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SHE

She wanted to believe so bad that

God really loved her just like His word

promised her He did.  She longed

to wrap herself tightly with the

assurance of a perfect love

available and waiting for her.

Who knew acceptance of this amazing

revelation could be so difficult?

In the back of her mind words of

warning, “If it sounds too good

to be true, it usually is!” were

firmly planted.  God’s message of

love didn’t seem to stand a chance

against the weeds of doubt

hoarding the gardens of her heart and soul.

She wanted to experience the

wonderfulness and power of His

love in her life.  She wanted reprieve

from the sadness and madness of

her life.  She wanted God’s hope.

She wanted God.

I AM

I AM

I am the result of anonymity.

the result of speculated identity,

 the result of growing irritability,

I am the result of assumed masculinity,

the result of concluded femininity.

the result of availability,

I am the result of lack and poverty.

the result of complex immaturity,

the result of reckless irresponsibility,

I am the burden around my mother’s neck

and the “deed” my father soon forgets.

 I am the unwanted child.

And I am one of many.

©2010 Groshonda McDonald

WRETCHED

There is a struggle taking place inside.

A war taking place inside.

Between flesh and Spirit.

Between grace and corruption.

One intent on eternal life.

The other, eternal destruction.



There is a struggle taking place inside.

A war taking place inside.

Between allegiances to righteousness.

Between allegiances to sin.

One leads me to a higher mount.

The other drags me back down again.



There is a struggle taking place inside.

A war taking place inside.

Between what the old nature craves.

Between what the new nature compels me to

One fights to keep me imprisoned.

The other fights for my breakthrough.



©2010 Groshonda McDonald

TIRED

So tired of going around and around this insane mountain of me.
So tired of wandering endlessly through this desert of me.
So tired of drifting without direction on this selfish sea of me.

So tired, Lord.

Why wont you come and rescue me?

I know you know where I am.
I know you see me.
I know you hear me.

Why can’t I see you?

Why can’t I feel your presence?
I need you, Lord.
I am so tired of me.


grm 2011

FALLING IN LOVE

I am falling deeper and deeper in love with God. He truly IS the lover of my soul. Our relationship is the only one in which I have EVER felt truly whole, in which I have EVER been assured of wholeness as a possibility, in which I have EVER envisioned or viewed wholeness as a reality. I am in love.


I am in love with His presence, His love, His availability, His comfort, His voice, His touch, His word, with Him, with Him!


He is filling ALL the empty places, ALL the emptiness I have carried around in my heart, in my mind, in my soul, in my very being.


He has become the pieces I was missing. I have found them ALL in Him.


I am in love. I am losing my fear of His control. I am embracing His Sovereignty. I am trusting His promise to NEVER, EVER leave me.


I am falling deeper and deeper in love with Him. He truly IS the lover of my soul. Our relationship is the only one in which I have EVER felt truly whole, in which I have EVER been assured of wholeness as a possibility, in which I have EVER envisioned or viewed wholeness as a reality. I am in love.

TODAY’S PRAYER

Lord, I need to hear from you today.

I stand at the crossroads,

asking for the ancient paths;

needing wisdom to choose the good way.

I need to hear, but not with the ear

that hears and then ignores;

not with the ear that hears and then is bored.

But, with the ear that hears and is wise.

The one able to recognize

the importance of the immediate response to obey.

© 2009 Groshonda McDonald