Today I was just wrecked by my own inadequacies and feeling the weight of my bad circumstances and my spiritual failures. Honestly, I was just feeling like a waste of God’s grace and a horrible Christian. But this morning, while waiting for a bud of mine in a coffee shop, God spoke and got ahold of my heart. Here are two poems of a conversation with God that took place in my heart today. Normally I am reluctant to put words in God’s mouth, but the dialogue from God’s end of it all comes from Scripture, so I am not too worried about this time. The first is the cry of my heart to God, feeling the pangs of my own hopelessness and sinfulness. The second is the response I felt from the Spirit. I hope they bless you in some way.
O Lord,
This wayward heart,
To you I commit.
I give you every part,
No secrets shall I omit.
O change my inner man!
My smolder, Lord, do fan,
A fire awake!
My heart, please take,
O Lord.
Amen.
My son,
Though you do not believe it,
A champion I have made you!
Be calm, peaceful now and sit.
Me alone shall you rely on.
Now, forget your old history,
I’ve given you the victory!
Trials you shall rise above!
Be strong, my son, receive my love.
Now rest, and let the sunshine
Remind you that you are Mine.
This is so true, Jon. Thank you so much for posting it.
Thanks for reading, Cynthia! Hope you’re doing well!