THE THORN (3RD UPDATE)

I WOKE UP THIS MORNING

STILL IN PAIN,

NATURALLY.

HONESTLY,

MAYBE A LITTLE WORSE.

BUT HOW CAN THAT BE?

IT SEEMS AS IF I HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOREVER

FOR THE RETURN OF MY DAUGHTER

AND A BREAK FROM THIS PAIN.

BUT THEN I WONDER,

WOULD I BE WRITING AND SHARING

THE WAY THAT I DO

IF EVERYTHING 

WAS PERFECT?

IS THIS HEARTACHE AND PAIN

THE THORN IN MY SIDE,

THE HURT THAT KEEPS ME CLOSE TO YOU, LORD?

FOR YOU DID COME INTO MY LIFE AT A TIME

WHEN I NEEDED YOU MOST,

AT FIVE.

AND MY PRAYER HAS ALWAYS BEEN

THAT IF I COULD HELP JUST ONE OTHER PERSON

THEN THIS BROKEN HEART AND CONSTANT PAIN

WOULD BE WORTH IT,

FOR IN THE END,

WHEN I'VE FINISHED THIS RACE,

THERE WILL BE A CROWN WAITING FOR ME

AND I CAN FINALLY REST AT YOUR FEET.

2 CORINTHIANS 12:7

THEREFORE, IN ORDER TO KEEP ME FROM BECOMING CONCEITED, I WAS GIVEN A THORN IN MY FLESH, A MESSENGER OF SATAN, TO TORMENT ME.