Where is My Mind?

As I sit here tonight and rethink the day,

there were so many things, I wanted to say...

Of course, I can’t remember ten minutes ago -

so how in the world, will I ever know...

The thoughts that came earlier -

just hours ago?

They leave a curious gnawing, and a humbled ego.

Sometimes I wonder, why my mind leaves me...

And then I worry that no one believes me.

I’m young - it’s true - but I’m a mother too...

And that, in itself, can age you.

Four children, I’ve born -

and kissed every morn’

and years, I have watched, roll away.

I married too young...

Never could hold my tongue -

and asked God for strength every day.

And when my mind fails me,

and this body ails me...

I just have to remember to pray.

Then God reassures me -

comforts and lures me -

to play the game, His way.

He tells me, He will sustain me,

and strengthen my body again...

And He will not restrain me,

from straying, a bit, now and then.

But then, in the same breath,

I hear Him ask me -

to try harder every day...

To keep Him, on my mind,

and my troubles behind -

and to watch the things I say.

For we are living in a dreadful age -

when God is thought of,

less and less...

And before we turn another page,

we must caution, persuade and press.

I am frightened, for mankind,

so there are some things that I must stress...

For, if we all, lose sight of Him,

the world will be a mess.

I’m afraid, my friend,

it’s just a matter of time,

before the light, goes dim...

So help me, to remind the world,

where we would be without Him -

if not for the love God has for us,

even when we forget to pray...

So have faith - be cheerful;

and never fearful...

God will find a way.

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