Kimisms

God Knows

By Kim Steele

God knows my heart -- cold and alone

As it threatens to die like a seed on hard stone;

God knows my mind -- too often unpure

And eager to follow sin’s challenging lure;

God knows my body -- its fleshly desire

Draws me through the sharp thorns

of life’s bramble and briar.

God knows my words -- bullets and knives

Carelessly spewed out on innocent lives;

God knows my thoughts -- harboring evil

That blots out the love and gives place to the devil;

God knows my deeds -- selfish and grand

And intent on arrangement

by my human hand.

God knows my weakness -- faith that’s so small

When toddling behind Him I stumble and fall;

God knows my failure -- the goals I can’t reach

And the lessons ignored that He labors to teach;

God knows my sins -- their numbers immense

With all of them lacking

in wisdom and sense.

But God knows my search -- to be honest and wise

As I open my heart and take off my disguise;

God knows my toil -- seeking sweet rest

And eager to lay weary head on His breast;

God knows my cries -- petitions I send

Of peace for the weariness,

hope for the end.

(copyright 2010)