You Never Cease To Amaze Me

You Never Cease to Amaze Me! You never cease to amaze me! I know I haven’t been thinking much about you lately I’ve been so busy, what with studying and being sick, I didn’t think you even knew or cared about all That I’ve been going through; The aches and pains, the severe lack of money, Slight disappointment verging on disillusion On why I haven’t been able to produce anything Other than the occasional fourteener or haiku While enjoying the marvellous writing of so many other poets I’m glad now I didn’t let anything worry me too much It's funny the way it happened but Looking back it’s easy to see that you Were working away behind the scenes for me I love the way you led me To learn something new about yourself When I thought I knew so much already This gift was such a surprise It still makes me smile when I think about it And came when I least expected But at just the right time for me to understand That God makes 'the ordinary extraordinary'* And uses 'the simple things to do great things'* You never cease to amaze me God! And may you never cease to inspire And reveal the mystery of you to me Through others. by Jean McLoughlin *Paraphrased from 'Learning from Jesus: If we feel that out lives are too simple or too boring' by Mark Frank. Thank you for inspiring me with your wonderful words Mark!