Stillness

                Stillness

In the stillness of morning,
I walk with God,
Moments of gratitude and praise,
Moments of deep sorrow and pain.

Gratitude for the gift of life and a new day,
Sorrow for all that is yet to be made right,
Praise for hope new day brings,
Grief for emptiness of what has been.

A new opportunity to walk differently,
Walking out repentance with each breath,
Embracing humanity and all my desires,
Submitting all of me to all of Him.

An exchange of tears of sorrow,

For tears of joy and gladness.
That season of grief ends,
Hope returns with beauty of life.

Walking in place of authority,
Eden's bliss restored,
To walk in all the Second Adam,
Complete, redeemed, and restored.

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet.