Finding comfort in release (Poem)

Trusting is so difficult
It needs you to let go of the reins
To let the horse ride on without steering it to jump over that fence,
To skip over the puddle
To follow the path.

Instead the horse does the contrary
Splashes water while galloping through the puddles
Runs wild and free
Neighing in excitement over the free country, it wants to run free.

Trust needs you to give up the steering wheel
To a learner driver, yet you have years of driving experience
To be a passenger and watch them make mistakes
Make dangerous turns
Overtake without signaling

Trust is daring
And scary
It is letting go of what you think you can control
And letting the Master control it instead

Trust is not relying on yourself
Because you’ve let yourself down too many times anyway
That, my friends, is what trust is all about
A beautiful paradox
Having peace in what would otherwise be worry

Trust is finding comfort in release.

Today marks World Poetry Day and I pulled this simple poem out of my 2019 archives because my heart needed this reminder in light of all that’s happening in the world around us.

“This is what the Lord says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord . “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord , whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.” (emphasis mine)
Jeremiah 17:5 , 7 – 8 NIV

Grace and Peace.