I used to be a superman until vulnerability
Caught up with me and made tears my companion.
I weep for what has become me; my world, my life
My every day. I weep for this helplessness staring
Down at hopelessness that hunts my daily struggle.
I want and have naught. I itch for strength but weakness
Scratches. I want courage but fear answers. I long to pick
Pieces of my shattered world but the little I gather slips.
I weep for broken dreams. I weep for lost treasures.
I weep for what has become me today and through all
The tears and fears of tomorrow, both staring at
My desperateness, I turn my gaze, my trust, to God.

Food For Thought: For some people, God is all they know, all they have, in whom all of their faith and hope are hinged. For others, they have people and things in whom their confidence is anchored. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t. For everyone, time comes when God allows circumstances to provide the shaking that exposes the true foundations of the faith and dreams we’ve built. Circumstances that overwhelm our capabilities irrespective of how apt and proven. Circumstances that thrash lofty fronts we present, that expose what and where we truly are. Through such quakes, the fallible fall through, leaving us bereft, fixing us in positions where we can seek for the real deal. Though we tend to mourn losses, they actually serve some meaningful purpose in our lives. Losses make room for realignment of our faith, rearrangement of misplaced priorities, and attainment of  fulfillment in our lives. Disappointments rob us of dear substitutes and reposition us to hang our hope in the one and only God who alone does not fail. Challenges won’t kill us no matter how overwhelming. Tough times are here to strengthen our faith: to plant our trust deeper, and shine our hope brighter on Him who alone is God of all that was and is and ever will be.

Scripture: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. Habakkuk 3: 18.

Prayer: Dear Lord, when all else around me is falling and failing, help me to retain my trust in You: may my confidence in Your faithfulness never be shaken, amen.