Written in 2003, this is among my favorite poems. \u00a0The meaning of this poem to me is very personal and difficult to express in words. \u00a0Please leave a note if it touches you as well.<\/p>\n
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Haven’t I Told You?<\/strong> I beseeched the Lord in prayer one time, I cried out to Him, “Don’t you see the hurting I see?” I yelled into the darkness, in desolation and despair. “I am so tired and weak. I cannot go on at this pace.” You are the maker of heaven and earth. \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Written in 2003, this is among my favorite poems. \u00a0The meaning of this poem to me is very personal and difficult to express in words. \u00a0Please leave a note if it touches you as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Haven't I Told You?","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,6,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","category-personal","category-poetry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Mji6-26","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/musings.butchevans.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/musings.butchevans.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/musings.butchevans.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/musings.butchevans.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/musings.butchevans.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/musings.butchevans.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132,"href":"http:\/\/musings.butchevans.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/musings.butchevans.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/musings.butchevans.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/musings.butchevans.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2003<\/p>\n
\n“I am afraid. This is the end of the line.”
\n“Haven’t I told you?” my Lord said to me.
\n“Where ever you go, that’s where I’ll be.” (Joshua 1:9)<\/span><\/p>\n
\n“What about the pain and suffering in the world and also in me?”
\nHe spoke again, “The grace that I’ve given is sufficient for you.
\nTake comfort in knowing that I will pull you through.”(2 Corinthians 12:9)<\/span><\/p>\n
\n“Oh Lord, my God…You’ve left me alone and are somewhere ‘up there’!”
\n“Not so,” You showed me, and helped me to understand.
\n“I am holding you tight in the palm of my right hand.” (Psalms 139:10)<\/span><\/p>\n
\n“What good can I be now? Am I just a disgrace?”
\nHe responded, “Don’t lose heart, My child, though your situation looks bleak,”
\n“I give strength to the weary and increase the power of the weak.”(Isaiah40:29)<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHow can I fit into your plan. What is my worth?
\n“Haven’t I told you?” my Lord said to me.
\n“Where ever you go, that’s where I’ll be.” (Joshua 1:9)<\/span><\/p>\n