What’s Troubling You?

Honey, what’s on your mind?

Why do you always run around?

Why don’t you slow down?

What’s troubling you?

Honey, I see it in your face

Those distant eyes

The haphazard thoughts

Your constant restlessness

You’re always somewhere else

Inside that head

But still running away

From what’s there

So you dream

Keep yourself busy

Talk a lot

And have many friends

But what’s troubling you?

What’s inside?

Why hide?

It’ll always be there

Slow down

Listen to what others have to say

Take a good look at yourself

And try to find the reason why

And when you need to talk

Find people with wisdom

Who know you well

And sit down with them

It will take time

And some discipline

But overall

It’s worth it

Only then can God

Begin to work in your life

When you allow Him

To clean up the clutter

Yes, there’s a mess in your life

One you need to face

But when the refining is done

What’s left is the image of God

by Christina Morley

Photo by Gerhard Nel and used by permission

Note about this poem: I wrote this poem for a special friend in 1994. We have lost contact over the years, but I hope her future is bright, happy and full of God's love flowing in her heart and from her heart.