Turnings

Turnings 9/3/2014 

Last night

While I was sleeping

Something turned

And something changed.

The planets spun

And the earth turned

Rolling over on itself

On yet another journey

All around the sun. 

Minutes become hours

And hours become years

While we all wait for something

That may never come. 

Sometimes it weighs on your mind

Heavy and suffocating

But others times

It is light and euphoric.

But either way

We survive

And force ourselves

Out of bed.

Yes there are days

When we feel like giving up

And that is just as normal

As breathing and yawning.  

Dread comes

And tugs us backwards

Pulling us down

Inside of our heads.

But there is more than one way

To rise and to live

And there is more than one way

To start all over again. 

I am not where

I thought I would be

But neither is anyone else

And that will never change.    

We are tossed about

Like a boat on a stormy sea

Foundering in the swells

And filling with water. 

And it can all seem fruitless

As we keep bailing water

Because of the inevitable end

Of drowning and death.  

But even in desperation

We are loved

And even in death

We are saved.  

As each day we are given

Just enough to survive

For a purpose far greater

Than comfort or ease.

Sometimes words are not enough

But sometimes that is all we have

As we learn to cling to God

After everything else is gone. 

Time heals all wounds

But love endures

Bigger than our faults

And larger than our fears.

Life hurts

And even though we try

We slip and fall backwards

All over again.    

Patience is hard

But faith provides

As we grow inwards

And become who we are. 

Over time

Our vision may fade

But we see with more than eyes

And grow wise with perspective.

Yes this world is fallen

But we can still rise

Embracing what we have

And appreciating the tiniest of victories. 

Grace will sustain the good

Even in hardship

And no matter what may come

This love lasts forever.