Attacked on every
side,
Battered, bruised,
perplexed,
My mind going A.W.O.L,
Playing games, which
in effect have turned me up side down,
Inside out, no way
round this mess.
I cry out. No response,
no body hears my request.
I wonder if God
is really out there,
Is He just?, is
He able?,
Does He want to
work with me?
He answers simply
“YES!”
“I’ve given you
power to tread on serpents,
To walk in the
Valley of death, to stand in the midst of demons,
And to reign
victoriously, despite troubles ahead.”
I think to myself,
“Surely God, you can’t be talking about ME?
I’m only young,
not all that stable and I certainly don’t live life to the ‘T’! ”
“ Stop your noise!”
He responds again.
“ For I am no
respecter of age, race, colour, creed,
All I see is
My child in need.
I’ll set your
pathway straight and stablilze you in all your ways,
If you would
only have faith, I’ll set you a blaze.
I’ll fill you
with My spirit and empower you to praise!”
“But God”
I interrupted, “I told you I’m no good,
When evil presents
itself before me, I never chose the One I should.
I always fail
and fall into despair,
That’s why I
wonder Do You really care??!!”
“Hush My child” He speaks yet again, “For I am all you need”
I interrupt His flow, “Can you elaborate please?!”
He laid it to me like this:
“I lace
the lilies of the field, give them beauty so bright
Feed the
birds of the air, they don’t have to ask twice,
Give the
sun beams to shine, and the moon to reflect”..,
I tried to get a
word in,
He said “NO!!!
I’m not finished yet!”
He continued to astound
me, with His authoritative word,
Showing all His
promises, some I’ve never heard.
I thought WOW!,
How blind I’ve really been, all this time I felt alone,
He was always on
the scene,
He never left my
side, not even for a sec,
For that alone God,
I must respect.
I stopped interrupting
and listened some more.
He told me what
He’d done for others and how He’d opened plenty doors.
I thought “YES
LORD!!!” that sounds good to me,
I was besides myself
when He told me He was the key!
All I had to do
was let the key in my lock,
Great things would
happen, they just wouldn’t stop!
When I sat and thought
about it,
And began to seek
God and pray,
He then showed me,
He IS the only way.
He is the Giver
OF Direction, Salvation and Life.
Then it hit me –
I didn’t need to go through all that strife!!!
At the beginning
I mean, when I felt so depressed and disillusioned with life.
I could have avoided
all that,
So now I’m telling
you,
Chose God, Chose
Salvation,
And believe me,
He WILL come through.
Copyright © Sabrina Barrett, November 1999