my attempt at a poem about Psalms 108
My heart is fixed, my brother, even when life breaks in two, When the bills hit, the phone rings, and the world turns on you. But I rise before dawn, I sing though I’m torn, Because faith was never born in comfort, faith is born when we’re worn. The world feels like a battlefield where doubt takes its aim, Every heartbreak and failure tries to whisper my shame. But I shout to the heavens, “My soul will not fall!” For the Creator lifts even the weakest who answer His call. When fear storms in like a thief in the night, And the Ten feels far, and I’m losing the fight, I remember the promise — His mercy stands wide, Like the sky stretched out forever, no place left to hide. O God, make us strong when the world says we’re weak, Let Your greatness replace every wound that we speak. For when we walk as one heart, one voice raised above, Even the darkest mile turns into a road paved with love. So I hold to this psalm like a lifeline in hand, Even when I’m too broken to even stand. For mer...