The Uses of Anguish

Do not dismiss your suffering lightly.
God allows pain to enable learning.
He hands you the hammer of distress
and says, the tool you need
has been given into your hands:
be like the carpenter, build a new world.
- mce

A Sabbath Poem

Steady my heart, Lord.

This day is long
and my pain is great.

Show me the path
to your better tomorrow.

Lead me away
from self-destruction
and self-doubt.

I know there is a way,
but today,
I can't find the way.

Show me
the peace that abides
in your grace.

Open the gate
that leads to peace.
- mce

Supplication

Give me the strength
to be a better man
in this new place,
to accept my past
and build a future.

You have shown me
the truth in suffering
and I have learned
many bitter lessons,
your word manifest
in many scars.

Show me the way
to truth in joy.

My arms and heart
are open.

I believe I am ready.
- mce