Bumps In the Road

BUMPS IN THE ROAD Bumps in the road that I travel— Menacing, to say the least! Why are they there in the pathway? I just do not have the peace! Bumps of the past and my failures, Bumps of some bad memory, Bumps that some cold, callous people Put in that pathway I see. Bumps of my life’s daily struggles, Some are my fault there, I know, So on this rough road I travel, Now long I’ve traveled it so. I could just give up the journey Jump off a bridge here or there, Or other ways I could detour, For I don’t think people care. Then someone came there beside me Who’s been on this road before, He said, “The bumps are for climbing”; I knew it was the Lord. Strange as it seemed, now here with me Bumps in the road I don’t mind, For someone there is now with me, And in His strength I can find Courage to travel this highway, With all its bumps on the way, But knowing GOD’S there beside me Helping me climb bumps each day. --Thoughts based on selections from a devotional by Warren Wiersbe, shared on Facebook, April, 2017