When things are falling down around us
We shouldn't just pick up and leave.
We will need creative thinking
A semblance of order to retrieve.
We go through seasons which are hard
And wish that things were not that way.
If we're wise we will not run
But choose to "tough it out" and stay.
For in these times we're shaped and pruned
And taught to have a new perspective.
We will find new balance
As we pray and are receptive.
Victory comes through diligence,
And growth through trial and error.
Peace and strength and joy will come
As we reach up in prayer.
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit."
John 15:1-2 KJV
© 2007 Arlene Schwartzkopf