Stay in God's Grip!
  • Home
  • Todd's Blog
  • Remember Me When
  • Contact

 While in God's Grip!

Each new day...

10/21/2018

 
Picture
This morning I came across a poem I wrote 9 years ago.

​NIne years ago I was recovering from a serious health scare. Each day I am brought back to this time when I sit with those who are at the end of life.

Recently I spent time with a man suffering from a rare muscular condition that is rendering his body useless, inch by inch. The condition will eventually cause his vital organs to cease to work. It has been both painful and disheartening for those around him to watch. Every time I visit him he reminds me, "You know I don't blame God for any of this. I love God. God makes it possible for me to live another day, surviving this terrible disease."

There are things that we all encounter that cause us to struggle, and to try and make sense of "why?" something happens.

Every day we meet people who are encountering "one event," that is changing their life. A death, birth, marriage, breakup, a diagnosis, lost job, a win... It goes on and on.

I'm not sure if I'm ever going to give thanks for having been ill all those years ago, but I am thankful that my prayers have come to reality. It's funny how the priorities of our prayers change when our life circumstances change. I can remember praying all those years ago to God to "Let me see my daughter fall in love for the first time," because that is something she had not experienced. The other prayer, "Let me see my son grow into a man," another that has come to fruition.

​May we all encounter each new day with thanksgiving.

Stay in God's grip!

Oh To Live Another Day

On the tattered edge of my
unraveling mind
The great ruler, time
slows the melody in my veins.

Before my eyes spring
my children, abounding in life,
even from the barest deserts.

Destiny rediscovered
in two small hands that
hold on to mine.

And in the sands of my memory
the tracks of small feet
that no one notices
but me,
in dreams
that revisit just before dawn.

Only whispers do I now hear
as I look to each new day
to sing out, “I am here”
with a loud voice.

On the fringe of nothingness
through the sun’s rays
I rebuild frail memories
meditations of my dreams in silence
as a defiance of the agony of aging.

G. Todd Williams (c) 2018

Comments are closed.

    Author

    Rev. G. Todd Williams is the author of the book, "Remember Me When..." (Chalice Press, August 2021) and is a former hospice chaplain.

    He holds a Master of Divinity from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and currently is serving Webster Presbyterian Church, Webster, Texas as their Interim Senior Minister.

    Archives

    September 2024
    February 2024
    May 2023
    February 2023
    August 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    December 2021
    July 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • Todd's Blog
  • Remember Me When
  • Contact