I wish you a rough time
to polish your shine
I wish you a hard time
to soften you
I wish you challenges
to strength you
I wish you gut-wrenching agony
whatever it takes
to turn you toward God
to seek the balm of Giliad
to let Him wrap your wounds in His holy hands
And I will cheer you
stand by you
encourage you
as my personal trainer has done to me
through sweat and tears
through toil and sorrow
we gain the strength
to serve
to shine
to actually become ourselves, the ourselves we are capable of becoming
but only if someone is there to bind our wounds
massage those poor muscles
and if only we seek Him
