Seeking Validation

Maybe we all struggle at times … wanting to know the end result while we are still in the midst of the process. I had this real struggle in 2016. Not proud of that struggle, but maybe someone can relate.

The Target Struck?

I guess it is natural to wonder.                                                               At this stage of life 
When Medicare is available,
And a grandchild grows tall as the child.
I guess it is natural to question 
The wisdom of choices we’ve made;
Of paths we’ve taken;
Where we have invested 
Our time and money,
Our energy and hope.

True faith was always the clear target;
But how to steer those minds and hearts,
Of which we had custody for just a while,
Was a riddle as mysterious 
As understanding The Light itself.
“Just sow the seeds” we are told….
“Wait and trust” is the instruction.

But the soul longs for confirmation;
The mind seeks assurance;reassurance 
That those choices made,
Those paths taken,
Those deposits invested 
Will result in a target struck.

The wondering numbs,
The questions swirl,
The uncertainty nearly cripples.
So I cry out to God
“Demanding” confirmation;
Pleading for validation….
Even if doing so violates principles 
I think I truly believe.

But then … within a single week …
I watch through tears the witnessing smile
Of one mother child
Who stands beside her own mother 
And boldly sings of knowing His grace.

And then…
Happy eager voices of the smallest two
Retell the Bible stories they’ve learned 
From the second mother child.

And then…
A poem written by the first 
Of the third generation 
Gives solid evidence of a bull’s eye hit.

Head bowed, I sheepishly marvel 
While an all-knowing God smiles and asks
If I don’t yet understand The Light,
Or if my heart just can’t fully trust The Truth.

Skip Burke  May 2016

I hope that you are better at trusting God’s promises and His timing than I sometimes am.

“The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.”

1 Thessalonians 5:24 NIV

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