Awakening

January 1995

I wrote this as I lay home alone healing from a broken ankle.  Everything in my daily life came to a screeching halt, and I had lots of time on my hands to reflect and seek the Lord once again.  I was 25 years old and engaged, and I had spent almost a year consumed with planning my wedding.  I put very little thought into the realities of marriage, and even less thought into myself and my relationship with the Lord.  I just wanted so badly for everything to be perfect, our wedding, our lives, and our future.  Even in the midst of all of this, the Lord did not abandon me.

Awakening

In my time of distress

When I didn't feel whole

I gave myself to Him

Body and soul. 

He lifted me up 

With gentle, healing hands

And carried me away

To beautiful lands.

In these lands I found

A new awakening

Where I learned to be thankful

In spite of my pain.

My God slowed me down

And gave me perspective

To see what holds true value

Now, this is how I'll live...

I will be grateful

For family and friends

And I will overlook

And make amends.

The beauty of life 

Is that He daily renews

And redefines who I am.

Jesus, thank you.

"You wearied yourself by such going about;
but you would not say, 'It is hopeless.'
You found renewal of your strength,
and so you did not faint."
Isaiah 57:10