The Mind of Christ

I started this blog with a couple poems of Donna McGinnis's. She has sent me a couple more, and I'll try to share them over the next couple months:

THE MIND OF CHRIST

My Father in heaven
I want a life without storms ...
Just sunny days,
Lord, may that be the norm ...
No mountains too high,
Nor valleys so low ...
Just a straight sunny path,
So that I may grow ...
No ups and downs,
Nor trauma or grief ...
But to rest in the shade,
To find sweet relief ...
Oh, I will trust You,
And I believe your words ...
But it's heavy and exhausting,
Always having my loins gird ...
I know that to grow,
That to surrender is gain ...
But could you purge me Lord,
Without all the pain?

My beloved child,
There is no love that I spare ...
I would not allow trials,
If I did not care ...
It is because I love you,
That I stretch you in the storm ...
That faith without doubt,
May become the norm ...
To make you my bond slave,
So your heart does not stray ...
So you are yielded to My will,
Without question or delay ...
That you may accept Me without
answers,
Is better by far ...
With acceptance comes calm,
No matter why things are
the way they are ...
So you lay aside the useless,
The wasteful meaningless things ...
So you are freed up from the clutter,
And the joy that it brings ...
So you will trust Me as you walk,
That the truth may govern your day ...
So you will give yourself to Me anew,
Trust in expectancy as you pray ...
It is only because I love you,
That the sun does not always shine ...
For if I did not change your thinking,
I could not call you Mine ...


"I press on towards the goal
For the prize of the upward call
Of God in Christ Jesus."
Philippians 3:14.

By Donna McGinnis ~2008