Suffering?

I often wonder why Your people have to suffer.
I find myself questioning time and time again.
Is this the best that the world has to offer?
Will this season of tribulation ever end?
Do You hear the crying of Your children?
Do You see the pain within their lives?
If it’s true that You can see and hear them
how could You ever bear to step aside?
Are You really in control of all things?
Even when Your people disobey?
You know the weaknesses of human beings.
Can’t You keep our hearts from all going astray?

Seeking after our own desperate desires
hurts ourselves and others more than we realize.
But if You have the power to inspire
certainly You could abolish the sin You so despise.
Hurting people hurting other people.
Does this vicious cycle have no end?
Is there no chance we could ever be peaceful?
Or are we doomed to run this cycle once again?
There is so much trepidation in this land
to contemplate it takes more strength than I have got.
But I know You know I don’t understand.
I guess that’s why You’re God and I am not.

Hope

Fresh resilience
Pink blossoms
Peaking through the frost

A Way Back into Love

You wouldn’t listen and I couldn’t hear
The signs were confusing, words were unclear
Our signals got crossed more than a time or two
We gambled and lost, with nothing else I could do

I locked up my heart and threw away the key
Now everyone’s wondering what’s wrong with me
I’m not going crazy; I’m just out of luck
I need to find a way back into love

I heard what You said, but I wouldn’t obey
I saw Your direction, but I went my own way
You called my name; I turned away from You
Left unprotected, what else could I do?

I locked up my heart and threw away the key
Now everyone’s wondering what’s wrong with me
I’m not going crazy, I just feel stuck
I need to find a way back into love
I need to find a way back into love

Regreted

Blank check
Sudden lack of conscience
Shopping spree

Regreting

Creamy sweetness
Intensely devoured –
Brain freeze

Regret

Regret:
Not turning around
When called after