The Lake House Prelude

Those days we spent

so faithfully,

spending time,

just you and me.

We’d write songs,

and poetry,

swim in the lake,

sit under trees.

But those leaves fell off,

and it got colder.

You went away,

and we got older.

Those happy days,

gone for now–

I pray they’ll come again,

Some way, somehow.

You’re far away,

and I am here.

Perhaps someday

You will be near.

Discouragement

Sometimes the only thing that can get a person out of discouragement is a moment with the King. After all, “better is one day in your courts than thousands elsewhere,” and that is so true. There have been so many times in my life where I felt that internally I was stiffening up and becoming very intolerable not only to others but to myself also, but the great mercy of God is that he never allows His children to walk in that kind of discouragement for too long. He know that the only way that that kind of emotion/state of being can be broken is by a healing water of His Spirit’s touch. And that is what he does. He is the great Restorer of souls, the Living Water, the Shepherd of our souls. He sees when things are hard for us and he knows when we’re going through a rough time. So, friend, if you find yourself breaking inside, wait on the Lord. Surround yourself with godly people and godly influences and wait, wait on the Lord. He will correct, refine, and restore you.