Back On the Path

My heart sunk
My shoulders slumped.
My determination deflated like a balloon.
It was like being hit in the kidney
by a heavyweight fighter with no warning.

I was down for the count.
I felt like giving up.
I crawled into a ball, riving in
pain on the ground until I fell asleep.

In the morning I woke up to the 
pain that still gripped me.
Despite the pain I got to my knees
and prayed to my God, who is faithful 
to deliver me from all my woes.

As I prayed my shoulders lifted,
my heart rose,
my deflated determination inflated,
and God sent relief to my kidneys like a good 
medicine. 

I got back up, got back on the path, and kept
on walking with Jesus as my guide.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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