When Time and Confusion collide

God, I've fallen on hard times
This isn't the ideal

I'm a life away from my true home,
doing the best that I can

When my strength fades, it will be You
who I will bide
When time and confusion collide

The highlight of my week found in a simple car ride

Car rides of collisions

but of thoughts, ministry, strategy, decisions

To hear her heart

for people and You

or to argue and be torn apart

To be the image in the corner of her eye,

or to let her sleep as the tail lights pass by
to forget about her tardiness

for the umpteenth time

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
To drop her off, to experience the stinging alarm rung
reminding me tomorrow is obligations, pain

and the lingering thought – “what is there to gain?”

But God, I thank you for being alive

the feeling one gets in the back of his throat, when trying to hold back tears

the feeling when ones heart skips a beat or two, or the time

when I get to explain to her that “everything is going to be just fine”

God, remind me

When my strength fades, it will be You
who I will bide
When time and confusion collide