Backstory:

I have always enjoyed literature and books. Writing has been a really great outlet for me the last few years. I heard of this metaphor and really liked it: that we may only see one stanza of a poem at a time-but God knows the entire poem-and it is beautiful, even when it’s unfinished. This really resonated with me being a poet and with my love for words and books.

Trust the Master Poet

We experience life line by line,

We don’t see the big picture because our vision is so fine.

Just one stanza of a poem may feel awkward and incomplete,

And in the beginning of writing it the theme doesn’t yet feel concrete.

As our Master Poet, our Loving Father in Heaven

Sees the whole poem in its entirety and its theme is never in question.

He sees the opening lines, the long middle where growth happens,

And the final resolution that brings meaning to every earlier line and all of its captions.

What feels like a rough draft to us with our paper and pen,

To our Father is part of His divine plan in the end.

Our unfinished lines in our poems of life,

To us may seem like failures full of strife.

Our inward growth in life is not about perfection in a single moment,

But as long as we progress and keep writing until we are out of content,

Then our Savior comes along and turns our unfinished work into a perfect and beautiful masterpiece,

And we can finish our rough draft with Him as our editor whispering in our ears words of love and peace. 

Some of the most powerful poems are full of hard moments when the soul is aching and yearning for more,

Our lives are the same because we long to be in our Father’s Loving Arms but all we need to do is open the door.

And one day after this life is over-our poem of life will be read aloud in its finished state,

Then all of our earthly cares will be gone and our souls won’t feel so much weight.

The Takeaway: We are all writing our unique stories while we live on this earth. But we are never alone in our journey in mortality. By our side is our Master Editor in our Savior, Jesus Christ. He will help us erase our shortcomings and weaknesses. He will be there to whisper words of love and peace to our minds when we feel darkness inside. Our Father will also be there as our Master Poet to help us write our stories into something beautiful and full of purpose.