The Tired Christian's Prayer: Just Breathe by Jennifer Brown

Sculpture, "Breathe" by David Thummel

Just need a minute to breathe,
Just a moment of space & time, to catch my breath Not to run a marathon, or go for a drive, Just a minute to breathe, just breathe

Not a minute to breathe between abusive words, Not a minute to breathe between Having your legs knocked out from under you, But just a minute to breathe, just breathe

Wanting clarity, revelation & understanding of thought Having to wait for the right time & season seems unbearable, Do I dor Don't I, Do I go or Do I Stay I just need a minute to breathe, just breathe

Wanting a moment to ask God why,
even though we aren't supposed to,
When it seems like the ones we need to help us fight this fight are taken from us And all that is left is a empty great big gapiing void, Just a moment, to absorbe, to download to reflect, to breathe, just breathe

Having to re-group, re-plan, re-gather,
after loss, shock, or disappointment.
To sit and remember when life wasn't so complicated.
To sit and enjoy life, to breathe just breathe,

To exhale,
To be one with the peace,
To be in the world and not be a part of it.

To breathe, just breathe,
To smile, when everything inside you feels broken, no clarity to make sence for yourself.

To breathe, just breathe, seems unobtainable.
Not wanting to take the wrong turn,
To know God's way despite it all,
but all things will work together for my good...

To breathe, just breathe...

© 2006 Jennifer Brown, Acworth, Ga.