Only the best

I ask 

for guidance

I ask

for Him

to show me

a better way

I ask 

and He answers

Yet

the answer He gives

Is not

entrenched into my being

I do not hear the answer

I do not hear ... 

I ask

for guidance

and He provides

guidance.

He says,

“I wouldn’t if I were you.”

“Are you sure that is what you really want to do, my child?”

And where am I?

Why do I not hear?
Surely I am listening.

Is it because

Satan knows his part so well

knows how to dig deep

how to invade

into my

personal space

knows how to pursue

my desires and wants and wishes

how to snag me

so all thought of

pleasing My Lord

vanishes?

Oh!

woe is me.
The Lord is

not happy with me.

I  ask

He answers

He has answered before

Time and time again

I continue to ask

He still answers.

When will I hear?

When will the still small voice

Of my precious Lord

reach my inner being

and I will respond

in loving obedience?

He wants only

The best for me.

Do I?

(c) February 11, 2012