I wrote this right after I turned 17 and don't remember it but it was on Mis

God loves each and every one of you so much so I decided to write a poem.

There once was a monkey named Hail
Who almost went to jail
Then God saved him
and the monkey turned into a Christian
and a bum
but he went to jail anyways.

But God does love you, I am so serious.
I wish that people would get that through their heads that He loves you and your being complacent with the world isn't going to
But God does love you, I am so serious.
I wish that people would get that through their heads that He loves you and your being complacent with the world isn't going to help you get to heaven, GOD WILL.
CAN I GET A WITNESS!?
OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH OH


...WHAT IN THE WORLD!? bahahahhaha

What a drag it must be to be a broken clasp! How sad it must be to have everything rely on you to hold it together and then to become disconnected and useless! Then again, it must be nice to be real...after holding together a string of hollow, empty beads...or to feel like you're worth something compared to the silver, gold and diamonds that you were once attached to...but it also must be relieved after being sent to the repair shop and made brand new.

Moral of the Story: You have a purpose...it's okay to feel disconnected sometimes, especially if you're dealing with people who are pretty outside but empty inside and putting on a facade. Even though you may feel worthless compared to others (even though nobody is worthless), you still have a purpose whether it is holding things together...or something else. It's okay to be broken and be real with God, sometimes we need to go through a refining process to be made brand new.

This is a difficult subject for me to write about because it's hard to be open in such a public venue about this kind of stuff but God likes to take people out of their comfort zones.

There's something about love that draws people in; maybe it's the feeling that they get when they can't stop thinking about that person, imagining the things that they could become and trying not to physically melt whenever they're around that person. I don't know much about how guys' minds work, but I know that girls do because it's the way our minds are programmed. However, when we get caught up in all of this stuff we forget what love really is: love is a reflection of who God is.
It's clear in scripture that God is the ultimate example of love, God IS love. (1 John 4:8) He loves us unconditionally, He is selfless and He will do anything for us, but He knows what's best and isn't afraid to say no when He knows something will harm us.

Also two things that I always remember when I get frustrated about this subject, which happens a lot:
1.Song of Solomon 2:7:
7 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.

Although this verse refers to staying pure until marriage, it reminds me to be patient.

2. "Do not get in any sort of relationship unless you know you can do more for God together than you can by yourself."-a guy who spoke in chapel a couple of years ago and it stuck with me.

Maybe that wasn't as hard as I thought it would be...

I miss you..

I don't recognize you, who are you? You look vaguely familiar, I think that I used to have a best friend that looks exactly like you. Her voice sounds exactly like yours too. Heck, you guys even have the same first and last name. It can't be you, can it? Her eyes were so full of laughter and light whenever she smiled, but your eyes look so empty and worn out from life. She had such confidence in what God had for her and swore that she would follow Him all of her days, let Him guide her path and trust in Him to provide for her. You swear that you don't need God and you can do it on your own but I watch you struggle to provide. She was in love with this guy, she swore he was the one that God had for her...she got tired of waiting, so she settled and now has a beautiful baby daughter...wait, it is you! I miss you so much, I wish you would have listened to me that God would help you back up when you fell before you were so interested in what the world had to offer, which is nothing so it left you empty...now you're trapped. He still loves you so much, no matter what you've done. I wish that I could help you grasp this concept but I still need to. I wish that you would still talk to me, I was only honest with you because I love you. I was in no way trying to pass judgment on you, but I didn't want to see you get hurt...I did anyways...if I could leave you with one piece of advice and you would listen to me, I'd tell you to take God's hand, hold it tight and never let go. He will guide your path straight. He loves you so much and so do I, still.