Cara Colleen

Miracles…

Some days I find it better to
Be still
Be quiet
Reserve judgement
Wait and see what the day holds.
These are the days I discover
New thoughts
New ideas
Different perspectives
Patience untapped in my soul.

Stillness beckons my heart again
To hear
To listen
For Love to pronounce
Whispered hope that strengthens me.
He gives me daily grace to
Keep faith
Keep trusting
Believing against odds
His Father-heart, faithful hands hold me.

Miracles begin in the smallest ways
Near home
Near family
In unexpected bursts
Hope and joy spring from deep within.
Unexplainable purpose rises
His time
His methods
The unmovable moves
Freedom springs up in a living fountain.

Today my miracle started with you
One thought
One image
Your smile lit my heart
Father reassured me of His plans.
I think quietly about our lives
So brief
So fragile
Protected by His love
Completely safe within His hands.

Resolution

I resolve:
To stay honest before God and man
About what I feel when I feel it;
To trust no matter what my emotions tell me;
To remember He is God and I am not;
To know the truth of His great love for me and
To speak that truth to all who need Him;
To accept the Holy Spirit’s conviction and
Call to repentance when I grieve His heart;
To denounce accusation and condemnation as
Lies from the enemy, the Accuser of the Brethren;
To hold up in prayer (moment by moment)
My family, my church, my city, my nation, my world,
As the Spirit of God leads me to pray;
To never, never, never, never, NEVER give up
On myself, on others, on God;
To persevere in pursuing intimacy with my Creator
Regardless of circumstances, obstacles, or people;
To seek greater knowledge and insight into His Word-
Both the printed Bible and the person of Christ;
And last, but definitely NOT least,
To love the Lord my God, with all my
Heart, mind, soul, and strength, and
My neighbor as myself.

What Am I Waiting For?

You keep telling me to wait and so I wait,
But I don’t know these days just what I’m waiting for.
Seems like every time I think
Mercy and justice will meet me where I hurt the most,
Another blow falls on my aching heart.
I have wept until my soul has
No more strength to weep…
Then I groan wordlessly, struck to my core with
Grief beyond thought, beyond explanation,
Beyond caring whether the pain ever goes away–
So long as I can lose consciousness, because my mind
Cannot bear the sights and sounds and wounds of another day…
Yet time keeps ticking and there is no escape.
You keep telling me to wait and so I wait,
But I have no idea exactly what I’m waiting for.
I just sit here suspended and pray desperately that
This interminable process will end soon.