My Wilderness Wanderings (Poem)
My Wilderness Wanderings Wandering in this wilderness, Alas the desert, my home for years; Barren, thirsty, empty inside - No water in sight but my tears… You know all of my wilderness wanderings; Every fallen tear is written in Your book. When I feel so lost in my own desert, So dry inside, I can’t even find a brook, You make note of all of my inward struggles; Your mercy is there waiting for me each day; Only needing to return to where I left Your side, You call me back to the place I wandered away. Lord, it seems like I’ve fallen so many times, Faltering, stumbling, reaching for Your hand - So weak, only able to lean upon my Beloved; And there I find once again I’m able to stand. Forgiveness flowing like a stream in my desert, Quenching all of my thirst in the heat of the day; My heart leaps for joy and my tongue sings aloud, My restored soul wandering no longer astray. March 22nd, 2025 Jerry Bouey (First verse written June 23rd, 2019, after the Lord restored me from my backslidings...