"I"

I prayed because I felt weak

I prayed because I didn’t know where to turn

I prayed because I felt ‘fake’

I prayed because of my desire to learn.

I prayed because I was fighting doubt

I prayed because my faith was small

I prayed because I felt I had fallen short

I prayed because I thought I was about to fall.

I waited because you taught me patience

I listened because you teach in whispers still

I won my battle over doubt

I learned it’s about - more than just ‘how I feel.’

I walked with you through temptation,

I trusted on you to direct my way

I acknowledge that I’m on a journey,

I realize that I’ll have battles every day...

I learned how to claim your WORD

I applied your teaching to my soul,

I chose to put on the armor of God

I know that Christ will make me whole.

I claimed the blood on my life

I accepted the gift of Salvation for me

I know now, that even though I may struggle,

I am in actual fact - FREE.

I thank you Jesus because you never give up

I thank you because you died for all,

I thank you because you pick me up

I thank you because you heard my distress call.

This poem has been written about "I" when really it’s all about "YOU."

All about your mercies, all about your GRACE which brought me through.

October 28, 2005

If the LORD delights in a man's way,
       he makes his steps firm;

though he stumble, he will not fall,
       for the LORD upholds him with his hand.

Psalm 37: 23,24

The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD;
       he is their stronghold in time of trouble.

  The LORD helps them and delivers them;
       he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
       because they take refuge in him.

Psalm 37: 39,40

here's an afterthought...Gethsemene reminds us that there is 'absolutely nothing' that JESUS cannot relate to us on...To me, Gethsemene represents probably the weakest moment in Christ' life - and what does he do? Turn to the FATHER. Let us follow in that same pattern.

So often, we reflect on the deity of Christ that in ways we forget the human form he took on. This leaves us to adopt the idea that CHRIST cannot relate to some of our 'types' of pain. He does. Gethsemene proved it. The cross re-affirms it. His ressurection means victory over it.

My prayer: Let us claim dear Lord, you - in every area of our life. Let us claim your strength in our weakness. Let us claim your wisdom in our ignorance. Let us claim your patience in our anxiousness. Let us claim your promise through every obstacle. Let us RENEW our faith ~ daily. IN Jesus' name I pray. AMEN.

(that was deep!) ~ way to spoil a moment!

Bye!