Poetry
I Couldn’t Sleep Last Night
I couldn’t sleep last night, so I got up and looked outside,
The stars and the moon winked as on me they spied,
I thought of all the people I know walking through rocky trials,
We all have our journey and walk different miles,
No one likes to think about suffering or going through such a thing,
Some say that Jesus endured this to take away our own sting,
Wasn’t He an example of how we should be?
This holy man from Galilee,
As I thought of His love during the night,
The evening darkness somehow became light,
My home brightened with golden petals of son,
A dance of joy leaped from my heart begun,
We cannot lose no matter the woes,
Victory is already ours, as He battles our foes,
Emphathy and mercy can not have delay,
God gave these to me to give away,
Thinking some more, I thought of giving,
We’re to bear fruit like a tree so we can keep living,
The tree doesn’t keep leaves or fruit as we see,
Faithfully enriching the ground for you and me,
Not stopping there, little trees arise,
They give of themselves no matter the size,
Are we to be any different in our own lives?
Can this be God’s plan in making us wise?
Listening this evening I know this is true,
We are to give ourselves to others and seek what we can do,
Yes I thought, and looked back up in the sky,
Life is short, we either do or we die,
Yet for the Christian we know we do not die,
We transition to glory in a wink of our eye,
Again I thought for a moment of His words of peace,
Sweet calmness ushered over me a gentle release,
You and I have been placed here for only a little while,
We can fight His will and walk a long mile,
Or we can hold His hand as we trod on our way,
Knowing that He will see us through another day,
We are secure in what He has said,
I nodded my head and went back to bed,
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