31 Days of Trusting Grace - Day 30 - When It Doesn't Get Any Easier

So.  Day 30.  Where has this month gone?  You know it's funny.  When I decided to take this on, I knew it would be a challenge.  I knew that I would have to be intentional about carving out time to sit and write.  But I thought it would get easier over time.  It hasn't.  And maybe some things aren't meant to get easier.  Maybe some things are meant to be a daily commitment.  Maybe some things are decisions we need to make over and over again.  Maybe there is some way that God is glorified when we are intentional, when we make sacrifices.  And maybe that's why some things don't get any easier.

On my second day of writing I posted a poem about sunrises, so I thought it might be appropriate on my second to last day of writing to post a poem about sunsets.  Enjoy.

Chasing Sunsets

It's the whole sky

Sending chills up and down the spine

The sun is hidden there somewhere behind

And I can't find

My breath

It's all I can do

To not take off running for You

Chasing sunsets

Shadows of clouds ablaze

And it fades

All too quickly

My eyes aren't wide enough to see

My hands aren't big enough to reach

But the soul

And the heart

They Know

And doesn't my heart burn

Within my chest?

Don't my lips form

This mysterious "yes"?

I'll drop it all for You

I'll stay here with You

I cannot see You

But all this artistry!

How can I miss you?

Why would I miss you?

Feet of my soul fly

Chasing sunsets

Blazing sky

And all I find

Is all I need

Is You.

Stephanie M.  Frakes

October 8, 2013