My life’s journey has lead me to so many places and so wondrously has allowed me to meet so many amazing people along the way. Today’s poem, I wrote in October 2013 as I was preparing to leave Orlando and move to Columbia, Missouri. In 2003, I had left Springfield, Missouri to go to Orlando. I was uncertain why God had sent me to Orlando; yet, I with some hesitation had gone. Some many dear friends I met every step of this journey—so many have been beacons of light sent by God to guide me.
I’d Traveled Far
By Effie Darlene Barba
I’d traveled far across this land
Unto the eastern shore
Uncertain of what God had planned
Alone, I stood once more
I’d heard Him bid for me to go
Twas all I needed know
And then I saw, as time did pass
His plan begin unfold
I had been placed within His class
To learn His love untold
And as I saw His Glory Shine
His joy, His love now mine
I met dear friends along this way
That helped me as I grew
And others stumbling blocks did lay
God used to guide me too
That I might see His Grace His might
With Christ my guiding light
And Now I know that I must go
To leave these all behind
I wonder if my life did show
A Glimpse of God’s dear mind
And did my life His Glory shine
Within this mirror of mine
Oh, Lord I have this one request
When memories of me rise
That they might see how I was blessed
Your Grace my greatest prize
You took this broken, selfish heart
To fill Your Love Impart
So, can you Lord, use all I’ve done
Though blend of good and bad
To point them Lord to your dear son
His Grace, His Love did clad
A simple person such as I
With righteousness on High
I don’t usually include a song on Poetry Sunday; but, today I shall. The song I think so clearly speaks of my life’s journey is Call it Grace.
©Effie Darlene Barba, 2015
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