Peace of Mind

 Peace of Mind

You will keep him in perfect peace, 
whose mind is stayed on You
                (Isaiah 26:3)

Lord, step-by-step You’ve said You’ll lead,
and often proved You will,
but questions come and haunt my mind,
refusing to be still.

I strain to see the path ahead
until my eyes are sore,
but rather than to calm my fears,
it makes them haunt me more.

What unknown perils lie ahead?
Which pathway should I take?
How can I know what I should do?
There is so much at stake!

Is now the time that I should act?
Or am I still to wait?
Is it good judgment or just fear
that makes me hesitate?

Questions! Questions! day and night!
These and so many more,
are tearing at my inner parts
like enemies at war.

The battle rages on unchecked
until at last I find,
that trusting in myself alone
cannot bring peace of mind.

For never can my finite mind
see all the path ahead;
I cannot know how to avoid
the perils that I dread.

But You see life as one expanse,
no future and no past;
It’s only when I trust in You
my mind knows peace at last.

The path ahead I need not see,
on You instead I’ll lean,
for You can see the start and end,
and all the way between.

Trust in the Lord forever, for in Yah,
 the Lord, is everlasting strength
               (Isaiah 26:4)

Glenda Collins Inman