Tag: poems

(Written on June 22, 2011. Left mostly as it was, to be true to who I was when I originally wrote it.)

Take me to that place of worship
Where all are equal and free
I’ll enter into the joy that I’ve felt
For in the presence of God there is peace.
Life is full of storms and trials
I lost sight of the light for a little while
Teach me, Rabbi, teach me please
To stand in the rain and still live in peace.
Teacher, I get so confused
The trials of life, they make no sense
Father, I forget to trust
That things will work out in the end.
God above, it is my fear
That storms come when I pull away
But if the trials are lessons from You
My false fears rob me of the chance to train.
LORD OF HOSTS, we rush in with a battle cry
But when I’m faced with the blade, I’m shy.
I wish I could hurry myself along,
But I know, in time, You will make me strong.
It’s because I believe in Your faithfulness
That I dare to try when things make no sense
And even when I hide from the job,
And You, of Your due glory, rob,
I know Your patience has no end
Your love I cannot comprehend.
And though again I’m weary and weak
You will be all that I seek.
Renew me again; set me from weak flesh free
Take me to the place
Where again I’ll have peace.

Bring me back to You, O Awesome God
I’ll find peace when I hear my Shepherd’s Voice,
In loving grace, You still all my fears,
Fill me with peace despite all the thunderous noise.
Full of peace at last, I’m swept away in Your Voice.