Empty Nest

After countless years of your life invested,

You are suddenly left empty nested.

All your children have up and grown,

They are doing their best to make it on their own.

But your role in their life is not over yet,

You now get to be a safe outlet,

Because life is not always easy outside of the nest,

So they return for advice from those they know best.

So continue to pray your guts out at the foot of the throne,

Pray that your children always know they are not alone,

Because though they are no longer under your control,

A close and personal walk with God was always the ultimate goal.

Well done, good and faithful servant,

Because the faith in which you lived was so fervent,

Though they left the nest, the world is truly blessed,

As they continue to grow and share the faith which they professed. 

Joy Lynn

Continue to Race

So once again I find myself

At the foot of Your throne,

Giving You everything

That I thought I could handle alone.

Though I know Your power,

I’m still independent prone.

I hope that someday soon,

From this I will be outgrown. 

Here’s my heart, Lord,

I lay it down bare.

Rip it apart, Lord,

Leave nothing to spare,

For it's riddled with disease,

It’s caught in a snare,

It’s struggling in life’s waves,

It’s gasping for air. 

Pick it up, Lord,

Breath life anew,

Trapped in these weary bones,

There’s nothing I can do.

Tired of trying to do it on my own,

But that You already knew,

You were simply waiting for my surrender,

Because only You could pull me through.

So until I find my place,

In eternity’s space,

I pray I continually seek You,

Til I see You face to face,

For though the journey is hard now,

You always offer Your embrace,

And though sometimes slow going,

I need to continue to run the race.

 Joy Lynn