Inspirational Poetry

There were days I walked through VALLEY DEEP, 

carrying burdens too heavy to KEEP. 

Days when tears became my SILENT PRAYER, 

wondering if God WAS STILL THERE? 

The road was LONG, the nights were COLD, 

and life did not UNFOLD as I was TOLD. 

Dreams were SHATTERED, plans REARRANGED, 

yet through it all, God's LOVE REMAINED. 

What felt like ENDINGS were doors UNSEEN, 

preparing my HEART for what would be. 

Every SETBACK, every DELAY, 

was guiding me toward a GREATER WAY. 

God was WRITING A STORY, I could not read, 

planting PURPOSE in every SEED. 

Though STORMS would COME and WINDS would BLOW, 

He was teaching my FAITH TO GROW. 

Now I stand with SCARS and GRACE, 

evidence of every BATTLE I FACED. 

Not because LIFE was always KIND, 

but because God NEVER left me BEHIND. 

This book is more than PAGES BOUND; 

it is PROOF that HOPE STILL CAN BE FOUND. 

A TESTIMONY WRITTEN through PAIN and PRAISE, 

of God's FAITHFULNESS through all my days. 

So if your HEART FEELS WEARY today, 

and you cannot see BEYOND the PAIN, 

remember this TRUTH and HOLD IT TIGHT: 

God is STILL WRITING. 

Your STORY is NOT OVER. 

And your GREATEST CHAPTER may be WAITING just BEYOND TONIGHT. 

This journey of faith and healing,  

reminds us that hope can blossom even in the darkest moments. 

By Selena Deshazor,✨📖🦋

I am not who I was YESTERDAY, 

and I am NOT YET who I will be. 

I am a WORK IN PROGRESS, 

a MASTERPIECE still unfolding beneath GOD'S HANDS. 

There were moments I thought I was BREAKING, 

when in TRUTH, I was being REBUILT. 

There were DOORS that closed WITHOUT WARNING, 

only because God was OPENING a PATH I could not yet see. 

The TEARS were not WASTED. 

The WAITING was not PUNISHMENT. 

The SILENCE was not ABANDONMENT.

 God was WORKING in places MY EYES could not reach. 

Every DISAPPOINTMENT became a LESSON. 

Every SETBACK became a STEPPING STONE. 

Every WOUND became a REMINDER that HEALING is POSSIBLE through Him, 

emphasizing the theme of faith and healing in our lives. 

I learned that FAITH is not BELIEVING the STORM WILL NEVER COME. 

Faith is TRUSTING God when the THUNDER SHAKES your SOUL. 

Faith is taking ONE MORE STEP when your STRENGTH is GONE. Faith is BELIEVING HIS PROMISES even when you CANNOT see them. 

Today I STAND with GRATITUDE, not because the JOURNEY WAS EASY, 

but because God CARRIED ME through every DIFFICULT MILE. 

This story is not about PERFECTION. 

It is about PERSEVERANCE. 

It is about GRACE. 

It is about FINDING PURPOSE in the places that ONCE CAUSED PAIN. 

And if MY JOURNEY teaches anything, 

let it be this: You are not BURIED. You are PLANTED. 

What feels like the END may simply be the BEGINNING of everything God has PROMISED, you can BECOME. 

So keep BELIEVING. Keep TRUSTING. 

Keep GROWING. YOUR SEASON IS COMING. 

And the BEST IS STILL AHEAD. 

By Selena Deshazor ✨📖🦋