Your Life Is No Mistake

Sometimes the pain is too hard to bear

And the burdens are so heavy I can barely stand tall

My faith doesn't seem to move these mountains

Nothing appears to help at all

I don't know why I bother

I'm sure this is as good as life gets

I must be crazy to believe

That I deserve anything better than this

My mother says I was a mistake

My father never loved me enough to show his face

I have no one to call a friend

I wonder why I was ever born into this place

My life serves no purpose

Nothing about it makes sense

I feel like I'm just taking up space

My existence, to me, is nothing but suspense

Why did God put me here

In this dark, empty world of mine

Why would He make me suffer

Searching for acceptance and purpose I can never seem to find

God if you hear me

Please tell me why

Why would you give me life

When all I feel is death inside

My child, I hear you

I hear you loud and clear

I am perfect in all that I do

It's by no mistake that you are here

Before I formed you in your mother's womb

I knew everything about you

I loved you and chose you to be my own

And I gave you purpose too

It doesn't matter what your mother says

Or what your father failed to do

I love you with an everlasting love

And I will never forsake you

Despite what you see of your life right now

My plans for you are good

I have hope and a future for you

My child, you've misunderstood

See, you were created on purpose

In me, nothing is happenstance

I will show you who I designed you to be

If only you'd give me a chance

In me is where you find life

For I am The Living Well

If you lose yourself completely in me

Oh what a testimony you'll soon tell

Your best days are still ahead

Don't you give up your life

Keep your eyes focused on me

And sunshine will fill even your darkest nights

Give me the shattered pieces of your life

And I will restore it fully  unto thee

For I am The Master Potter

And you, My child, are my masterpiece

Perfectly created

Loved unconditionally

Accepted completely

A mistake, by no means.

~LaKeisha Rainey-Collins~
Copyright 2012