I Forget! Live with it....I do!

Sometimes I forget that this is here.
Life has gotten so busy somehow.
I work nights.
I sleep days.
My life is turned around
and finding the time to make
it all work out is a task all
by itself.
I keep thinking that winter
is upon us already.
I haven't much good wood in
to stay warm with.
The gardens will freeze soon
and I need to gather plants and bring
them indoors.
Amidst the seeming chaos
I seem to have a measure of peace
or grace given to me.
For one reason or another I am
not frantic, not worried, just calm.
Life is like that.....
You go through a storm and
then everything else that would
normally bring you worry....just doesn't.
Such is with me right now.
I can't call it indifference either.
I am just tired I think
Of working nights,
and sleeping days.
Of trying to make things right....
because when I do, it still isn't right.
I had to tell my soul the other day
to be quiet so that the Lord could speak!
It worked. Now I am quiet. Now the Lord speaks.
He tells me I don't have to do a thing....
and to not worry about what troubles life
might bring, because they are already taken
care of. I like that. It's already done. That spells
vacation to me. A time when I might get to
see people and love on people I haven't seen
in some time. This year, has been a year
of restoration! Family members I haven't seen
nor heard from in years have been calling.
It's fun. So I am going to continue just to soak
in the Son. (play on words and italics are mine)....because....
I really don't have to do a thing at all....
just love...and show that love to others.

De'Anna West--September 13th, 2010- ©