You Are There

 You Are There 2/22/12

Sometimes

I feel alone

While I'm surrounded.

Tired,

I sigh quietly,

But smile and nod

When asked if my day went well.

I don't say

How I am,

Instead I close my eyes,

And call to You.

You are everything

I need.

When I am faltering:

Too afraid or

Ashamed

To say how I am,

That is when I feel You

Closer than ever.

You remind me

Who I am

In You

Despite all my shortcomings

And brokenness.

Everything is under control

Even though I feel like

I'm falling.

Your love wraps me in comforting arms

And fills me up

With enough strength to make it.

I don't have enough strength to last

The month,

The week,

Or even the rest of the day,

But You give me enough

For now

In this moment

With You.

~ZA

Copyright © 2012 Ophelia M. Flowers

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I Asked You For It

        

              While I was vacuuming after supper yesterday, I felt happy for no reason, and started to sing about it. Maybe someone was praying for me, maybe it was because I was praying- really, I don't need a reason why I suddenly felt the way I did. God is so good! I asked Him to give me peace for the day, joy for the day, and strength for the day. I made it through, and feel Him close again.

 I Asked You For It 6/13/12

I felt joy today,

Without any reason that I can see.

You filled me up, and I sang my heart-

Thanking You,

Praising You,

Asking You to bless those around me,

And my future.

I feel like a child on Christmas morning,

With my eyes wide at the little things I've received.

Why should I be surprised?

I knew it was coming,

And yet,

I didn't truly know what it was

Going to be.

It's beautiful,

It's a gift-

One I should've known You would supply;

I asked You for it after all.

You always give,

But sometimes I forget to look.

This feels like

The sprinkling rain

On a warm afternoon,

And I'm spinning in circles,

With hands raised to the sky.

I'm alive

All wrapped in Your presence.

You promised You'd always

Be with me,

And right now I feel it!

Oh, how I feel it!

And it's beautiful,

It's a gift-

One I should've known You would supply;

I asked You for it after all.

You always give

What I truly need.

I can be such an ungrateful,

Forgetful

Child.

You're always guiding me

But I tend to get sidetracked

With what I

Want-

What I think I

Need,

And the little worries of the day.

Thank You for showing me

Again

And again,

And again,

That it doesn't have to be something

Big or flashy

To see You working.

It takes an open heart,

Listening ears,

And a passion to follow You with

Zeal.

And it's beautiful,

It's a gift-

One I should've known You would supply;

I asked You for it after all.

You always give

Enough for the day.

~ZA

Copyright © 2012 Ophelia M. Flowers

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Asking For

Asking For 4/24/12

Oh God,

I'm asking for

Peace,

For there is so much

That is uncertain.

Teach me to look

Beyond myself

To great promises

In Your

Word.

Oh God,

I'm asking for

Trust,

For there is so much

Seeking my reliance.

Teach me to look

Towards Your love

That reaches infinite

And holds

Fast.

Oh God,

I'm asking for

Wisdom,

For there is so much

I don't know.

Teach me to look

Through Your eyes,

To react with a mind

Fixed on

You.

~ZA

Copyright © 2012 Ophelia M. Flowers

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