You Will Decide

Give up . . .  or . . .  get up?

Call it quits . . .  or . . .  quit complaining?

Get over it . . .  and get going? 

Yes, things are a general mess;

  When it might improve is just a guess.

  But you have one life,

  And you can overcome this strife!

  Others have put up with worse stuff . . . 

  They held on, came through, got tough.

  Don’t consider resignation;

  Display your determination.

  There’s a spark of hope in your brain;

  You can hold on through this strain.

  Someone who cares is telling you,

  Don’t give up, you ARE not through!

Not Enough Time to Worry

I don’t have adequate time to properly worry about what I just heard;

Can we just hit Pause for now?

I need to recuperate from the previous trouble left over from yesterday;

Sometimes I don’t even know how.

God, You see everything that’s happening, all that’s good and all that’s bad,

For each challenge there’s a reason;

I open the Bible to see what wisdom is written for me to learn:

I’m in a growing season.

I don’t want to limp along, following a careless, misbehaving crowd,

I want to achieve something good;

I pray for direction, protection, ability, stability, provision

Show me, help me do what I should. 

Life’s too short to experiment with all that’s alluring us to evil,

I don’t want to reject God’s love.

One of these days will be my last day to breathe here on earth,

I want eternal life, Above.

Forgiveness requires honest repentance, not pretending to believe,

You remind me to trust and obey;

You are Creator of the vast Universe, and You love each of us; 

Show me what to do today.

By Elaine Hardt ©2014