This week's offering from the stack reflect's this one man's struggle to stay the course.
A Servant’s Lament
When did my joy
Slip away?
Was it in the shuffling
Of papers,
The ringing of the phone?
Or the million minute
details?
When did your voice
Get drowned out?
Was it in the caustic
Casual remarks?
Or the meeting after meeting
After meeting?
Where did I
Lose sight of you?
Was it in the hospital
Or the nursing home
Or the thousands of
Encouragement visits
With faithless flocks?
I love the church,
The body of Christ
But it demands a massive
Price
But that doesn’t matter
I love it so...
So I press on.
Hear my cry
Give me strength
Give me sight
Help me keep pressing
On through the night.
2012