God’s ways aren’t our ways. So many times I can’t understand why a loved one who truly is a devoted servant of the Lord has to go through so many bumps in the road. This poem was written when I simply hurt for my loved one.

My Prayer for a Loved One 

Sometimes I don’t understand, Lord,

Why a heart that’s been battered and scarred

Can’t have a time of joyful peace;

A life no longer marred.

 

After going through trials and heartbreak

And yet keeping a focus on You,

Why there’s not a time of rich, happy life

When all of life’s troubles are few.

 

I really don’t know the answer,

But I pray that You will impart

The comfort only You can give

With love straight from Your heart.