Psalm 56:8 

You have kept count of my tossings;

    put my tears in your bottle.

    Are they not in your record?

1:34am awake to pray after staying up late to write

Given the title to put a bow on this rhyme

fasting for gain, casting out pain in this plight

Father you have in hand our treasure, talent and time

As we toss and turn in our beds

awakened at all hours of the night

turmoil dancing in our weary heads

a moment from giving up the fight

Others pray and suggest the oughts 

while the pain persists of unknown cause

the test results side with the have nots

avoiding bright lights and loud applause

Differences in meals, meds and procedures

trying everything under the sun and over the moon

The world offers its help but we believe yours

we need complete healing extremely soon

Like now, like right now, give us this testimony 

give us a reason never to doubt  but always endure

I don’t want my beloved daughter tested for me

I want her done with this tour, abundantly sure

I will be as persistent as the widow

Remind you she doesn’t deserve the thorn in Paul’s side to persist

She has the childlike faith of a kid though

wisdom beyond her years and I’m pissed

She’s learned that you’re in charge

she’s accepted the surrender as humbled

She has her arms opened wide and large

you’ve helped her rise whenever she’s stumbled

It is a tired and longing soul pleading you

from the frazzled end of my series of days

Everyone filling this room is needing you

so I’ll raise a hallelujah and hear me some praise

Fix this Lord as only you are able and can

give us a diamond in the rough and a win

continued suffering shouldn’t be the plan

you’ve overcome death and conquered sin

Bring transference of this pain to the stones in the Truckee

let them be baptized by the waters of the river themselves 

As we give gratitude counted among the favored and lucky

to be written in the book of life on your shelf

For even those stones can be made anew

if you say it then I know it will be

You once took my heart given to you

softened it and then set it free

I’ll pray and attempt to bless you in all ways

sing and dance as best as I can

break these chains, lighten and brighten her days

bring solid rest in the night as your plan

Are we not all in your record? In your thoughts? 

Do you not want your children to be blessed?

Let wickedness fade while evil rots

we will soar by your wings above this mess

Surely the one who placed the many flowers

in the meadows of the mountains across earth

has the uniquely special and needed powers

to demonstrate his own daughters worth

Be with us in this Lord and fully remove

the suffering and the angst and the pain

I’m asking the one with nothing to prove

to show up, show out, and of course remain

She needs you, I need you, we need you

let any and all hesitation disappear 

for I’ll cry, fight, run, climb and bleed to

fully rest in having both her and you near

And now that you’re among us and within us

we the church gathered in your picturesque frame

continue to begin us again and win us

to you in Jesus most holy and precious name

♾️♾️♾️♾️

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Finished Wednesday 9/24/25 by JJZ