Two-for-Tuesday prompt.
Write to one prompt, both prompts,
and/or combine them:
Write a big poem, or...
Write a small poem.
Life roads/loads can seem impossible/impassable when viewed in a lump sum...
Sometimes, as a loved one bears a cross,
oh, how we wish we could
bear or ease it for them but we cannot, and should not!
(sometimes we wish we could rid ourselves of our own crosses!)
Only beneath life's crosses
does faith become stronger and humbler/meeker💗🙏
But we can and should pray for God's sufficient grace
to be the strength in our weakness!!
2 Cor.12:9
And He said to me,
“My grace is sufficient for you,
for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”
Life roads/loads can seem impossible/impassable when viewed in a lump sum
Its weight of cares can topple the most hopeful optimist
For none can see what waits to be, what is ‘what-ifs’ outcome
What favor or calamity the hour may untwist
What detour must be taken or what leap of learning tried
What perseverance shaken or what darling wish denied
But one breath, one step, one moment and one prayer at a time
The feeble can scale mountains and great burdens can be borne
Courage can face the giant where faith’s steppingstones align
To make us more reliant on the Author of each morn
As we press on toward the place where troubles cease their cry
As step by step and grace by grace He whispers ‘here am I’
A small word of kindness begins ripple effects of cheer
Tis step by step, the victor wins the title victors claim
Moment by moment unravels seasons, marked year by year
And draws each road we travel back to He, from whence we came
Do not despair, the Whole of It, when analyzed will show
Life's collections of bit by bit, as by God’s grace we go
© Janet Martin
John 1:16
And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.
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