Back Where I Belong

Written by Ashley Jataun Moore

4.29.12

You spoke

And You said

“Be still and know that I am God”*

You told me You’d be exalted,

That Your glory would be revealed

But I got antsy

Unsatisfied

Quite frustrated to exact

And from discontentment, I moved

Away from trust; away from rest

Hashing and rehashing

Thinking

Talking

Trying to figure and work things out

But YOU are SO good

You held me

You held me

While I was tossing and turning

You held me

While I was fumbling around, attempting to gather and reassemble broken pieces

You held me

Even when I refused to relax in Your care

I was picking up pieces You’d told me to lay down

Weighted and unsettled, when you’d already spoken peace

Confused and frustrated, when you’d told me to trust

I am sorry Lord.

True to Your essence,

Your remained faithful

Even when my faith faltered and dissipated

So good

So compassionate

You melt my heart time and time again

So patient

So loving

You wait for me

So I bring You back the pieces

Trading You my pieces for Your peace

I bring you back the pieces

Laying them in your hands

Potter, Creator, Resurrector

There are no impossibilities in Your hands

Your heart

Pure, compassionate, wanting the best for me

Your thoughts

All-knowing,

Wise, full of truth and understanding

I bringing you all the pieces

Laying them in your hands

Now, free from the load You had been trying to carry

I run on

I run on

In Your joy and strength

Your peace,

My helium

My heart, my thoughts, my eyes

Lifted

*Psalm 46:10