Hope Victorious

I surrender to trust There is so much I don’t know –       can’t control – helpless to fully understand I could be swallowed up by it all –   the unknown is deeper than myself I surrender to trust   I am held in your hand I rest in your ability –   your strength I cover myself in your honor –   making your purity my own I surrender to all you are for me Surrendered - Trusting   I remain in hope Where my view is lit by your promise Your love empowers me to stand Suspended by faith –   Over uncertainty Surrendered to trust   I am not alone   –   nor do I falter I am held – Secure and protected – Strengthened and loved   From this place of trust I face my future without fear     Based on Isaiah 41:10

Alone –      There were times when I feared it      The stillness      Silence      The horror of my thoughts being so loud      No longer hidden by busy actions, reactions, opinions and decrees      The words of others drowning out my own Alone I was vulnerable to the harshness of my evaluation      The truth that always chased me down      I stayed busy, surrounded, well occupied      Trying desperately to avoid the feeling: Lonely –      Even in crowds, still it hovered over me like a cloud      Misunderstood, assumed upon, judged      A dark shroud that weighed heavy upon my shoulders      I hid within myself even as I gave myself to others Lonely and Alone      My need for people was desperate      An appetite voracious and unsatisfied      No amount of connection appeased my loneliness        Peace has stilled the storm of words; other’s and my own      I find rest in quiet stillness and no longer fear Alone Love has healed by deepest wounds and smoothed my rough edges      I am