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God Brings You To This

It wasn’t the best.
It was just good enough.

My thoughts were all muffled,
the words came out rough.

No other way to end a journal
than to mix it up with a bit of humble.

I don’t profess to be more than I am.
God knows my life is a jungle.

If I were to be any better than this
I certainly wouldn’t be living in doubt.

So here I sit in this current madness.
My voice is silent, but I need to shout.

Why work those vocal chords to a frenzy?
Get myself sick from unknown ending.

I might as well let God take the reins.
He always finds a way for the mending.

Others doubt and worry or ignore.
I am trying to be open so I don’t miss the door.

God brings me to the opportunity.
He will give me the gift of so much more.

I find myself at peace right now.
The numbers will find a way I guess.

We are living in numbers and that isn’t what life is.
When you give it all away, God brings you to this.

Cindy J. Buechler
Cindy J. Buechlerhttps://creativejeanblossoming.wordpress.com/
My Poetry, Photography, and Journals hold treasure from grade school to high school to adult school, which I'm still attending ... just waiting for the final grade. Each layer of life reveals a new truth and with age, it becomes apparent that time is my greatest rival. My hope is to reflect with words and pictures that offer comfort, insight, and wisdom for a life well-lived with peace and tranquility in the end.

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6 CONVERSATIONS

  1. Words well said Cindy………so often it is at the end of ‘self’ that we find God. Life sure does bring us to places where it becomes a challenge to believe that “all things work together for good…..” (Rom 8:28). “all things”…..not just all good things. Letting God take the reins, hmm…..perhaps a hint to the “good” that comes from difficult circumstances? Thank you for sharing.

    • Mike, thank you so much for your insight. Yes, that is exactly what happened. As the phrase says, Let Go, Let God. I seem to be faced with difficult circumstances a lot these days and without the peace I find within mixed with faith, I must wonder where I’d be. Growth seems to come in constant layers of life.

      Thanks for all of your positive reactions to my poetry. It means a lot to me.

      Cindy

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