Triumphant Over Personal Challenges
Wrestling not with flesh and blood…
Here am I battling with forces in my mind and soul
As I see myself plunging into the sinkhole of midlife crises…
Oh, God, Your grace I beseech to pull me toward sobriety’s leverage
…Prop my faith by Your truth and mercy’s fortitude.
Confronting every fragment of self-pity’s guilt…
Here am I struggling over weakness-angst’s realities
As I confess my engagements with comfort-sparkled illusion…
My Lord, endue me with wisdom for a decisive resolution, indeed peace-filled
…Protect my testimony from being labeled as spiritual derelict.
Facing ambivalence midst maturity challenges…
Here am I subduing attacks of aging-related psychosis
As I admit my vulnerability and fears regarding my health…
Dear Saviour, uphold me in my well-being afflictions
…Propel my triumphant walk’s commitment against instability’s* fall.
*James 1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
2 Corinthians 2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
June 11, 2019
2nd place, "You and Yours, Let's Get Personal" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand; judged on 7/11/2019.
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