in one week 

watching
wastefulness
disappointments 
by decades. 
darkness.

rebuke 
panic
waking up
witnessing
light

brokenness
confession
tenderness
compassion
healing

interest
empathy
re-focusing
reaching
others

abandoned 
prayers, now
awesome
answers
surprise

stories
questions
reminiscing
listening
history             

amazing
medical
methods 
maneuvering
miracles

believing
trusting 
fresh faith
receiving
God. 

© 2015 gratefulsue

back to Beautiful and Difficult

September 12, 2024
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The poem in one week describes the fact that God can use anything to trigger an answer to prayer, even if that prayer has been long abandoned by the one who prayed it. Plus, people and circumstances can change, even in one week’s time!

In this case, a change in someone’s health was the trigger that brought about a change for the better in that person’s character, and thus inspired this poem. It’s not that our prayers manipulate God. Who can really understand His purposes or timing? It's that He sees the big picture and we must trust Him even when the answers we desire don’t come. Sometimes, we get surprised later, as I was when I wrote this poem. Either way, we must trust God’s character to be good.