"Back To Basics" [Module #165] (Luke 12:10)
It came upon me yesterday –
I could not cope – a better way
I knew, and yet had shifted here,
Away from way which was so clear –Twelve steps – first four were basic to
A life which I have come to view
As being better than the last,
In which an ugly die was cast.Step one stays true – I’m powerless;
Not totally, but I confess,
Not big enough to master this,
Or seven items on my list.My situation I’ll admit,
Is way beyond me – here I sit
Amidst a mess I can’t control,
The weight of which now takes its toll.But then step two comes up beneath
My lack of strength, like dropping keys
When I let go – it holds them up
His grace sufficient – it’s enough.Step two that is – it still is true –
A power greater than this stew,
Which can and will restore me to
A place in life with saner view.Step three – right then and there confessed –
My need; my letting go; and rest
Upon His strength to pull me out,
Like tow-truck – help for me, no doubt.Step four, an inventory take
(Or ten – continue that to make),
That’s not the issue here – I see
It’s more the heart of one to three –So quickly we play God each day –
Lay out our plans, our goals, or say
“This problem first; solve that and see
What’s left that’s still obstructing me”.When I got home, well, there it was –
Load of cement – excessive ’cause
It was a tiny patio –
So on my wall the rest could go –It did – I shoveled ’till it hurt,
Then pushed on through – the wall came first;
Then waterfall; then section lines
In garden – My! A fine old time.By noon the base was finished, then
The rest I needed, self to mend,
Was waiting for my weary bones –
Eleventh step in life made known.Thanks Lord for this.
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