I am right now listening to Eric Schrotenboer (who I highly recommend!) and processing what the Lord is teaching me and how I'm going to get through tomorrow.
Have you ever been overwhelmed with how much you don't know?
But, at the same time, overwhelmed by all the lessons you've already learned that shouldn't be plaguing your present like they did the past.
That's where I'm at. I don't know SO much. But, God's also shown me many, many things that I am painstakingly learning over and over again.
In all the learning and refining, one of my students has challenged me to write poems back and forth with her and its really got me digging deep to find expression.
Here's what I wrote today. I'm not sure if it's finished yet.
Be encouraged today, as you sort out what God is teaching you, how He is growing you, and (yes!) even in the lessons you feel like you are re-learning.
melodies played
over deep dreams made
inside a comfortable shell
imperfect and unseeing
flaws mask true being
and in distance dwell
easy is self-seeking
turns quick to misleading
and farther from my heart
why am I repeating
constantly competing
distractions without regard
willpower defeated
my own strength depleted
I am nothing but lost
then grace softly spoken
in quiet hours unbroken
to a frail soul at great cost
with Truth now leading
the pain leaves me heaving
embarrassed and ashamed
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