Growing And Learning Poem by Mary Wismer

I ought to admit that there are more
Growing and learning days than
' great and fantastic ' days.
And I am not ashamed of.

Growing and learning are healthy,
Normal experiences. Both have to do
With a process and that process is something
Painful, often slow, and occasionally downright Awful!
It's like taking tree steps forward and two steps back.

Dont misunderstand me God is still good.
Life is taught. It's not a Disneyland with
a Loud fireworks and big-time tingles.
We are afflicted in every way, but not
despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken.
Struck down, but not destroy.

You should know too, that I am fresh out of
exaggerated ' cliches ' about the Abundance life.
But I am genuinely exited about sharing Gods love.
And how he stay with me, when err or hurt deeply
or feel misunderstood and want to quit.

You see, I am of the opinion that His
Abundance over shadows the low tides
of our lives just as much as it does
The bright and beautiful time
of Ecstatic Joy.

26. January 2008