Day: July 17, 2021

I lay prostrate on the ground
Wondering if I should just stay
Or rise up and begin to work
It is difficult, I cry out 
It is difficult, I moan
Then as I remain silent
I hear a voice saying
Yes, it is difficult, but
So was the cross at Calvary
I rise, not in shame, but
In wonder for I cannot believe
How short sighted I have been
All things to all men are not
The same and each has
Burdens of different natures
We may not all lie down and
Deliberate for we must,
Each in our own way
Put to use the talents 
Which have been given to us
To lay idle with excuses 
Will not do
We have been given instruction
And we have the Father, 
Son and Holy Spirit to back us
And be with us in all that we do
I see three lit candles
I hear the church bells peal 
I feel renewed and ready
To take a transformed journey
With determination and courage

Stanski
July 17, 2021 ^