This is a new poem that I just wrote. I have been struggling lately on what I feel God wants for me and my life… hope ya’ll enjoy!
I sit here
Looking at this world
At this hauntingly beautiful world.
I see You in everything.
I see You in the stars on a crystal clear night
I see You in the roaring never ending ocean
I see You in the piercing colors that scatter the sky when the sun leaves me
And then returns in the morning
I see You in the smile of a child that is about to bless my ears with innocent laughter
I see You in everything
From a Red leaf drifting from a tree
To the mountains that touch the clouds
I see us in this broken world
I see us in thick black smoke that covers the stars
I see us in the plastic that plagues the ocean,
So thick that swimming is no longer easy
I see us in the buildings that hide away the sun’s hello and goodbye
I see us in the tears, blood, and bloated bellies of innocent children
I see us everywhere that I should see You
I sit here
Looking at this world
At this hauntingly beautiful world
I hear the tears and hatred
Coming from us
Asking how You could let this happen
I sit here
Looking at this world
At this hauntingly beautiful world .
Through the wind that rustle the trees
It’s almost as if I can hear you…
Asking me the same exact question
I sit here
Looking at this world
At this hauntingly beautiful world
Seeing for perhaps the first time
How humanity has progressed
Sure, we live longer,
And typically have better lives than we used to
Because of human progress.
But I wonder, if in the midst of all this progress
We forgot about the gifts you gave us…
I wonder if with all this progress
We are actually hiding your gifts of the world?
Oh my Lord,
I know each one of us
Were put here for a reason
To know you and make you known
But how?
How can I give you glory
In a world that glorifies oneself?
How can I unmask your beauty
And show the world?
How can I live life in this hauntingly beautiful world
And display you everywhere I go?
Oh lord,
Let them see you when they see me.
Let me be your servant
That delivers your message to this broken world.
Let me follow your will
Nothing more, nothing less, and nothing else.
Oh lord,
Please use me.
Use the pieces of my heart,
I place them in your hands to use,
To make others whole.
Oh lord,
Use me to make a dent in this world,
Not leaving it better,
But leaving it more like You.
Oh lord,
Guide me like a compass
To find those that need You most.
I sit here.
I feel you moving in my chest,
so powerful that I can’t breath.
I sit here.
No. I look up,
Fresh tears on my checks
Your love in my heart
Your fire in my veins
And I stand.
Lord,
My father,
My best friend,
Help me remember,
When I am sitting
Frightened about this world around me
This hauntingly beautiful world,
Your world, the one you created for us,
Help me remember
That all I must do is stand
And let you take care of the rest.