Poetry
I searched the world over….
I searched the world over looking for a friend
I asked God to send me someone with whom I didn’t have to pretend,
Who would love me when I’m fat, love me when I’m thin
Who wouldn’t laugh at my insecurity,
Who would be a helper to the end.
Who I could be comfortable with
Who would help comb the tangles in my hair,
Help me choose my clothes
And wouldn’t laugh and stare!
I searched he world over looking for friend
One who wouldn’t mock my quirky voice
Who would be authentically proud of his individual choice.
I asked God to send me someone with whom I didn’t have to pretend
Because I was weary of the jokes n jibes,
They broke me…
I just wanted to be a friend!
I didn’t want to be special
Just an ordinary girl,
Helping my friend with matters close to his heart
I was determined
I would try to help and be prudent from the start.
My friend came without warning
Whilst I looked the erstwhile way,
Still trying to gain acceptance
In an image age that yelled
Please, just go away.
My friend was hurting somewhat,
Not perfect,
But neither was I,
My friend said, I was great
How could I deny?
At last I was in sincere company
Though adjustments had to be made,
Refining and tuning, listening & learning
It was not easy, but willpower was my staid.
Plans from hell came along and tried to ruin me and my friend
Those plans of Satan unloved our union
For all the wrong reasons,
Things that were never given a second thought
As Christian’s we know God teaches us all things, what he ought
We do not worry, he will perfect the way for all concerned
God is Just, God is faithful, and God is not religion, God is to be discerned…
I was so grateful I had found a companionable mate
Someone with whom I could relate
All the disappointments had taken there toll
I had attempted to make friends, I had tried to be known
I tried to find acceptance, and uncover Christian counsel
Because where I grew up it just was not shown.
There were familiar things between me and my friend,
We laughed, we compared, and we were so different too
It was not easy because differences can be strong
We had to find the place where we both felt we belong
But the bottom line is and for the first time ever,
My friend said I was lovable, both inside and out
And let me tell you my friend was not wrong!
I always wanted someone to love me and share my kin
And me be there to share there’s too
I longed for peace, both outside and within
But I could not get away from row after row
Every side I looked there was dreadful rancour
I loved my friend… but I broke again, anyhow.
In my simple state of mind I hoped all things would be seamless
But no sooner I took off my rose tinted glasses
I remembered how cold and harsh it can be,
The hurt and the pain and the longsuffering.
All I could do is put it in the Mighty hands of God
He will open the doors of resolution
Nothing is ever beyond his repair
Not even yours or my desperate despair
All those years of derision finally began to fade,
It was like being let out of prison cell,
At last I found a friend, somebody that cared,
But as the grip of one hold left me
The next came in, like a flood
Though God raised a standard
I was just not prepared!
No amount of experience
Can prepare you for human variance,
Or ready you for ‘big people row’
Satan, the Lord rebuke you!
You are egotistical, you are shallow and you are sad.
You stirred up revulsion from the start,
When you lost your place in Gods heaven
You just hate mankind because God still loves us
You are His negative but we are his plus….
And God was not sleeping, he saw and he knew,
It was too much for me
But he taught me how to fight the good fight fittingly,
He showed me exactly what I must do
He taught me to Yadah, Shabach ‘n’ Praise his name
To pray, have faith and trust in the same
To walk and obey and go where he says go
And to be very serious for this is no show
I searched the world over looking for a friend
I asked God, - of whom I am also his friend -
To send someone with whom I didn’t have to pretend
I found a friend, kind of simple like me,
We struggled to make sense of many things
But I always knew God reigned supreme,
If only life was not so demanding
But from Adam until this very day
It never has, and alas… it cannot be!
This is why we all need a saviour,
The ultimate friend
He is above and we below,
To teach instruct at a pace we can bare,
In the faultless way that we should go.
I searched the world over and I found a friend
He is my life partner and my spouse for life
And I can be me, the exact me
Just as God’s covenant planned it to be,
Him + Me + God = LOVE
Thank God for the first Adam and Eve
I am his Eve and he is my Steve
Some would say that I am his ‘trouble and strife’
Please don’t misunderstand me, listen keenly, this means, I am his dear wife!
Written by Sandra Cowan, Copyright 2006. Not to be reproduced without the authors consent.
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