At your feet!

Hello my lovely readers! I have been missing in action for some months now but sometimes we need to take a break to reflect and allow fresh ideas roll in. I appreciate all those who took time to check up on me, God richly bless you!

Today, I would like to share this poem with you which comes out of a realization I made in the midst of some challenges. Sometimes the issue of life has a way of unsettling us suddenly and there is really no room to think clearly. We forget everything that we know we are supposed to do as children of God and just fall into unending anxiety. The truth is, that is our human side showing up but we are not suppose to let it overwhelm us deeply. Worry makes us wander around like confused beings seeking direction everywhere and making God the last point of call. God is supposed to be the first one we go to in times of troubles but how fast you run to Him depends on the relationship you have created with Him. Think of it like a father and daughter relationship, the daughter is most likely to run quickly to her father for help provided they have nurtured a close relationship. This poem is solemn reminder of the fact that we must run to God first before anyone else, He knows the end from the beginning! I hope it ministers to you, have a blessed day!

At your feet

A patient Father that is what you are to me

I spend time to examine your creations and I am left amazed!

Everything exemplifies your love, peace and care

Even the little baby that grows in the womb is a wonder to me

So delicately put together with great perfection!

Yet it seems that when the troubles of life hit me, I forgot all about who you are as I am simply consumed by the issues of life.

I push you aside and find other things to cover my pains

I struggle to sit at your feet and speak freely, because doubt has taken a resting place in my heart.

Within me, it feels as though you never heard me or answered my prayers

But Lord who am I to question your abilities?

Who am I to decide who you are and what you can do?

I sit down, thinking deeply and over analyzing situations

Never asking for your direction. But allowing the influence of human sound waves take precedence over your Voice.

So l stand at the cross roads, confused and bewildered. And suddenly I remember you

Shame fills me up...

Lord forgive me!

For pushing you aside when indeed you are the way, the truth and the everlasting light that I need

I thought I could do it all on my own

I forgot that you are a Father that is always ready to listen

No matter how much we falter, you are always available to give a helping hand.

That is why you waited at well for the Samaritan woman

You already knew the issues on her heart, yet You waited to hear speak

Your words healed her in more ways than one

And so Father, as I sit down and meditate, I realise that I am nothing without you!

I can't function when you are not in the driving wheel

So I put aside my pride and sit at your feet

Opening my heart and allowing my lips to speak those things that eat me up inside

Because no matter how much this world misunderstands me

You have known me since I was a clot of blood in my mother's womb, my name is written on your heart

And as I sit at your feet, I decide within that moment to do away with doubt

Because a doubtful mind is like stormy sea waves that toss and turn without direction!

I surrender everything because with my human strength nothing will be achieved.

In your presence, you fill me up in ways that cannot be expressed.

And I finally conclude on this, the peace that you give me surpasses all human understanding because your ways are never like ours!