The Author and The Poem

You are a poem with God as the author. God never stops writing. He intends to make you the stunning masterpiece He created you to become. 1

At some point in the writing process, you, as the poem, will decide you don’t want to become what the Author intended you to be. You will try to write yourself without your Author. And you find that you can’t. No one can. You may despise God and blame Him for all the scribble you’ve become. And even then, when you’ve gone and messed yourself up, He doesn’t throw you away. He doesn’t rip you to shreds and move on to the next poem to be written. He doesn’t abandon His work ever. He doesn’t hate you, and He doesn’t give ever up. No, He waits patiently by your side, there when you’ve realized you can’t write yourself. And when you’re ready to give yourself over to Him, so that He may write His beautiful masterpiece, He’s there too. And He’ll take back the pen from you and begin to write again, fixing this and that, adding this, erasing that. It may take a while for Him to fix all the errors you’ve made, but know that He can and will.2

And probably, you’ll do it again and try to write yourself. And again, He’ll be right by your side, waiting. Even if you never give Him back the pen, or think you don’t deserve such a wonderful Author, it’s okay. ‘Cause He’s never gonna give up on you. Ever. Not even if you want Him to. 3

So now you know, and so do I. Now don’t just stand there looking surprised, you’ve got a pen to return.4