I've been inspired by my sweet cousin, Jenny, to write some poetry-- trying something new here!
Be you Bravely
Beautiful and complex
Each of us uniquely created to do significant things.
Younger than some, feeling older than I ought
Only today counts- can't live in the past or
Under the yoke of fear of my future.
Boldly taking risks,
Running with His strength,
Acknowledging my weaknesses, yet still hopeful.
Very open: to explore, to learn, to fight through the challenges;
Every day, seeing the gifts all around me.
Longing and striving; sometimes contemplating and resting- and always
Yearning to BLOOM BRAVELY where I am planted.
And, while, the words did not come easily for that poem...one night, these words came clear for a friend in the middle of the night.
Unfinished
Under His caring hand you rest
Night after night while He
Fights battles on your behalf
In His grace and mercy,
Not fully understood by us, but wholly seen by Him.
I can trust, you say-- and
So believe it today.
He is still at work, mending, guiding, holding you.
Ever in love with you- ever in love with all He has formed and all He is forming-
Deeper than the oceans and higher than the heavens.