prayer II

"Trust Him always; pour out your heart to Him;

God is a refuge for us."

-Psalm 62:8

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I've numbered all your wanderings

I hold all your tears in a jar

I'm here to listen to your heart, my dear one

tell me , my love, how you really are

My Lord, life feels so unwieldy

life and the choices it brings

what happened to my little hindsfeet

what happened to my wings?

I Am your wings, my brave one

You need have no alarm

I Am the Path that bears you up

Underneath are my everlasting arms

But I don't feel so brave, my Love

I don't see what you see

I am so flimsy, frail ,and fickle

How can what you say be?

(Love leans in with the most tender smile

and takes my face in His Hands...)

My Darling, listen close to Me

I see how hard you try

to make sense of all that is at hand

to navigate what feels like shifting sand

Remember the Lilies and the birds?

and all the lessons that you've learned?

yours is not to worry about tomorrow

I Am your Shepherd, all you need to do is follow

I do not trust my feet just now

or my eyes to see

or my ability to hear

each step I take is met with fear

Then trust My Footsteps in the Sand

I carry you, I hold your hand

Trust that you are the apple of My eye

Trust My ears to hear your cry

My dearest love for whom I gave all

Do you really think I'll let you fall?

You are the one who has ravished my heart

You are Solomon's song, life imitating art

Remember you are royalty

Remember who you are!

Now rise, my love, my fair one,

and leave your worries be

It's not so important that you know the way

What matters is that you know Me

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"You have been upheld by Me from birth, you have been carried from the womb: Even to your old age, I am He, And even to gray hairs I will carry you!  I made you and I will care for you; I will carry you, and will deliver you."

-Isaiah 46:3, 4