Finding my way through a thicket of sorrow
Is like living in the midst of tomorrow

For some they navigate as gracefully as air
For others life is consistently unfair

I can’t explain the mysteries of the unknown
The fanciful dreams that are never shown

Yet the people in life make it worth living
They can bring a kind of weightless feeling

I would call it happiness, but it’s more than this
An undeserving love that surrounds you in bliss

Yes this can happen, from those around
Alas, the opposite reaction can yet be found

Despair, persecution, a knife in the back
An evil laughter echoing at what you lack

People can bring you up and down if you’d prefer
They can make you question who you truly serve

It’s funny how deceiving we can be to our own
We can proclaim we love yet let them fend alone

Thoughts escaping, head exploding
Pressure erasing, peace unfolding

When given the opportunity words are whispered
Not of malice or hate but a voice to soothe embers

For fire can be upon the tongue to consume or give light
But a gentle word spoken brightens even the darkest of night

Through the wilderness and thorns of the thoughts in the mind
Is a journey worth pursuing despite the pain of the find

Truth, just as fire, gives light and yet will cleanse
The freedom of it all is as getting a new lens

We need new perspective, as truth often gives
To understand God, people, the root of our sin

For no man is without a stain to their skin
Yet no man is without a chance to live again

I only wish freedom could cost a bit less
The price is high to live without repress

Sacrifice: carrying a cross twice your size
Surrender: placing aside all your pride

Forgiveness: of the enemies who rained down their lashes
Boldness: to walk alone against the masses

Fear: of only the God of our fathers
Hatred: towards the enemy whose deceives our sons and daughters

Time: given to further God’s kingdom
Faith: believing into the impossible seasons

Talents: so in all God may have the glory
Life: for the Author to re-create our story

The ways of this world will be always hard to understand
People and their choices, the pressures and demands

But one thing I know and to this I hold tight
God will not leave me alone in this night

He walks with me and helps me face the unknown
He guides me in truth, grace, and eases my groans

Pain is too common a feeling to this heart of mine
Though God’s remedies are always right on time

There is much to discover, much to change
Too much to do, not enough saved

Reflecting always on the things I hear
Resting in the promise of Him being near

Trying to do right, trying to not fall
Trying to fulfill the purpose of my call

It’s hard, every hour, to not fail in some way
To always get it perfect and know the right things to say

I wish God had made me a little better at this life game
Sometimes I think all I do is bring Him shame

Though He knows, my heart and ways
He knows, still He loves, this girl gone astray

Father, help me to live all that I’m meant to
Help me to always abide in your inner room

I can’t live without you, though it’s hard with you too
Though it would be harder to live without knowing you

For I know, I know, I know I have this hope
No matter what it looks like, God will triumph

Pieces on a puzzle only make sense once together
But apart they are chaos and utter bewilder

It is trust in the maker, trust in the completion
It drives us to hope in the promise of salvation

As I am being slowly put back in place
As are we all discovering our space

One day we will take a look back and see
God has made a masterpiece of you and me

Till the next chapter,
Katya