As we live our life day-in and day-out amazing things are happening around us and within us. At times life seems to wear us down and beat us down relentlessly. It’s up to us to grow through these difficult times and muster the strength to fight back, stay strong, and not give up.
We may feel isolated and alone without a solution or a way out from our despair. Down deep inside we must believe that in spite of all our difficulties there is a solution that exists. Recently I ran across a poem I wrote while teaching a Conflict Anger Lifelong Management (CALM) class a few years back. It’s called Moving On.
Life is in constant flux. At times I feel like a bottle lost in the sea of life. Being tossed from wave to wave. Where will I land? Upon which shore will I find rest?
Who will lift me from my despair? Will it be the gentle soul I’ve been waiting for. I do not know, at times I feel like I do not care. Why do I feel this way? I do not know, but I do care.
I want to move forward. I know that I must. At times I just don’t know how. Perhaps there is a gentle soul out there that will take me by the hand, and show me the way. I do want too move on, I know that I must.
I truly love life and I now know what it will take to get on with my life. To turn a new page, and start a new chapter in the book that my life is destined to write. I must act, one foot in front of the other. Progress might feel a bit slow at times but as long as I choose to move forward, I will move on.
That gentle soul the poem mentions is of course our Higher Power or our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Psalm 40:1-2, puts it this way: “I waited patiently for the Lord to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along.”
In our darkest moments we must remember that God has our back and loves us deeply. we must truly believe that our faith will grow as we continue to put our trust, faith, hope, and love in Jesus Christ or our Higher Power. with love and Godspeed, Carbie out.
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