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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Breaking

This is a poem I found in one of my old notebooks from my freshman year of high school.  It's a little rough and didn't even have a title until I made one up just now, but some of the lines touched me.  I thought I'd share it here.  (The picture is something I took around the same time period in my life.)

Breaking.
I'm almost back to the place where I wanted to be.
I try to be You, but I still seem like me.
The world's in my ear and my heart's on my sleeve.
I try to be real, like You want me to be.
Jesus, make me like You. Jesus, set me free.

Don't let me fall back into the world.
All I want is to be Your baby girl.
And if breaking apart is what I need,
Do what it takes to truly change me.
Even though I tried with all of my might,
Now I know that I never left Your sight.

By the way, for those of you who have been asking me, "What is college like?", I'm having a Q&A about it on September 10.  If you have any specific questions, you can ask them in the comments or email them to me at jacksfavoriteowner@yahoo.com
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4 comments:

  1. RachelDecember 30, 2011 at 8:21 PM

    Have you ever heard the song "Found by You" by Britt Nicole? A couple of lines from your poem reminded me of it. :)

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  2. Lissa KristineDecember 30, 2011 at 8:22 PM

    Hey, this is completely unrelated to your post, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask for you to keep the east coast in your prayers. There's a LOT of flooding in my town (yet, somehow, my house escaped from any sign of a hurricane/tropical storm).

    This is absolutely insane! New Jersey was already having its sixth wettest August on record since 1895 BEFORE Irene hit (I really wish I could send some of this water to Texas. We certainly don't need shoulder-deep water down the street from my house).

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  3. EmilyDecember 30, 2011 at 8:22 PM

    Yeah, I've definitely been keeping you guys in my prayers. I've been watching the hurricane on the news (my suitemate is a meteorology major).

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  4. EmilyDecember 30, 2011 at 8:22 PM

    Yeah, I heard that song recently and liked it. Britt Nicole is very talented. :)

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