Big Butch Barks Back: A Prayer From your Rainbow Gryl

BIG BUTCH BARKS BACK

Created for some of the more raw and painful aspects of growing up different. Sometimes angry, sometimes funny, always honest. Sometimes, the language is very harsh because pain is not gentle.

I am determined to chronicle all aspects of living with absolute candor and genuineness. It allows a connection with others at a deep soul level because they see that you understand their struggles when you reveal your own. If you are offended by cursing or expect the beauty you see on my other blog, Whisper Creek, then you may want to avoid this one. This is the very human side of me, the one God plainly sees. It is the part that God is healing. Let that be my witness.

Friday, April 9, 2010

A Prayer From your Rainbow Gryl

Dear Lord,

I'm sendin a prayer

up in the air

if you don't care.

I find I'm stressin'

though you are blessin'

I'm still recessin'.

I'm wantin' to hide

from the outside

and I just can't brush it aside.

Inside I'm screamin'

and I am dreamin'

I need your redeemin'

Just wanna be able

to put food on the table

and to feel a little bit stable

I won't pray

that you'll take it away

or even make everything okay.

Just give me a song

remind me to be strong

and that with you, I'll always belong.

Every morning I'll wake

another step I'll take

I will bend, but I will not break.

And I'll keep goin'

in my heart I'm knowin'

that grace you'll be bestowin'.

And your name I'll praise

cause I'm always amazed

at your awesome ways.

AMEN

Big Butch Barks Back