Gremlins slither out in the dark of the night.
Words can’t describe such a horrible sight.
Fear takes control and I fall on my knees,
Dear God in heaven, if you please…
and half-way through my desperate plea
the Eternal Voice speaks directly to me.
“You spend so much time, year after year,
ignoring your dreams while feeding your fears.
I planted those dreams in your mind and your heart.
They’ve been waiting there from the very start.
You have the gift of choice, you see,
and choice defines what it means to be free.
While fears and dreams will never agree
you can decide how you want to be.
“Hide in the shadows, let fear rule your life,
give in to the anger, resentment and strife,
or, decide today that life is good,
granted, sometimes misunderstood.
But there’s nothing to fear, nothing to dread.
Do you remember the words you once said?
“My heart, my hands, my life I give
to the One who shows me how to live,
who replaces my litany of regrets and fears
with dreams that see beyond these years.”
The Christ of God has shown me the way,
but I must choose to go or to stay
mired in the quicksand of doubt and fear
or to follow the way that He’s made so clear.
Fill me, God, with strength anew
that I might live the dreams with you.
Sonoran Desert Writer 