Lament When will my time be over I have wrestled and tried to stand tall My feet fail me and my mind is weak Your truth It comes and goes just like the waves Your peace But fleeting moments in my days My breakthrough where might it be My face is
I Don't Mind Waiting "I don't mind waiting" this is the response I gave the Lord not too long ago. Ever since, I have been wrestling with not being frustrated in this waiting. God is stretching my patience and is drawing me closer to Himself. It sucks right now but I made a commitment
A Prayer Father, I come to you in my dry place and I call on your name. I am in need of your guidance and of your strength. I have been struggling to use the gifts you have given me, more specifically; the gift of writing. I feel my desire has been
Gifted but not called I am realizing with the help of the Holy Spirit that being gifted and being called are two different things. When I was in the 10th grade, I sat outside my house and thought about what I wanted to do with my life. When I was about 9, I told
a prayer a tiny box lies open before me, i am unsure of what to put inside, maybe i will offer a cry, a shedding of tears; a letting go of feelings too strong to label with words. then maybe i will offer a sound, a wailing; drawing in every pain, pushing
Distressed but not Alone I have been having a hard time at work. I no longer enjoy the workplace I once enjoyed. One day during a lunch break, I decided to seek the Lord's face about my feelings. I remember asking and praying about this job, I felt the Lord said it was a
Help! I need help with being helped. Asking for help is difficult. I think it is challenging for a few reasons and they are based on my view and perspective of what it means when I say "hey I need help, could you assist me?" Here is what goes through my mind when I think about asking
Hiding - Hidden - Unseen I run. Towards the forest and the trees. Towards the rivers and the lakes. Towards the desert and the hills. Towards the deep and the plains. I sink. Deeper into the black. Further into the hole. Scratching the earth for a place to bury. Scraping my eyes to close my
Live [Abundantly] "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly." – John 10:10 NRSV I think it is pretty clear in this scripture that life with Jesus is supposed to be just that, life! It is supposed to be
Fear I am STILL afraid of close relationships. Define "close" for us please. Sure. When I say "close", I mean physical closeness, mental closeness and emotional closeness. I fear these things for reasons I am sure come from relationships I have seen in my life. The relationships my sisters have had.