writing | Faith Centered Inspiration

Backstory:

My husband and I have been married since May of 2007. I always felt and knew that I wanted to be a mother. So getting married at the age of 23, I felt like I had a lot of time to become a mother. I thought things would work so that could happen. But here I am in my early 40’s and that blessing never happened for me. I have learned that sometimes in this life the things we think we need are not granted to us. Then we might feel anger for not receiving those blessings. But I need to be grateful for my blessings and just not focus on the things I am lacking but focus more on my many blessings.

My Wishing Well

I realized lately that I think a lot about things that I don’t have and things I think I need,

Some days I wish some parts of my life would change with all possible speed,

Yes there are times when I feel like life isn’t fair and to heaven I plead,

And sometimes I feel on my darkest days that because my wants are not met, all my heart does is bleed.

I’m sure that most people feel like this from time to time,

And I’m also sure that being human, that feeling is not a crime,

I know there are days when I feel like my challenges are so hard that they constantly feel like mountains I have to climb,

And for all my hard work some days it feels like I don’t even earn a dime.

I also think that I just need to learn to enjoy my life and remember that I am blessed,

Yes there are things I wish I could change but maybe that’s why this life is a test,

And yes there are some things that I might never have and my heart will be broken in my chest,

But maybe those things that break me will also be the things that make me stronger than I would have guessed.

I do have so many blessings, too many to name,

I’m sure that sometimes you feel the same,

We are here on this earth to learn and that is the name of the game,

And there are also many wonderful blessings that if we are faithful we will be able to claim.

I have decided that I need to have more gratitude,

And some days I definitely need to change my attitude,

Most days I try my hardest to increase my mind’s aptitude,

And sometimes my challenges have a huge magnitude.

The Takeaway: Sometimes things don’t work out like we thought they would in our lives. But we need to trust in our Heavenly Father that He has a plan for us that is bigger than our plan for our lives. He will work out our lives for our good.

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.