the choice of the chosen...

We all know and understand that I am not a poet.  However, at random times I feel compelled to write and sometimes it comes out in weird poetic form.  This is one such occasion.  :)

The Chosen

How does God choose

The one who will suffer over time?

How does He pick

The one to experience immediate

And permanent loss?

What goes on in the heavens

Before these tragic events occur?

Do they grieve before us,

Before our lives are rocked?

Do they grieve with us

As our worlds are torn apart?

Or do they see a completely different picture,

One where our miseries highlight life’s beauties?

Does He choose the weak,

The strong,

The bold,

Or the frail?

Who makes the cut…

And how do I avoid it in the future?

The Choice

Looking back

On my many months of pain

I find myself questioning whether or not

I would do it all again.

I was put in the middle

Of impossible situations.

I was living a life

And making the most of it

While doctors reminded me

That I should have no hope.

I have nothing.

There is no progress

And things will only get worse.

It is here where I realize that

The Chosen have a Choice.

Who do you believe?

Do you side with them

Or with Him.

Both are experts in their field

With one major difference:

He created their field

and they’re still studying it.

If you look at your tough situation,

I mean really look at it,

Examine it and acknowledge

The Lord’s Hand.

Without being chosen,

Would these encounters have happened?

I don’t know.

Probably not.

Would you remove yourself from your equation

To simply have easier days?

Or would you intentionally keep yourself planted,

Planted smack dab in the middle of your turmoil,

Because you know, without a doubt,

That you are about to experience something,

Something great.

Something that most people never come close to experiencing

No matter how long they live.

Something  you would never trade anything for

Because you know the value of what’s coming.

You understand the importance of this gift

This treasure you’ll receive by following the Lord’s plan. 

Grace.

Love.

Divine intervention.

The Hand of the Lord guiding YOU personally through your challenge.

You see, the chosen have a choice,

And for some it might not be easy,

But for those of us that have walked this path,

It’s worth it.

Being able to experience

True grace

Directly from the One who gives it

Cannot be described. 

It can only be missed

If the chosen

Make the wrong choice.