"I  Don’t Have to Know Why" By Gayle Heimbach Bradshaw

The pains I sometimes feel

can paralyze my heart within

I don't always understand

Here my confusion begins

Is there something I have done?

Full trust I cannot feign

Faith--

seems to wax and wane

My emotions and body..

are torn, battered, stained

Skeptics ask me to justify...

But I cannot explain

I don't have to know the answers

I don't doubt that You care

It's belief in Your words of life

Not whether it feels "fair"

Your Peace and Joy

boldly flood my heart

even when fear and uncertainty

pierce as a glistening knife

The enemy tries to frighten me

--with an outward shine--as power

but a dark, unsettled time

can become the brightest hour

...I don't have to know why

I surrender my all to You

heart, mind, spirit, will---

with a clarity that is new

To truly trust

"reasoning" has to die

Please melt my logic away

I don't have to know why.

All rights reserved. Do not publish, in whole or in part, unless you are given my expressed written permission... Gayle Heimbach Bradshaw

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