I’ve had my share of grief and care
So weighed down with woe
I’ve worked and fought and prayed a lot
From places dark and low
With anguished cry I’ve asked but why?
And here is what I know
He gives the grace and strength to face
Each trial as we go
Category: Faith
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Ravines
Hidden traps to fall into
Hidden walls we can’t see through
Hidden facts we didn’t know
Hidden places we can’t go
Unseen forces fighting for us
Unseen strength to do what we must
Unseen faith and hope each day
Unseen light to guide the way
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Those Who Trod
Not those who leap, but those who trod
The narrow road with feet unshod
Are conquerors – those who scheme and snare
To fill with stolen wealth their lair
Ride on all those who walk the sod
Tis those who daily bear the fraud
Who find their way on roads so flawed
May sing the final victory prayer
Not those who leap
The mansions have no hills to plod
Nor deep pits hidden in the sod
To burn in meanness, heap with care
And rob of safety, food, and air
For conquerors are the ones who trod
Not those who leap
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Stitches
Running stitches round a hem
Running down and up again
Piecing quilts and piecing dreams
Mending hearts and mending seams
Sewing love in many ways
Sowing seeds for future days
Pinning patterns for a shirt
Pinning plans that somehow work
Cutting fabric, cutting losses
Patching tears and patching bruises
Basting hopes in fragile strings
Basing faith on unseen things
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Mixed Up
My thoughts are such a jumble
They rattle, spin and tumble
The words I thought I said
Mean something else instead
The feelings that I’m feeling
Are trapped by a glass ceiling
And when I try to write
The words I want take flight
My life is so unknown right now
We will get through, I’m not sure how
My plans rock back and forth each day
I know that there will be a way
I don’t have to know it all
Or get it right on every call
I’m not alone out in this stream
And I know I can trust our team
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Risk
Take a risk and
Run with it
Once you’ve chosen
Don’t back down
Follow it through
To the end
It’s okay then
To turn around
It doesn’t mean
That you failed
You always learn
Something new
You’re further now
Than before
Now you know what
You need to do
