Life has a way of surprising us...of adjusting our priorities and forcing us to consider everything as if it was brand new. Though this will not be the last post, I cannot guarantee any more consistency than I have already attempted. That is why I am grateful for those of you who will read this, and who will stick around to see what else will happen here.
I beg day and night
For release
For answers
And peace
For my frozen feet to thaw and dance
For my heart to worship
For my hands to reach to the light
For my mind to be freed of the demons
But You do not swoop down from the sky
Your hands do not snatch me out of the ice
And so I groaned within
As one who has seen so many troubles her soul can hold no more
And I said in my despair
"The Lord has forgotten me
My God has abandoned me
I am alone"
But You do not pull me out of this turmoil
Until I take my first step out
You do not thaw my feet of ice
Until I hold them to the fire
You do not provide the answers I think I need
Until I ask the right questions
You do not allow trials to come upon me
That are not for my growth to be like Yourself
And You do not let me come out of them
Until I have learned what You sent me to learn
So I raise my hands to the sky,
though they tremble
I move my unsteady feet to the dance of the fire
And feel the first spark of returning life
I place the light of Your word in my mind
And the darkness flees
And I commit to new tenants as I send the demons packing
Lord, You fight this battle for me
Yet You choose to wait for my hand to join with Yours
You do not force this change upon me
Only the circumstances that can make it so
If only I will trust
Now the choice is up to me
