Well, I'm doing the unthinkable and posting a rough draft of a poem. I'm really rather shocked at myself!
I haven't revised it yet, but I wanted to share it. I haven't got a title yet either. Please forgive the atrocious (or nonexistent) punctuation. This is a draft, you know!
I wrote this on a hard day in July. I don't even remember what was going on, except that God saved the day! I was sitting outside and 'praying on paper,' which is how the poem came about. God suddenly overwhelmed me with the vastness of His love and the tenderness of His presence. I remember that as I penned the last stanza, the sun did indeed break through the clouds, and a bird started singing! It was a special moment from the Lord.
Oh God, you saw my tears
My sadness and my fears
The confusion and the pain
As I stumbled once again
All the things I didn't say
How I pushed you away
All the love I didn't live
All the grace I wouldn't give
And the sky is cloudy gray
It's been a difficult day.
I feel like such a failure
Oh God, I need a Savior!
And I remember now
How strong your love can be
And I wonder now
If you'd comfort me?
Take me in your lap and hold me
With my head against your chest
Set my troubled spirit free
Grant me your sweet rest
Won't you wipe away my tears
And bring instead your grace
Banish all my timid fears
Let me feel your warm embrace
Remind me of your tender love
That you're not only up above
But here with me, in this place
Offering love and strength and grace.
Thank you, Lord, for healing me
For banishing my clouds and
Setting me free.
The sun is shining
it's a brand new day.
The birds are singing-
Let me walk in your way.
I haven't revised it yet, but I wanted to share it. I haven't got a title yet either. Please forgive the atrocious (or nonexistent) punctuation. This is a draft, you know!
I wrote this on a hard day in July. I don't even remember what was going on, except that God saved the day! I was sitting outside and 'praying on paper,' which is how the poem came about. God suddenly overwhelmed me with the vastness of His love and the tenderness of His presence. I remember that as I penned the last stanza, the sun did indeed break through the clouds, and a bird started singing! It was a special moment from the Lord.
Oh God, you saw my tears
My sadness and my fears
The confusion and the pain
As I stumbled once again
All the things I didn't say
How I pushed you away
All the love I didn't live
All the grace I wouldn't give
And the sky is cloudy gray
It's been a difficult day.
I feel like such a failure
Oh God, I need a Savior!
And I remember now
How strong your love can be
And I wonder now
If you'd comfort me?
Take me in your lap and hold me
With my head against your chest
Set my troubled spirit free
Grant me your sweet rest
Won't you wipe away my tears
And bring instead your grace
Banish all my timid fears
Let me feel your warm embrace
Remind me of your tender love
That you're not only up above
But here with me, in this place
Offering love and strength and grace.
Thank you, Lord, for healing me
For banishing my clouds and
Setting me free.
The sun is shining
it's a brand new day.
The birds are singing-
Let me walk in your way.
3 comments:
mmmm, i hear music. sounds like a song in the works!
whoa, I don't know about that! =P
I play music all the time, but I sure don't write it. All I've done along those lines is arranging a song for a flute duet- and that was just adding harmony.
Julia, it COULD be a song! Thank you for sharing your poem...I can relate to those kind of days. It's so nice to communicate through poetry what you woudl otherwise have to report as "I had a bad day."
love ya, Cassie
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