No Bartering

I wasn’t supposed to know. I wasn’t supposed to find out until now. I wasn’t supposed to know. This was about His timing and how-

He wanted me to grasp

He wanted me to ask

He wanted me to depend

He wanted me to defend

what HE stood for in my life

and when it was all said and done

He wanted me to know that

He was the One!

Not because ‘I’ did anything great,

so He would make life easier-

NO, He wanted me to be tried and tested.

He wanted me to know,

He was the One

who allowed me to evolve 

through these experiences

While being tossed to and fro

And learn lessons

in the midst of the strain,

but not in vain.

And as I come out of it and gain, 

I would grow

And just pay it forward,

as I go

God doesn’t make a deal. “God is the REAL DEAL”!