I Love You, God

Poetry 2 

I do not speak about this publicly very often but I went through a lengthy period of depression as a young person. In retrospect it was actually good for me for a number of different reasons. One of those reasons is that it developed in me an appreciation for poetry. Out of that appreciation grew a desire to write some of my own. From time to time in this blog I will bring you one or two of those. Today is one of those times. 

I Love You, God

I love You, God

There is no one that can compare

In faithfulness, You're always there

I love You, God

I love You, God

I know I always can depend

For strength, on You, my Loving Friend

I love You, God

I love You, God

Your wisdom shows me what to do

In guiding people 'round me to

Love You, God

I love You, God

For power that You always give

That I might help a few to live

And love You, God

I love You, God

For goodness that You pour on me

In such measureless quantity

I love You, God

I love You, God

For giving me a broken heart

And of what's tears, no tiny part

I love You, God

I love You, God

These pitiful four words cannot

Express just how I feel it, but

I want to say what I've often thought

I love You, God

-Tom Brennan, A Teenager's Heart

September 12, 1989