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𝙰𝚜 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 

𝙸 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎  𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 

𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝 - 𝙸𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚜

𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 

𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑; 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎 

𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚘𝚖 ... th𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 

𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚝. 𝙸𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜

𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛

𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗. 𝙸 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢

𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚟𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝙸'𝚕𝚕

𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚘𝚖.  

𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚖, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 

𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚠  𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍,

o𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝙸 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚗𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍, 

𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚗𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕. 𝚈𝚘𝚞

𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚘

𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 - 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎

𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎

𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚞𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 o𝚏 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎,

𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍

𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏

𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢

𝚒𝚜 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝(𝚖𝚊𝚜) 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚛

𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜

𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎  𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚜. 

𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 

𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜.

Rough Edges

When I look at my life

and see the unsolved,

I know in You; I can

find resolve in moments.

It's intriguing how peace 

alters the perception 

of the weary, and your

presence can instil perfect 

symmetry; eventually

bringing alignment to the 

rough edges of life.

Change

I'm at the stage in my faith 

where I need to change 

but through the flesh I remain

the same. Lord everything

I do is in vain and I'm ashamed.

I'm so unworthy like we all are.

Through our imperfections,

I now recognise the purpose of

the sacrifice.  I need to make the

decision to be part of your mission.

The transition will never be smooth.

I'm stuck in this sin and need to get

out of this groove. Although I've

accepted the truth, the enemy

continues to move... and his

attempts to make me fall succeed

and it seems his tricks causes me to

fall deeper in the pit. But, thankfully,

through Christ, I can never get too

deep. I may get stranded like the lost

sheep, but my redeemer always

leads me back. I aspire to

follow in the steps of His beautiful

feet. But first, I must retire from my

old ways and be cleansed.

Lord, eradicate my fleshly desires 

and make me crave your ways,

and not to be a slave to my own.

I'm at a time in my life where

I feel so alone. But the spirit is in

me and that's all I need.