The faith of failure
Mon Mar 19, 2007 Filed in: Poetry
"Living a life of faith
means never knowing where you are being led. But it
does mean loving and knowing the One who is leading.
It is literally a life of faith, not of understanding
and reason—a life of knowing Him who calls us to go.
Faith is rooted in the knowledge of a Person, and one
of the biggest traps we fall into is the belief that
if we have faith, God will surely lead us to success
in the world." --Oswald Chambers
oh God, where is your power?
prayer does not make a warrior
and there is little sense in love.
brokenness is the way of life
for the kingdom of blessed men.
should failure be an embrace?
the questions jump and pop from
fickle believing hearts
like sparks from a campfire.
the wood is stacked high
and there are plenty of trees to cut down.
but even vast landscapes of campfires
cannot light the sky,
and we can discern no smoke
through the darkness.
looking down from heaven,
angels name constellations of the
yellow and orange specks.
I am part of the constellation that has
for centuries been attempting letters.
we wish to spell a reminder:
at the core of embers is coal.
but we too are jinxed by
the cult of success and stability;
how we prefer
its sensible lies.
oh God, where is your power?
prayer does not make a warrior
and there is little sense in love.
brokenness is the way of life
for the kingdom of blessed men.
should failure be an embrace?
the questions jump and pop from
fickle believing hearts
like sparks from a campfire.
the wood is stacked high
and there are plenty of trees to cut down.
but even vast landscapes of campfires
cannot light the sky,
and we can discern no smoke
through the darkness.
looking down from heaven,
angels name constellations of the
yellow and orange specks.
I am part of the constellation that has
for centuries been attempting letters.
we wish to spell a reminder:
at the core of embers is coal.
but we too are jinxed by
the cult of success and stability;
how we prefer
its sensible lies.
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