I wrote this poem about a year ago and just found it hidding in my computer directory (thanks to Google Desktop Search!), so please enjoy and let me know what you think. Also, click on the "poem" link above for other poems that I have posted on this blog. Have a wonderful day!
To Reap and sow has great effect,
On more than just a life
We see our goals as distant plans
And effort free from strife
We durst not dream of burdened plight
Or of unending labor.
We’d rather see an easy plan
Than work for our Lord’s favor.
We sparsely so our seeds of work
In gardens thick with weeds.
Then ask the Lord why our attempts
Do naught to grow our seeds.
He says with loving hand outstretched
I want the best for you
Perhaps tis' best if others reap
What through you I could do.
We reply oh no Lord don’t
Please use me in every way.
You see I plan to pick those weeds
Perhaps another day.
But with each passing day we find
Opportunities do not wait
For those with good intentions
Who’ve drafted plans so great.
So every day we try again
To tend a perfect garden.
And every day we find a sin
And ask our dear Lord’s pardon
He replies with grace sufficient
And sends us on our way
Full knowing that his perfect will
Steps back each wayward day
We know not all the hurt we cause
For God knows our true potential
The choices he sees as paramount
We think inconsequential
God must expect so much of man
We scarce can comprehend it.
Some say “It’s just the way I am”
God’s perfect mold won’t fit
And if I cannot fit the mold
Why should I even try?
I’ll simply find an easier way
And take a relieving sigh
Then God looks down and says “Please Wait”
I hate to see you go.
My ways are far above you ways
The mold won’t fit, I know.
It’s true I had to change my will
With each mistake you made
But every time that you came back
I forgot you ever strayed
I believe in you so much, you see
I’ve planned another way
For you see I have different mold
It just came out today.
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Thank you Pastor. This poem inspire me. I love this line:
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With each mistake you made
But every time that you came back
I forgot you ever strayed
I believe in you so much, you see
I’ve planned another way
For you see I have different mold
It just came out today.
God bless!