Prayer

One of Us

One of Us It's been years since we prayed together, years we could have grown apart but somehow didn't. I see Your hand in this. The same hand that formed us, loud and raucous,

Gal Pals

Gal Pals They're the ones that I can count on,sure as the beads on an abacus.It is miraculous to mehow You fit them into my life:the childhood friend,the college roommate,the confidante,the sisters by birthand by marriage.Treasures, all...a profusion much greaterthan one woman deserves.Thank You for the bondsforged by...

Humility

Humility Humble me.Make me small enough to fit on the head of a pin,lest I believethat Your deeds are mine.All the good I accomplishpours forth from You;I am merely a vessel.And when I know this fully,there will be no diminishment,only awe.

In All I Do

In All I Do Let me sing Your praisein all that I am:nurturing mother,loving daughter,faithful wife,supportive employer,disciplined employee,or humble volunteer. Let me sing Your praisein all that I do:bearing up the disappointed,guiding the lost,lending strength to...

You Are There

You Are There I pausewashing the dishes,answering email,picking up the mess of an average day.I wish I could feel Youhere with me. Help me to realize thatYou are thereeven when I cannot sense You,that You are the constant in my life. Where I am today,there You are.Where I am tomorrow,You will be –

Mind Games

Mind Games Trigger my mind to love. My thoughts will come alive.I will love everyoneand everything today.I am in control.I can make the decisionto love today.You have given me the gift of choice.No matter what I am going through,I will manifest the fruit of love.  

Sustenance

Sustenance For the love in the hands that prepared this food, I thank You.For the warmth of the meal and the warmth of the conversation, I thank You.For the laughter bubbling over the spread before us, I thank You.I praise You for the joyful spirits You sustain,for the willing hands so happy to serve,for...

Small Wonders

Small Wonders I praise You for the tiny gloriesI am often too busy to see:the irregular scallop of a maple leaf,the impossible yellow of a dandelion, the perfection of untrammeled snow. For the scrap of sunlight the cat findsin the darkened hallway,I thank You.

Let It Ring

Let It Ring I woke this morning in America,and I know what freedom is. Where there is injustice,I am free to fight.Where there is silence,I am free to speak,Where there is hate,I am free to love.

Paid in Full

Paid in Full As the door to each sourceof financial credit slowlycloses with a sickening click,I pray You will help meunclench the familiargrip of fear invadingthe pit of my stomach. Help me remember to breathe.Let me lift my eyes from thepile of papers that have casttheir numerical reckoningupon my weary spirit.  

Me in You

Me in You In the mirror, I see imperfections.I see skin not clear enough,a body not fit enough,a brain not smart enough,a wit not quick enough,a worker not strong enough,a person not valuable enough.Help me to see You in me,To see Your holy work exude from my being.You created me, and since You're divine and all,I've got to think that You didn't...

Workplace Hazard

Workplace Hazard I dread the workday. Every day I struggle to keep peace with a difficult coworker. When I work with this personI feel my sense of self-worth diminish.I feel disrespected and unheard. As I go in to work, I feel myself bracing for a blow.Please surround me today with Your perfect peace.

Heart Opened

Heart Opened Open my heart, so I can see the truth around me.When I am shown anger,help me see the hurt that sparked it.When I am shown arrogance,help me see insecurity. When I am shown aggression, help me...

Prosperous Soul

Prosperous Soul Remind me,when my transmission diesand the numbers in my checking accountturn red,that I am blessed—that this phase of my lifeis nothing short of a miracle.Without financial disaster,I may not discover my own creative potential.I may not learn to simplify.I may not see the love that surrounds me,the open hearts...

Counting to Ten

Counting to Ten My jaw clenches tight.My shoulders draw up.I snap and snarl at those around me.Help me gather myself quietly together.

Rejuvenation

Rejuvenation Awake to a damp, cloudy morn;rain imminent.Take a breath of thick, heavy air.I don't ask for sunshine,just a bright perspective of this day.The rains pour down.Rains that cleanse the mind, the air;rains that nourish every living thing.Including me.

Forgiveness Step One

Forgiveness Step One “You have to forgive him.It’s the right thing to do.”Why do they tell me to forgive and forgetwhen he beats me down with his words?If I continue to live this life—  I will hate myself.Please, lend me Your strength.Let me lean on You as I walk away.Lend me Your...

What If?

What If? You probably think I should be over this by now.A lifetime of temptation, giving up, starting again—follow me into the turmoil of my mind. My body will never be what I want it to be.It's too late for my version of perfect.Age eliminates firm arms, slender waist. Truth broadcasts itself through my conscience.What is left? Can I set new goals?Eliminate old thought...

A Blessing in Uniform

A Blessing in Uniform Please bless the strangerin the faded uniform.Give him the peaceof a career well-served,and a service completed.Give him my thanksfor the doors he opened,the paths he paved,the battles he spared us. Please bless the strangerin the muddy uniform.Hold her...

Facing the Music

Facing the Music Letting go of the past is quite the sticky wicket.The real challenge is forgiving myself.I brook no more excuses.There was no reason for what I did.How could I? Was that even me?It's not just the specific eventsI can't stop enumerating,it's the way I feel about myselfwhen I remember.Like watching a dam...

Road to Recovery

Road to Recovery My car is an extension of me;a mobile handbag, diner, office.Horsepower becomes speed of light;sunlight on mirror, reflecting bright.Car stickers play on my emotions.Distance, speed, torque, CD player, and radio.I even have a reserved parking spacethat is the envy of many.Help me get a GPS navigation system

Forgive, Forget, Move On

Forgive, Forget, Move On How can I ever forget?You tell me forgiving begets forgetting.Easier said than done.I nurse my hurts and keep them close,like treasured souvenirs.Pry open my fists and force them loose.It is time to move on,even though I'm afraid of the road ahead,what it looks likewithout the distraction of old...

Worship

Worship I need YouI weep for YouI reach out for YouI feel YouI think of YouI worship YouGuide me to bea better person today than yesterdayLet the joy of worshipmanifest in meand others will know your comfortunderstandingforgivenessand love.  

Feeling Lonely

Feeling Lonely My mornings of sorroware shrouded in pain.This "ideal" lifestyleis crumbling into dust.Hope is shattered.Life has implodedinto the sands of time. Tears like crystal ball snowflakesfleck with happinesstwirling with the forcesof false emotion,as myriad feelingsreflect on mirrorsdulled by...

Ready to Grow

Ready to Grow You know how badly I want this promotion.To show them and myself, I am capable of so much more.Help me to go into the interviewfull of confidence without being arrogant.Help me stay centered but still be accessible.May I sense Your peace, and reflectit back to others in the room.Whether or not...

Faith vs. Reason

Faith vs. Reason I'm here,You're there,and yet, we're together. I've been around the block, around the world.Somehow, You're everywhere I go. Make me mindful that life is not all or nothing.Embolden me as I fail forwardknowing that the only mistake would be not to try.

Longing to Love

Longing to Love I am so tired of eating alone, of sleeping alone, of waking up to no one but myself.I date, but it never leads to anything long term.For so long, I’ve been looking for my type, my ideal man.Help me keep my eyes and my heart opento the possibilities You place b...

Perfect

Perfect Unbelievable. Unattainable.My quick, loud words and selfish fearmake perfection seem as possibleas pigs in flight.Yet You are perfect,and in You, I feel what might beif only I could get closer.I will spend my life working for this.I see myself rocketing skyward,falling up like a freak of gravity.I may not ever be perfect,but my faith in You

Thy Will

Thy Will Not my will, but Thy will.I try to hold thisin my mind and my heartas I hold my worries up to You.Thy will may not mean a quick fixor the easy way out.It may take weeksto come together.But it is Your way,The Way,even when I cannot spy itthrough my nearsighted takeon the world;the world You lovingly holdin Your...

Greater Purpose

Greater Purpose As we gather together today,we praise You for the diversity among us,for the many experiences and perspectives that make our group complete and make our mission possible.

Thanks to You

Thanks to You I give You thanks for carrying me throughthe muckiest patches of life.Emerging with scratches, yes, but they pale compared to the faith-filled ferocity of my inner power.I give You thanks for bestowing within me the determination to stand tall- not back away

Next Opportunity

Next Opportunity Discouragement covers melike piles of papers on this desk.The light in my job is gone.I dream often of leavingthe struggles of dreary daysand finding a new start.But I know too well:I’m too practical to quit,too lazy to leave,too ashamed to walk away,again.

Ritual

Ritual I clear the space that surrounds us.I set aside the clutter of my dayso the chaos does not obstruct my view of You. I clear myself.I breathe out the weight of my egoso my heart is opened to you. I open my eyes.I find you at my side,waiting for my frantic mindto settle finally on You.

Journey = Destination

Journey = Destination Let me ask an unusual thing:Bless the people with their cranky pants on this morning.The ones who got off on the wrong foot today.Who woke up

Unraveling

Unraveling Her marriage is breaking upand I want to help. Yet I wilt when I think how soon the phone will ring again,pouring her sorrow over my soul.I cannot give the answershe wants the most.I don't know if she will keep him. I don't know if she should keep him. Show me the path that will bring her peace. Please help me find the wordsthat reflect...

Lost and Found

Lost and Found I’ve done it again.I’d lose my own head if it wasn’t attached.Please.It seems like such a little thing.But I could use:Your eyes, to see the unseen,Your attentiveness,so as not to repeat the fault,Your forgiveness, for being so carelesswith the many gifts you give me.Help me recover what...

Toilet Talk

Toilet Talk A single request—excruciatingly simple:relieve me.The plumbing of a human beinghas pipes, valves and openingsworking in sync withfood I eat and liquids I drink.

Words

Words They can be stones;they can be roses.Help me, Creator,to make my words a gift.Open my lips to bring comfort;still my tongue before I lash out.

You Know

You Know Only You can say what I need.I think I know:  this job, that house, this person that I say I love. But only You can say what I need.  I do know what I want: to trust more in You, in the gentle and hopefulunveiling of Your promise.

Au Fait

Au Fait You know every sole that has ever left a footprint in the sand.You know every child who has ever flown home from collegeto spend a holiday with their family.You know every Scout leader that has hiked a forest trail.

Always There

Always There Give me the strength and wisdomto face all adversities in life,no matter how large or trivial.Though I know You are always with me,I sometimes forgetwhen I am wrapped up in a struggle.The only thing I need is a gentle nudge;the reminder that You soldier on along side me.Help me to stop and realize,You will never...

Everyday Miracles

Everyday Miracles There are things I don't understand, but I count on them.Electricity.  A compass.  Faith.Things that light my way and take me where I need to be.Gravity.  Common sense.You. Things I count on to

Keep It Simple

Keep It Simple Treat your neighbors as yourself.Don't lie or steal.Honor your parents.They seem pretty straightforwardright up until I seek clarification,that will help me findloopholes and exceptions.Just who are my neighbors?Do white lies count?Help me simplify my obedienceinstead of complicating itwith qualifications and...

Tail End of Hope

Tail End of Hope I cannot see the light at the end anymore.All I can see are the months stretched out before me,each one representing a new set of bills I cannot pay.I see no way out.All I see is deeper debt, deeper failure.I would love for You to guide me out of this.I am asking to be rescued.I am asking to see results.If...

A Marriage in Trouble

A Marriage in Trouble We sit in silence.I say nothing;he looks at the TVwhile I stroke the cat.The couch is small,but miles separate us.A stranger in my home.I rub my arm,desperately needingto feel touch.Please can't You healthis pain, his heart,my contempt, his indifference?

Locked Up

Locked Up First, a call.He didn't show up for work.A nagging worry as the search began.No results: He's nowhere to be found.Incarcerated.My son, no longer free.Caught in his own reckless stupidity.Yet not only he suffers:I'm in pain, for him, for me,for all of us who love him.Help me to bear the weight of worry.Bring a...

Trust the Connections

Trust the Connections When and whereI will connect with Youisn't something I can predict,yet I judge when and whereothers will make these connections. Only with Youcan I lead without pushing,wait without impatienceand give others the spaceto find You.

Battle Cries

Battle Cries War ravaging within me.Peck, peck, pecking away, every time my phone moans.Every time I wonder, "Where is my child now?"This is war.Every time I beg You to keep them safe.Every time the news has a new tally to share.A new...

Clean and Clear

Clean and Clear Sometimes when I thinkI can’t scrub the dirt offthe kitchen floor(or my soul)I want to give up, but I get down on my knees.You’ve shown me thatpractical prayers and elbow greaseaccomplish so many things.

Recovery

Recovery Every day, I lumber up the staircase, twelve steps at a time.I haven't even reached the 'one-day-at-a-time' point yet;I'm taking it by the millisecond.Looking back, alone in the world, I turned in the wrong direction.Even when I stopped believing in You, You never stopped believing in me.You were there whether I...

Your Name

Your Name May I honor Your Name alwaysas a blessing on my lips. Your Name is not a weapon.It is neither a catalyst for anger,nor is it proof of my righteousness. Your Name is the hand of kindness,the voice of hope,the source of all possible joy. May I only speak itin reverence and in love.  

My Last Pity Party

My Last Pity Party How did I get stuck doing this?  I fuss and fume as I make the calls,stuff the envelopes,and line up the name tags. I am slowly realizing that just because I can do something, doesn't mean I need to be the onewho says "yes." 

Break Me Off a Little Something

Break Me Off a Little Something Am I allowed to have a day where nothing seems to make sense?You know I’m not a complainer,and I always make an effort to make things better.This may seem minuscule, but grant me a day with no major drama.I’m not saying that I expect You to solve all my problems.Just asking for a run of...

Aunt Flo

Aunt Flo Every month, like clockwork (we hope),the crimson tide comes calling.Causing pain, bloating, mood swings and cravings,throwing plans for a loop and outlawing white from our wardrobes.It's a curse and a blessing all at once.Please remind me to carry supplies at all timesand to remember its pending arrival when scheduling dates.Until Your holy decree stems the tide,may...

Pulse of the Generations

Pulse of the Generations We raise our faces to You.You who has sustainedcountless generations;with the steadiness of Your love,with the strength of Your wisdom.You are the blood that unites us.You are the pulse that revives us.You are where we begin,where we end,where we are. I...

Open Soul Surgery

Open Soul Surgery You gave me theexpanse of eternityas my birthright,this space that I inhabittentatively andalways so circumspect.You created galaxies,rain forests and archipelagosto illustrate what is possible.Yet, sometimes all I seeis my small subdivisionof space and time.

Going Green

Going Green Yesterday it occurred to me,as I washed the same clothes,emptied the same dishwasher,and scrubbed the same kitchen sink, again:I am Your poster child for “going green”Because You recycle me!Cost saving and efficient, You help the earth by the energy I generate,by doing tasks in rep...

Machinery

Machinery

From the Inside to the Outside

From the Inside to the Outside Let me know Your will,Your hearts desire, and my own.Train me; prune me in the faith life,that I may bear fruit pleasing to You.Inside, show me how to love unconditionally,free to express Your wordsof comfort and tolerance.Let compassion overflow...

Measure of Success

Measure of Success Help me to recalibrateso that I don't live byeveryone else's rules:It's impossible to achieve success later in life.You're a woman in a man's world.Change is something to be feared.Help me to regroup so that those who populate my worldare kindred spirits with the best intentions.

Rescue Mission

Rescue Mission This morning I awakewith a mountain of debton my shoulders;I feel my feet slipas an avalanche of billssends me sliding out of control. Please rescue mefrom this frightening place;Please send reservesof time and patience,and financial resourcesto lift me from the path of...

Keeping Score

Keeping Score Thank You for simple pleasuresthat fill my heart with gratitude:the kiss of color in a masterpiece of sky,the refreshing coolnessof yogurt in the morning light,a clean, comfortable bedat the end of the day. In my blessed abundance,help me understand why

Totality

Totality Let me love Youwith everything.Let my intellect adore You,my body understand You,my heart envelop You.Teach me to open entirely,that I may learn to reach for Youwith more than my words,for I am madeof more than words myself,and I am madeto commune with You.   ...

You Are All

You Are All From the vastness of the universefull of darkness,stars and infinite space,to the tiny wonder of one small seedcradled in dark soil,bathed in spring rain,waiting to grow.You are in it all.It is all in You.From the ice of winter,sparkling, waiting, quiet.To the green of summer,insects...

Ah, Young Love

Ah, Young Love "I was young once, too,"I tell her.But she stares at me,as if I sprang, fully-formedand middle-aged, from the head of Zeus.How can I possibly understandtrue love?So I turn to You who taught methe meaning of the word.

Small World

Small World Every time I run into a friendI haven't seen in decades,she says, "small world."But in truth, it's really quite large.Big enough to accommodate small minds, shuttered hearts, and hurtful habits.Big enough for you, me,and even whole countries. Resurrect the faith we may have lost.Build us up againwhen we're...

Reflections

Reflections I look in the mirror and see a jumble of flaws.Please, help me see myself as You see me:Perfect. Whole. Capable.Help me to view my defects as potential,my awkwardness as a different beauty.Prevent me from self-harm,and from habits that bring me shame.Help me to accept myself as I am,just as You do,with limitless kindness and forgiveness.

A Civil Tongue

A Civil Tongue My earliest memory from school is this:"It's a free country."Later on, I recall:"Everyone's entitled to their own opinion."What I didn't know then was the underlying truth –We're mostly soul, wrapped in flesh and blood.Please send a few thingsfrom bygone days to help us connect,like common courtesy, tact and gentility.Allow u...

Making Way for Clarity

Making Way for Clarity Thank You for clearing:my mind,my vision,my arteries,my conscience,the road ahead of me.Thank You for the clarity thatI have but to ask for.     

Rings and Things

Rings and Things It is a time for promises,for gathering together,for becoming one.Our rings, a symbolof this unity.Please protect the circleof those we hold dear,circles old and circles new.Keep them unbrokenbut stretchable,secure.

Me Time

Me Time

Another Year, Another Birthday

Another Year, Another Birthday Today I reflect on another year gone by.365 days of living and loving,of rising and falling,of questioning and answering,of sharing and safeguarding,of learning and stretching,of succeeding and stumbling,of laughing and mourning,of giving and...

Inertia

Inertia It's so hard to get motivatedto change the things I can.I tell myself I must let goof what does not nourish me.I shouldn't just live with 'the devil I know'There is a lioness in methat needs to roarand a great, golden paththat leads to peace.I ask You, discombobulate meshake my boots, and I knowI will be so much...

Moving Mountains

Moving Mountains You see what I am up against.My head is bloodied from banging it againstthe wall of corruption and denial.Save me.I am shadow boxing, trying to make a change,yet all I strike is empty air.Give me strength to keep fighting.Let the justice of my...

I Know You are with Me

I Know You are with Me My faults are many.My will is weak.My heart is troubled.My life estranged. Your sweet breathcomes through the windand brushes my face,and I know You are with me. My fears are controllingMy mind is numbMy spirit is dampMy soul is fading.

Torment

Torment She used to come home from schoolchattering about friends and funand all the new things she had done.Now she drags herself through the door. She hangs onto me and cannot let go. Every day, their words hurt her heart and soul.Lend me Your wisdom,as I help her cope with these bullies.Lend me Your strengthwhen I call the...

Train Wreck

Train Wreck Someone I love is buriedbeneath fear and paralysis.She has forgottenhow gloriously You made her.And I seem to have forgottenthat Your love for herfar exceeds my limited vision. Forgive me for the many yearsI've rushed in to do Your job.My trust in You has beenwavering and impatient.

Long Way Home

Long Way Home I heard the call many moons ago,but turned away to 'find myself.'Thank You for going to all this trouble,to sculpt me in skin and sinew,to wait patiently as I came back into the foldYou took me the long way home,so I could reach my own conclusions.Let me be all I can,and thank You with my life.Please, today and every day,be in...

Sensing Grace

Sensing Grace I finally sense the gracethat is at my grasp every day.It is here.When it's frigid,when it's bleak,when I'm joyous.It is here. When health suffers,when loved ones pass,when I'm grateful.It is here.

Faith

Faith The other day I had a thought.The kind that weaves itselfinto your mind and takes hold.I realized that I amconstantly in fear.Afraid that I won't be able tomeet the needs of those I love,afraid that I'm not here for me.

Balance of Love

Balance of Love I know You designed me for this—To be self-aware,self-soothing, self-knowledgeable.Like all of Your cleverly-crafted creatures,I am designed to protect and sustain myself.But please help me get this thing under control.I'm losing command of this mechanism,swinging dangerously close to self-everything,losing c...

Guide Our Leaders

Guide Our Leaders Thank You for the gentle reminderthat there is a higher authority.Even as kings and presidents set events into motion and change the course of history.We ask Your blessing on the ones who hold earthly power.Let them feel the impact their actions haveon families, on our elders, on...

Tower of Babble

Tower of Babble Speak to me like I don't get it,because I don't.Parse it out for mewith patience and persistence.Here I am, ready to receive the word.Ready—the one thing that cannot be deniedis that I've been refinedand am at the crossroadsawaiting that clear calling.You've shown methat You have dominionover all the earth:fish, fowl, and...

M-Word

M-Word I have been afraid of money . . .afraid that understanding finances would make me cold,that preferring security makes me faithless,that wishing for prosperity makes me greedy.Please clear my heart of fear,so that You can finally provide for meby teaching me to provide for myself. Grant me the courage to put a price on my...

Sunday Stillness

Sunday Stillness Today I hold stillTo balance and recharge,To release the week beforeAnd prepare for the week ahead.With You here beside me,My mind quiets to hear Your voice.My heart opens to draw You in.And, with Your peace within and around me,I thank You for this opportunityto be made new.  

Truly Giving

Truly Giving Sometimes,I don't want to hearwhat is being saidso clearly to me. The solutionI've already devisedtakes less timeand isn't as much trouble. Help me to see,that to give,as You would have me give,means dipping intowhat I'd rather keep.

Grateful Start

Grateful Start Thank You for this day–a fresh start,a new opportunity,a gift from You.Thank You for filling itwith the joy of friends,the wonder of what might be,an awareness that You are here–watching, waiting, loving,more awesome than anythingthat stands against me.

Giving Up the Smokes

Giving Up the Smokes Today I did not dothat thing I should not do:That thing I've allowedto define me,for far too long.I tell myself stories about it."It keeps me thin.""I can't resist it."Today I realizedthose stories are lies,and I didn't listen.

Learning Curve

Learning Curve We begin the month as fools;willing winter's end and spring's beginning.You bring our wish to bud in every leaf and blade,summoning new beauty out of dead roots,and make us wise again to eternal rebirth. This is my chance for rebirth, too.Spring has sprung and so should I:out...

I Am More

I Am More My own body has turned against me.Cancer.It is more than a word.It is a weight pressing me down.Help me breathe.Help me hear what the doctors are saying.Help me be more than this one word,this diagnosis and this set of symptoms.I am so much moreas I draw on Your strength,created in Your image.  

Road Map

Road Map Today I feel lost,so I turn to You for direction.My heart is a compass.Set me to true north.Lead me where I need to go.Be my guide.Take me with you,for you know the roads.I know the climb will be arduous.But when I get there,oh, the view will be worth it!

Segues

Segues Impossible, he called me.In fact, I said,I am quite possible.Just not very likely.I told him, you disagree with everything I say.No I don't, he said.My husband and I never argued.That would have beentoo much like communication.I found out the road to hell is paved...

What I Can Give

What I Can Give A million eyes follow me-tired eyes, hopeless eyes,searching for answers,for restoration, for miracles.But I am not a miracle worker.I am a Doctor, exhausted by long shiftsand limited energy.

You, Me, and the Lamp Post

You, Me, and the Lamp Post Just between us—I've done things I wouldn't want to see in the headlines,so I won't be throwing a stone in your direction.Every dark alley,

Thursday End in Sight

Thursday, End in Sight Where has the week gone?I see suddenly the approach of the finish line,and yet my to-do list still looms large.Please still my need to rush.Help me take it one job at a time,a steady jog—not sprint—to the end of the working week.There is more to life than hurry.Thank You for giving me this day as...

Showing Up for Life

Showing Up for Life All I want to do today is eat and drinkand lie numb on the sofa.I do not want to think about my obstacles. Today it feels easier and safer to give in to my addiction.Please provide me with the courage to fight my disease.Give me the strength to show up for my life. I have faith in Your presence and knowin...

Moving Pains

Moving Pains Please help me find a sacred place within my heart,where I may house precious memories. Where I may return on a fragile day to wanderthrough each comforting room with out-stretched hands,touching all the joys that once lived within these walls. Please help me find strength and peaceas I place the key to my...

Known

Known There is no part of meYou cannot see.You know my guilt, joy,my fear and my hope.Your knowledge of my secretsfrees me from the weight of them.Your knowledge of my soulbrings me closer to You.You know me completely,and still You love me completely.  

Doubt

Doubt Be with me.Not just in cloisters,clouds and the parted sea.Walk with me.Reassure me that theroad is only unfamiliarthe first time I’m on it.Speak to me concretely.Take me past the metaphorsand middle menand tell me why I doubt.Reach out Your handto lift me back upwith Your graceand complete m...

What Happened?

What Happened? I was asked for a favor.I loaned the money:to pay bills, to pay rent,to buy food for the children.She promised to pay me back.Next week turns into next year.The phone calls stop.Our short conversationsof friendship are gone.A need fulfilledturns into friendships end.What happened?