another poem

LED INTO BROKENESS

Led into brokenness,
Heartache and pain
Expectations keep falling
nothing's the same

We have our ideas
Our plan and our way.
We hear what we want,
Hardly do what we say

Unsure and upset
We question and cry:
"Oh God what a mess
Leave me here and I'll die"

But brokenness, heartache,
Pain and some tests,
Can change us and mold us
To God's very best.

Will we trust Him and follow,
No matter what comes?
Can we leave it to him,
when all seems undone?

There are crosses and rivers
and valleys of death.
There are oceans of questions,
Temptations and tests.

There are deserts of doubts
And mountains too high;
There are walls that are steep
And canyons too wide.

We have our ideas
Our plan and our way.
We hear what we want,
Hardly do what we say.

But God's intervention,
Inspiration and love,
His forgiveness and grace
Come down from above

His power, His wisdom,
His patience and care
Will cause us to do
What most wouldn't dare!

The crosses, the rivers,
The valleys of death,
The oceans of questions,
Temptations and tests,

With Him they become
The strength of our being
Resurrection, and freedom
New life with a meaning.

The deserts of doubts,
The mountains and walls,
The canyons, the struggles,
He can conquer them all!

Our brokenness, heartache
Pain and our tests,
Can change us and mold us
To God's very best.

Will we trust Him and follow,
no matter what comes?
Can we leave it to him,
when all seems undone?