Today was a hard day.
I have anxiety and fear.
I am lost.
So I turn my face to God.

I see God’s back.
But He hasn’t turned His back on me.
One can not see the face of God and live.
I see His back because I am following Him.
I beseech God, to save me from myself.

I praise God, for the smell of rain.
For the taste of salted peanuts,
for the comfort of my bed,
for the beauty of trees,
and for the very breath of life I take in.

I thank Him for a job to do,
and the capability to do it.
I thank him for the love that
flows through me, and to me.
I thank Him for the knowledge of Him.

I pull my children closer to me,
whom God gave to me.
My life is filled with undeserved grace.
I find joy in this very moment,
which washes away fears of tomorrow.

I will not demand an explanation
from the creator of heaven and earth.
Wondering why my life is so turbulent,
Wondering what I am suppose to do with it.
Rather I will sit back in awe and wonder.

In the grand scheme of things I am small.
I can not comprehend God.
There is no guarantee of tomorrow.
But today I was, and my loved ones were.
So today was a great day.

12/02/2007

Author's Note: A totally unorganized poem. I got off work at 11:45 p.m. and drove home with the radio off. In the silence, I prayed, and thought. This is what I was thinking.

Posted on 12/02/2007
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