Time goes so slow,
we are surprised when we reach the end.
Caught unawares
with so much still to do.
I should have been more careful
to make each moment last
but alas there are no more
I’ve put them in the past.
Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12 NIV
When I worry—
Negative thoughts erode my frame,
Disturbing voices I cannot tame.
Igniting fires that burn the land.
Turning good ground into sand.
The fear of God my soul’s release,
Unfailing love that will not cease.
Reclaiming victories from my defeat.
Tearing the shroud of sin’s deceit.
So do not let your heart be hard,
when evil tries to blame.
To His great power give regard—
Blessed redemption through His Name.
-by stephen Hufman
But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. Hebrews 3:13 ESV
How great is the goodness you have stored up for those who fear you. You lavish it on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world. Psalm 31:19 NLT
The road of life has frequent forks.
At each divide a signpost points—
One direction inscribed “What will be,”
the other marked, “What might have been.”
A few steps into “what will be,”
I wonder “what might have been.”
I pause to think—
should I retrace my steps,
and go down a different path?
But time moves on,
the sign soon reads,
“Not to be”.
Whose to know which way is best?
The signs don’t give a clue.
So I ponder which way to go,
craning for a view.
I must decide and reach life’s goal,
whatever that may be.
“What ever happens I’ll choose my way.”
trusting what I can see.
Around a bend of “What will be,”
Foul brigands hid out of sight,
and robbed me of joy and life.
they’re too strong for me to fight.
I suffered greatly on “what will be.”
Oh, for “what might have been.”
Soon I worry at every juncture,
growing anguish at each choice—
Should I chance “what will be”
or follow “what might have been?”
I need a map, to show the way,
where each road will lead.
Except I don’t know where I’ve been,
or where I want to be.
Isaiah 48:17 NIV
This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.
Stephen L Hufman 