When I look

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Have you ever been in a place of being stuck? No matter where you look or how hard you look, you never find what you are looking for? In my situation, I am looking for Deliverance and a Financial Breakthru. I have discovered that looking and waiting go hand in hand. When you wait for something, you are actually looking. It's only when you stop looking that you will see God was there the whole time.

When I look

When I look for
Love, Security, Hope and
Faith
in Bank Accounts, Trust Funds,
Government Assistance, Jobs,
Lovers and Friends,
it only proves that
I am not ready for what
He is about to do in my life.

When my vision is
Rooted too deep in the
Tangibility of this life, I only
Set myself up for utter
Failure and Disappointment.

These tears I cry are
Tears that lack direction
For the Dream I am to have.

When I look now,
I look to Hills, Valleys,
Rivers and Streams
-It's
In the stillness of This
Presence
that I find my
Relief from looking in all
The wrong places that held me down.

I see Life as backwards,
Everything is upside down...which
Is why I have to change my Vision...
I'm no longer looking down BUT UP.

Up to the sky is where
I see all the things that He
Has in Waiting there for me to
Reach Out and Grab-It's mine!

When I look for Him,
I find He has already found me.

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Tempestlady commented on When I look

09-19-2011

What a friend you have in Jesus? I really enjoyed the duality of this piece and the examples of real life in this time. Nice read, Write on...........Tlady

To have great poets there must be great audiences too.

Walt Whitman, American Poet (1819-1892)

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