Touch of God – by Julia Dwight

Footfalls down a dimly lit street

Shoes caked in paint

Down I walk all alone

My heart is heavy

The pain is consuming

The damp ground I sit and read

A pen in my hand

A sore on my heart

Where is God

Brittle paper’s crackle

And innermost thoughts reveled

My prayers still go unanswered

I shift down the road

Not looking back

Leaving the past behind

My walk with God grows ever longer

His presence swells around me

I was alone

The touch of God once my home

Why Would I Stray

“God, lead me back,” I prayed

I hoped

Moving again

Further this time

As tears washed dirt from my cheeks

God breaking my heart

Then picking up the pieces

Restoration

How did I live without his love

How could I become so lost

Separated from the greatest feeling on earth

The touch, the love, of God

My heart once again transformed

Touched by my savior

My walk with God grows ever longer

His love mends all wounds

With the touch of God filling me up

This is where I want to be

Work and time (people too!)

Well, here we are, four whole days into this trip. We’re all starting to get tired here and things are coming and coming on fast. I and everyone else have had a full day, me especially, I just didn’t seem to stop working until there was nothing left on which to work.

Everyone seems to be getting tense here and these tensions may brittle and crack, but the devotionals in the morning are keeping us going and helping us to stay on the right path, remembering why we are here, God, and who we are. I think things are actually starting to look good around here, we’re getting some major painting done (rooms have significantly improved) and the garden-to-be in the back had a huge breakthrough today (lots of back-breaking stone shoveling).

I helped with both and I’m feeling pretty good. Overall, things are going well. In addition, two of the pastor’s boys are staying with us, they’re very nice and I hope that our work makes a real impact on them. I pray that as we stay here we remain faithful to our mission for Jesus Christ and work as hard as we can to benefit the community and spread the christian message of love and forgiveness throughout this city.

~For the future, a tired servant of Christ our Lord.

Jonathan Coppe