Holy Spirit. He was really a great guy, and loved by many. He had more childhood friends than most people at the age of 54. He was a child at heart and loved his family and friends, but most of all, he loved his 5 daughters and the two mothers who bore them.

In the end, the Holy Spirit comforted him. The night before he made his transition, I was in the room praying in the spirit for the angels to escort my brother through the gates of heaven. His daughter and I praised God as he took his son to his eternal bosom.

I will miss my friend, and I look forward to seeing him in heaven.

This poem is dedicated to anyone who is blessed to see real FAITH IN ACTION.

One Way or Another, It’s Life

The doctors tell him that there is no cure.
They give him timelines for survival.
They think they know how his body works,
but they do not know how the power
of God works within him.

His family is already
making preparations for his death,
when he is actually headed for life…
One way or another.

The pain is a reminder of his diagnosis.
but, the pain only serves
as an example of what God can do
when he takes it away…
One way or another.

Like Job, he will not forsake Him.
He knows that the devil just wants to test
his strength and faith
in the one who made him.

It hurts to get out of bed some days,
but he does
just to prove the devil is a liar.

He will not wait until this passes
to rejoice and praise God’s name.
He will praise him now and always
because his God is faithful.

He lives in a constant state of thanksgiving
because honestly,
we all have to go sometime,
and the best case scenario
is that he goes home to be with his Lord.

Then, it will be everyone else
who is dying
because he is assured
eternal life…
Through his belief
In Jesus Christ.

And his spirit lives on.
One way or another.


Where will you go when you die?

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only begotten Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16