Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Is It Well With My Soul?

Is it well with my soul?
When troubles mount up and the skies grow dark, is it to the Lord whom I turn to for help?
When I hate what I see in the mirror
When I cry tears of pain
When I gasp mouthfuls of hurt
When the world comes crashing onto me
When I struggle with the apathy of not giving a damn

Do I turn to the Lord?
Is it well with my soul?

Every time I turn aside
Fapping to porn. Addictive games.
Each time looking a brief ride
To leave my responsibilities and my anxiety

Yet the more I do it.
The more hollow I become.
The longer I stare at that screen
The more I can see myself slipping away
Pixel by pixel

Not because I struggle with my horniness
Nor because I enjoy video games sometimes that I become enraptured in them.
No.
It is because for that short amount of time
Or some days, a long amount of time
I no longer place the Lord as the most important in my life
Instead I replace him, in all his majesty, love, peace and patience
With something that should never be there.

So Lord God.
When the walls come crashing down.
When my friends forsake me
And my family hates me
May I always find refuge in your embrace
May it always be well with my soul

Not so that I can only lean on you in the hard times.
But through both the good and the bad
May the Lord my God, My Saviour.

Be the only thing in my life that I ever need. Ever want. Ever had.

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