When You Know the Answers but You Forget

What do you do

When you feel so down?

When you cannot be perked up

Because you feel like you are going to drown.

We have so many blessings

In life

But for some reason we forget them

Because we have so much strife

What do you do

When you feel so alone?

When you forget

Everything you have known.

In times when it feels

Like God is far away

And you cannot

Keep the Devil at bay.

He whispers lies

And says you are not loved.

But in order to remember

All you need to do is look above.

   For some reason whenever I am going through a hard time in life I get the urge to write. Most of the time, if it is a really difficult time, I write poetry. However, sometimes it is not a really difficult time and I find myself writing again. Sometimes I find myself writing because I know how I should feel or what I should do but it is hard.

   The world tells us that we should act on our feelings; that we should follow our heart. But the Bible says that the heart is wicked (Jeremiah 17:9-10). When we accept God he then creates a clean heart in us. But, sometimes we still stray away.

   One struggle I have always had is listening to the lies the Devil tells me. I have learned that I am a child of God, and that is the only identity I should need. But, sometimes I forget who I am. Or, I believe the lie that no one cares and I am all alone. I find that normally it is in those times that I heard the Devil’s voice more than God’s. That is because, like the Israelites, I tend to go through phases where I trust in God and phases where I don’t.

   The reason behind why I tend to go through these phases is because I stop talking to my best friend. I stop talking to God. When I take my eyes off him then my problems become big. When my eyes are on him then my problems do not seem as large.

   I’m not going to lie, it was not easy to write this blog. It is not easy to be real with others and let them know your downfalls. But, that is what we are called to do (2 Corinthians 12:9). My point is that no matter what problem you are facing it is important to keep your eyes fixed on God. Because, when you do, your problems will not seem as big since you have a bigger God on your side.

   So, are you listening to the Devil or God? Are you going through phases in your life where you trust God and where you do not trust him? What can you do to keep your eyes fixed on him?

   Matthew 14:22-33, Nehemiah 1:9, John 1:12