Do you ever have those amazing moments when God shows you exactly what you need? And then you forget because you're a dumb human. But in His grace He reminds you all over again. That just happened to me. I've been struggling so much lately and God just gently whispered a reminder to me something He showed me again last week: "I Am your strength." (2 Cor. 12:9)
He IS our strength. No matter what it is, we will never get through it without Him. And we're just fooling ourselves if we think otherwise. "I Am your strength." I needed to hear that. And He reminded me.
I don't usually do this, but I feel I should share this. I write poetry sometimes, mostly as a way to understand my own thoughts and feelings. But today I'm going to put them here too, in case someone may find them encouraging.
It's not great, or much, but they are my words. Enjoy.
Sometimes I feel like it never really goes away
This burden of mine, this pain
Lurking in the shadows
Waiting for me to fall weak
Attacking me with doubt and fear and worry and pain
Bleeding me dry of all hope
And when I am screaming to God because I have none left
And I'm crying tears of confusion
I just pray one single drop of heaven remains within me
Peace
The Prince of Peace
He brings the dawn of hope each time, anew
And casts the darkness back before it can overtake me
His strong hand pulls me to the light and reminds me who I am
A child of the God of second chances
Forgiven and given and richly blessed
And though the shadows linger
Though they will come again
The hope inside me grows stronger
The seed of victory it is
