As I unpack all of our goodies from our recent cross-country move, I've come across some things I haven't looked at for quite some time. One of these items is my tiny little black Bible I used in high school. Now, I used to be (still am) quite a note taker, and this little tiny Bible (it's barely bigger than my iPhone!) is chock FULL of notes either written across its pages or on tiny pieces of paper stuffed into its pages.
Within its pages, I found a poem I wrote either in high school or later.
It's pretty insightful for a kid writing, and although it could be polished up a bit, I kind of like it :) It's entitled "God's Gift" - and its contents are something I think almost every high school girl feels at some point. I'm sure it was about some boy, and I felt really alone. It's so sad to think about that since, as we get to the point in life when we can look back and think properly, we tend to ask ourselves, "What in the world was I thinking?" We now know it was SO not worth all those tears!
GOD'S GIFT
* * *
God gave me a gift
A gift of love
He wanted me to take that gift
and give it all I had
My eyes were blind
My heart was cold
I could not see the gift He sent.
I know the gift that once was mine
Its wrapping is torn and left behind
I so much want that chance again
To take what God once gave for mine.
Forgive me, Lord,
With all my soul
Please, I pray,
You let me stay
Within Your reach,
So I can have
That gift of love,
I left behind.
This was the "note" on the back of that tiny piece of paper reads:
"So many of us don't realize when God gives us a gift, no matter how small.
But for some of us, who love the Lord like I do,
we will one day wake up and see what they have left behind, and maybe that alone will make the Lord joyous, and He will give that gift back to you.
Don't ever underestimate the power of the Lord and His forgiveness!"
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