After each sermon in the series, I always found I had something to write. Not the brilliant writings of a tortured soul destined to make a lot of money from a bestseller. Just thoughts.
The last sermon was "Amen." It's agreeing with God. But, as we probably all know by this point, sometimes it's easy to say "Amen"...sometimes you're liable to choke on the word. :O)
Amen to prayers answered
...to landing the job you've always wanted
...to finding the boy of your dreams
...to meeting everyone's expectations
...to being the life of the party
...to running miles without stopping
...to inspiration that wows you
...to hearing "I love you" every day
...to being crowned prom queen
...to to getting along with everyone
...to seeing justice done here on earth
Amen to a dream deferred
...to holding on to the job that bores you
...to groping for the spark in a dead marriage
...to the art of stumbling and climbing
...to being the wallflower at the party
...to walking the only mile you can go
...to the unfinished poem and the rest of the page
...to saying "I love you" and never hearing it returned
...to never wearing the crown
...to mending the wounds that you've torn open
...to waiting for the Judge to make his ruling
Amen to the God who takes away.
...to being fired at the moment you felt most secure
...to the lifetime of singleness that wrecks all your plans
...to falling at the one moment when everyone was watching
...to being the only one not invited to the party
...to sitting still and knowing He is God
...to the 20 ideas that didn't work...and the one that might
...to returning every "I hate you" with "I love you"
...to being the ugliest duckling who never turns into a swan
...to having more enemies than friends and blessing them all
...to setting your debtor free 70 times 7
* Not actual name of church
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