Creator in control

Then the LORD said to him, “Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?”

Exodus 4:11

I see my problems

— my unique challenges

and inabilities —

— where I stutter

— feet that stagger

— mind that wanders —

and I doubt 

You will use me.

I make excuses

and miss opportunities.

I dwell on mistakes

and distrust success.

I object to being as I am

and worry about what I am not.

I waste potential

with introspection.

God, Who made me both gifted

and limping, both strong and weak,

how can I focus beyond

my weakness and find faith?

Lord of my broken life

Who showers blessing on me,

in this broken jar of clay

make Your power known!

I will trust that my shortcomings

are the place Your power enables me.

I will lean into Your guidance

as my feet stagger toward Your grace.

I will look less at me —

— more at You, Creator in control!

It is You, O Lord, Who made

me weak to trust in You.