Where is God?
Where is God? I question Him every
day.
I know He's God of the good times,
but I'm asking Him as I pray,
"I've seen You years past in the
bad times,
what are You doing or are You
working on this steep and uphill
climb?"
No sign from Him hand written on
walls,
His word lies opened but silent
it won't speak to my heart at all,
of these trials, troubles, yawning
grief.
Is my heart sealed to protect me
from some other death that's like a
thief?
A barren place, no En Gedi here,
seasons of joy replaced by dry,
no abundant rain to make all clear.
When He is silent I cry alone.
Is He really there, close at hand,
and why is He hiding His throne?
There's no burning bush, no holy
ground,
though I seek and loudly call.
But He's not here when I turn around.
Dull gray leaden clouds, a brassy sky
my words bounce back to earth it
seems,
my breath released in a shuddering
sigh.
All I know of His love and grace,
all I've seen of Him lifetime through,
tells me He is surely in this place.
I wrestle him unseen in the night,
crying out that He must bless me,
daybreak dawns, He is gone out of
sight.
I hold onto what His word has shown,
faith is not sight or none I have
It is the unseen that faith is known.
If questions remain, no answers come,
my mind troubled waters stir,
then into the pool this faith must
plunge!
He is God when He is silent too,
He is God when He thunders loud
He is God when faith is sight
renewed.
If He can't be trusted now then when?
I lean hard into promised joy
He fails me not--and peace reigns
again.
By Karen Helmes
Yes, God is still with you;He's still GOD ,even if he's being silent...sometimes I feel that way and then I think God is GOD no matter how I feel. He IS there!Praying for you.
ReplyDeleteSo true Karen ... glad for peace again. Love and prayers. Faith
ReplyDeleteOh I hear this heart cry! Thanking Him for showing you His faithfulness. Love you, continually praying.
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