Name It And Claim It

The only way that I can claim

the blessings of these dreadful days

is to endeavour to attain

a life of constant thanks and praise

from which 'I wish' is banished,

and 'if only ' turned away,

'why me' forever vanished,

to make a room where grace can stay.

I cannot look behind me now;

the dead, they must entomb their own.

It is for me to practice how

to do that which I've always known,

that however high the toll,

I am His, He makes me whole.

The Five Minute Friday prompt this week is UNDECIDED.

Some may be undecided,

but I'll say now that I ain't.

God will not be derided,

and I have no complaint

about the hard cold circumstance

that I daily face.

I will choose to laugh and dance,

be caught up in the grace

that transcends metastases,

and a failing heart.

Even in shadow of these,

I can still play my part

for the Lord that I believe 

until it's time for me to leave.

Three minutes thirty on the first attempt, which the Internet ate. Three minutes for what's above.

Sylvia says, Yeah, but I was His FIRST.