Unexpected Journey

Fear overwhelms, beginning the journey.
I am set back by a tsunami of doubt.
Why have you taken me on this journey?
Help relieve my unbelief, my doubt.

This journey’s goal is to rid me of all hope.
Plunging me into a present darkness,
Leaving only a vapor of hope
I am stunned by its darkness.

What has happened, have I lost my way?
O God, what have you allowed?
Set me back on your Way.
Why Lord, why, what have you allowed?

Confused, vision blurred, hearing gone
Led astray by focus on self,
That constant adversary that keeps us apart,
Forgetting about God and succumbing to self.

Feeling worthless, forgotten, who would know
The inner torment, attempting to cry out,
Alone, consumed by a desire to know,
Cast down by torrents of doubt.

Life is often hard, unyielding. Will I drown?
Comes in unexpected ways
Does everything to hold down,
Distract from the surety of God’s ways.

Encouraged by those who come alongside
Praying, they understand what is at stake.
Sent by the One who comes to abide,
Fulfilling the promise, He will never forsake.

Life is filled with darkness, moments of despair.
These are seasons not the reality of faith.
Be assured they will not overtake
For even the darkness was overcome by Faith.

Called to wait, enduring to the end.
Remaining faithful to what I know is truth.
Whatever journey, they all have the same end.
Our final destination, the arms of Truth.


As God Speaks
Patrick Levi Whiteley
October 9, 2010