Tag: Poetic Expressions

Clothed and In My Right Mind

Sometimes it drifts back in time
And I have to snap it back into the reality of today
As I know it can become a fine line
Of what’s been, what’s real, and what’s just imagined

Sometimes I wonder how I did I survive
What kept me sane during such emotional pain
Then time after time, myself I had to remind
It was the Lord’s grace that kept me clothed and in my right mind

Just one bad experience can cause a detrimental mental change
As the mind is fragile and can break under strain
Or a series of negative events
Can dominate the mind to constantly replay them
Negative thoughts of the past can stifle progress of today
As the feelings of “it’s no use trying” can make you lose faith
That you can overcome or do something great
So, press forward and put negative thoughts behind
And thank God for being clothed and in your right mind

Scripture Reference Mark 5:15
Background
I used to think clothed and in my right mind was just an old saying, but it is based on actual Biblical events leading up to Mark 5:15. Who hasn’t said at one point in their life “I’m going crazy” or I’m about to lose my mind”. The reality is, losing it is easier than you think, even if it’s just temporarily. For example, when driving, and someone cuts you off, you can end up doing and saying things in a flash, that you wouldn’t ordinarily do or say. So, I know longer see the phrase as just some old saying, I learned to thank God that I’m clothed and in my right mind.

Just like the tree planted by the rivers of water

I may bend
May leave I may lose
But, I shall not be moved
Storms may come
And uplift my roots

But like the roots of the tree
The waters of the river will replenish me
And I will again grow fruitfully.

Scripture reference, Jeremiah 17:8, Psalm 1:3

Real Estate Burden Relief

So, I brought this piece of real estate
And based on what I did calculate
The profit from it would be great
But from day one of when I started to renovate
I realized I made a huge mistake
So much, that nothing more did I ever hate

A factor in the mistake was parts were cheap
But I didn’t factor in the installation fees
Then had hard time finding the help I did need
And my right hand person quit on me

So what should be profit turned into deficit spending
As repairs needed were never ending
Financially and physically me this was killing
I begged God for relief

I put on the market, but couldn’t sell
One day I asked God specifically why
He responded it will sell, if you make this figure your price
And sure enough came those to buy

After closing, I was walking down the street
Calling everybody and talking loudly
From this burden God set me free
Thanks, Lord for delivering me.

Scripture Reference   Exodus 14:14-31, Matthew 11:28-30
Background
Sometimes the very best investment decision or any decision can turn out not to be a good decision after all.  Our abilities to know how the future will turn out are limited.  And we can’t control what happens the future.  But no matter what we do in life, we have a God that is always willing to accept the mistakes we have made, take burdens off of us and restore us.   In the Scriptures of Matthew 11:28-30, Jesus tells us to cast our burdens on him and he will give us rest.  God will deliver us from our burdens.  A great example is in Exodus 14 where God delivered the children of Israel from the suffering of the Egyptians.