Empty Hands (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Dear Lord ~
I got nothin’
I don’t have strength
I don’t have energy
I don’t have insight or wisdom
I don’t have dry eyes
I don’t have a life without pain
I don’t have the ability to hold myself together
I don’t have…
But, I guess that means
That I don’t have an agenda with you
Or a box where you are supposed to fit.
That’s right God ~ I got nothin’
Remind me again – What have you got?
I’ve got the cattle that roam on a thousand hills
The wealth of every mine
I own the rivers and the rocks
I’ve got it all.
I’ve got the strength
I’ve got the insight and wisdom
I’ve got the ability to hold you together
For by me all things consist and are held together
I’ve got your purpose
I’ve got your heart
I’ve got your back and front
I’ve got what is above and below you
I’ve got your future and your past
I’ve got you in the present
But I don’t have dry eyes either
Even I don’t have a life without pain…
That’s why we are so good together
That’s what I’ve got…
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Cheryl Meakins 
Let’s see. We do have accountablility…a measured responsibility to follow and to be obedient..a will to exercise. Thanks for your good expressions. Gary
Gary – you are right we always have accountability. This poem is an expression of the totality of surrender in our personal pain. And really a fulfillment of the verses
” But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
What did you hear from the poem?
Thanks for sharing! Cheryl
Totally related to the poem! Thanks again for our phone conversation and prayer yesterday. God is good – ALL the time and knows exactly who to send in to our path to accomplish and confirm His purpose. Thanks for being His instrument to bless me!
Hi Karen! I am so glad that the poem ministered to your heart! Funny thing is, I never write poetry 🙂 Our phone call was a blessing to me as well. You confirmed for me God’s direction for me and honored me that even in my own wounding I can function as a healer and warrior for others too! You can visit my new blog at http://www.woundedhealerwarrior.com See you in September at the retreat!