IN A BOX

I'm in a box

enclosed in this earthen vessel,

I am not alone,

Hurt is here, Pain is here,

Sorrow is here, some Love is here,

A little Joy is here, and God is here.

I feel like it would better to be dead,

Then I wouldn't have to live with

Hurt and Pain, and their uninvited guest

Pity and Hopelessness,

But, God is there, so I can hold on.

I'm so tired of living like this,

I feel like a compassionate person

would not allow someone to go

through this

But, Thy Grace, Oh Lord is

Sufficent for thee.

Am I suffering that God may get the Glory?

Or am I always failing my test?

Is this all that life will hand me?

Or dare I pray for something else?

Wrap your arms around me Jesus,

because I need to feel some love.

Speak to me Lord, cause I need your

manna from above.

Walk with me God, I need your help

along my way

Live in me Jesus, to guide me

Lest I stray.

This box that I'm in seems like I

can see it deep in the earth,

the box is laying slanted and

the cries can be heard by no

one else.

Outside the box,

I see drugs, booze,

games and things I used to do

before I was saved.

Looking from inside out, things look even worse,

I don't want to bring the outside in,

nor do I want to stay inside.

Oh if I could understand me, or see me

from God's side.

I know I was born in sin and shaped in

iniquity, But I want to walk in the purpose and liberty,

that Jesus gave to me.

Pray for me, Pray long and hard,

Pray for me because I believe in prayer

and that the prayers of the righteous availeth much

Pray God helps me with this stuff,

and until he answers, I will remember,

that whatever shape I find myself in, to be content,

for His grace is sufficent for me.

"O Give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;...Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High; Therefore he brought down their heart with labor: they fell down and there was none to help. Then they cried unto the Lord in their distresses. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder...He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!" Psalm107:1, 2,8-14,19-21