I really like poems. I like reading them and expressing my thoughts through them. I see poems as a puzzle, in which you are trying to arrange your thoughts ever so perfectly to fit into this mold. It's powerful. Poems have the potential to communicate deep themes of love, lust, grief, betrayal, loss, and redemption. Personification, alliteration, and rhyme scheme all play their part in creating this picture for the reader to understand what is trying to be conveyed.
Recently, I have been overcome by a bout of overwhelming sadness and occasionally, some ugly thoughts accompany my mind. But I've making strides to believe that I am not defined by those negative notions. I am not defined by what I think about myself. Who am I? I am a new creation.
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!" -2 Corinthians 5:17
What freedom there is in believing that despite my choices, Jesus calls me a princess. My Savior willingly chose to suffer and to die in my place so I wouldn't have to suffer the consequences of my actions. I am loved beyond compare. But Jesus doesn't just save me and then forget about me. No! He is a living God, who knows me from the inside out and calls me by name to be His child.
The best thing I can do when I am experiencing emotions as overpowering as those I have been feeling as of lately, is to make some tea, sit down, listen to worship music, open my Bible, and sit in His presence. Shifting the focus off of myself and towards My Redeemer helps me cope with whatever circumstances I am facing. This perspective has changed my whole life. I'm able to face the tough days with a joy in my heart, even if I may not necessarily feel happy.
So today, I choose to dwell on Jesus and not on my thoughts. I choose to give Him my life, and in complete surrender, I know Jesus will replace my despair with hope.
No comments:
Post a Comment