This is a poem I had to do for a class at Warner Pacific College. This was almost a month after my Dad had died. Hope this poem will spark or ignite you to a journey with Jesus Christ

1. Spiritual Journey
By, Joyce Pultz
October 2, 2014

2. Gathering my thoughts
Taking the time to be still.
To discern my own mind,
Now it is time to reflect.

3. Reflecting on life’s spiritual journey
Before my heart broke with sorrow.
It is hard to see,
Through the tears and fears
that flood out of my soul

4. Through those tears,
I see my journey.
A journey that began a long time ago.
I remember,
Like it was yesterday.

5. A day which came
In like a flood,
As Christ poured himself
Into a small child
And adopted me as one of his own.

6. My soul was open
To the movement of the
Holy Spirit.
Guiding and directing my life,
Even when I had chosen another path.

7. Choosing a path on my own
Sent my soul into utter darkness
Even when I was hiding from the Lord,
He Saw Me,
He Found Me,
He Loved Me,
He Saved Me.

8. Seeing through the eyes of desperation
I ran back
My soul was empty and
Full of shadows.

9. Forgiveness
Tenderness
Love With open arms,
My Heavenly Father
And my earthly parents
Helped fix my broken soul.

10. Resurrection brought
Life back into my soul
Like a tree with roots that are deep within
The ground.
I grew deeper, and deeper into
God’s word and his promises,
I flourished.

11. “For I know the plans I have for you,”
Declares the Lord,
“plans to prosper you and not to harm you,
Plans to give you hope and a future.”
(Jeremiah 29:11)

12. Hope is given to this broken heart
In the mist of such deep sorrow
I thought my faith was gone.
It was not gone but always there
Even when life seemed too hard to bare.

13. Through this journey
God does not promise
That life with him
would be empty of:

14. Pain
Sorrow
Brokenness Distress
Worry
Sickness
or Death
Name it
we have felt it.

15. He does promise
To give his PEACE in the mist of the storm,
MERCY when we don’t deserve any,
HOPE when there seems no way,
FAITH like a mustard see,
which grows into a mighty tree,
LOVE with no strings attached,
GRACE in abundance.

16. In all of this,
his presences is always here.

17. In this journey, life does
Not end but where life begins,
When we come and see with
Open Eyes
Open Hearts
Open Souls

18. Our human life is frail
In this Physical form
But in the Lord
There is Life
Which gives strength.

19. This strength does not come from ourselves
But from Jesus Christ,
God the Father, and
The helper who is sent to guide our lives.

20. Through this this reflection
I have seen the helper
Guide me through the ebbs and flows of life
Which has brought me peace even in the mist
Of a mighty storm.