thoughts on suffering
I have been thinking a lot about suffering. I wrote this late last night….”suffering”…hmm…it’s such a hard concept for me……this is the best way I could make sense of it all……
On Suffering -jenny pruitt
When the cares of my heart are few, I am at ease.
Checking off my list of to-do’s, I run around as I please.
Time is in my power. Strength is my game.
I can do everything and anything…different or the same.
But what I do not accomplish, what is not in my hand,
a reliance upon the Lord…neither on Him do I sit or stand.
Now when the cares of my heart are many, I am broken down to my knees.
I am a Fret and a Worry……quite a mess, if you please.
There is nothing in my power. I own no piece to play
in this game of life, I try to fight…..but find failure with every day.
But what I do find accomplished, only within my prayer-clasped hands,
a reliance upon the Lord… a strength on which to stand.
The enemy is quieted…..the storms are made still…
I see my sweet and mighty Jesus. I become His Will.
Perhaps when hearts are heavy, when life doesn’t make sense,
It takes these trials to open eyes…embrace the pasture…get off the fence.
For You, my Lord, you are the Door
and all who enter find their rest.
What peace, surpassing all understanding,
knowing you are for our best!
So now this suffering, as it seems,
keeps me close to Thee.
If Suffering cleaves me to you, Savior…
Be ever as close, as close can be.
