When your rope breaks

We all have those days, peradventure weeks when all our strength leaves us and we are found helpless. It is in these days that our character is tested for what it is and if we are serious, amended for tougher times. The poem below ventures into what our first responses to tough times should be; pending exams, overdue assignments, sicknesses, disappointments, and necessary hurdles, whatever the case in those moments when your rope should break what would be your first move!?

When your rope breaks, pray!
Pray the grace of the Lord come down
To your very aid in that day
Lest your life be done and grief all you own

Don’t run first to your friend
With the sad tidings you bear
Nor place hope in them to end
What you both know by fear

Avoid the error of business
For it will leech your time of day
Seek out sober mindedness
Cultivate carefully, the desire to pray

Also never be too quick
To withdraw your trust
Or let your faith leak
Or your hope rust

One thing to always keep in mind
Two things you must remember
A many great saints have come to find
In prayer a beautiful splendor

And when despair has been your toll
And failure your proclamation
Remember the truth O soul
And find in God your salvation

Listen dear one and listen well
Or you will only joined the ranks
Of those before whose sorrows we tell
Who sought not help and returned no thanks

So when your rope should suddenly break
Don’t fret or even be afraid
Sometimes it is your lot to take
But have no fear nor be dismayed

One word to the wise should truly suffice
Rely on God, His name cannot fail
In this you’ll know that your heart is wise
To trust His character and His peace to prevail

Don’t let a lacking desire
Starve your wanting heart
Pray God that you’ll admire
An earnest praying heart