times of some. sometimes.

sometimes we start to pity our circumstances.
sometimes we desire things to be easy.
sometimes we want what we want now now now
sometimes we think we deserve this or that.
sometimes.

sometimes we feel so deeply we aren't sure how to step.
sometimes crying tears taste good upon the tongue.
sometimes anger arises and we wish to raise our fists.
sometimes all we seem to step on is thorns, thorns, thorns.
sometimes.

sometimes the winter seems so long, and the spring seems so unreal.
sometimes we wonder what the Lord is really saying.
sometimes pain is very, very real. very real.
sometimes prison cells are quite confining.
sometimes.

sometimes the nights are dark and black and dark.
sometimes there are wounds from our Beloved.
sometimes we wonder how much more we can take.
sometimes we think how much further can we go.
sometimes.

sometimes we see shame, and discipline, and shame.
sometimes hope and longing and hope flood our hearts to overflowing.
sometimes things never seem to change.
sometimes failure is an inescapable cloud.
sometimes.

however.

sometimes there is more than meets the eye.
sometimes we must suffer to gain glory.
sometimes the delay is the mercy of God.
sometimes we remember we are Chosen.
sometimes.

sometimes we believe what He has spoken.
sometimes we receive what He has become for us.
sometimes we love deeper in the ache of misunderstanding.
sometimes we agree His grace is sufficient.
sometimes.

sometimes Love is all there is.
sometimes Love is all we have.
sometimes Love carries us on.
sometimes Love is what IS.
sometimes.

sometimes Love.
sometimes.
sometimes.