Nothing You Can Do

Nothing You Can Do

By Shelli Ann

There are times within your life,

When you struggle to understand.

Events that make you see,

Control was never in your hands.

We grow up in a world,

Where we seek some element of control.

To have a plan and follow it,

Becomes the desired goal.

What happens to your life,

When things do not go as planned?

How do you reconcile,

With things you do not understand?

People can work their whole lives,

Giving everything they have.

And no matter how hard they work,

Things can still turn out bad.

As someone who feels a calling,

To always try to help those in need.

It is really hard to stay hopeful,

When your efforts don’t succeed.

You try to protect the ones you love,

From heartache and pain.

But perhaps those are the moments,

That we have the most to gain.

Nothing hurts quite as much,

As the helplessness that envelops you.

When you watch a loved one dying,

Knowing there is nothing you can do.

When you have to say goodbye,

To everything you know.

Perhaps, those are the lessons,

We need the most to grow.

There are simply moments that,

We all must endure.

Times when life’s challenges,

Leave us broken and unsure.

In those shattered moments,

When the world seems upside down.

Is often when God’s message seems the strongest,

When His presence can be found.

So when you encounter problems,

And it seems like there is nothing you can do.

Learn to put your trust in God,

As He will see you through.

© 2020 by Shelli Ann