Hey! I'm finally back on fanfiction! *cheers* Admist all the updates I plan to do to this week, I also wanted to post two of the poems I wrote at bible camp. This one I wrote after being chosen to be a team leader, something I didn't feel prepared for. I thought about all the leaders in the Bible (Jacob, Moses, David, etc) and how they were not really likely choices either, and then this poem came out. Hope you enjoy!
I do not know why you have chosen me
I am not a leader
I am scared of public speaking, of people reading these words so close to my heart and laughing cruelly
I am not courageous or brave
I am not a perfect Christian
My life is not put together and secure
I do not know why you have chosen me
But then I look into your Word and see that I am not the first unlikely choice you have made
You chose the underdog, the youngest, the weakest, to be your closest servant
You chose the gentle Jacob, the younger son, to be the leader of the tribe of Israel
You choose him despite his faults, his selfish deceit of his father
You chose Moses, a man who could not speak very well, to go to the Pharaoh and plead for freedom
You could've chosen his brother Aaron, a wonderful public speaker
But you didn't want Aaron
You wanted Moses despite his speaking problems or maybe even because of it
You chose David, the supposed weakest son, to be the king of Israel
You did not chose any of his stronger older brothers
You picked great leaders
Jacob was faithful to You. He was blessed with many descendants, and through the sorrow he suffered You were there with him
Moses lead his people out of Egypt. He followed You through the dessert faithfully for forty years and was delivered to the Promised Land.
David did your will. He became king and united Israel, and though he sinned he always repented and came back to You.
In the end, it doesn't matter why you chose me
It matters that I was chosen
I am not a leader
But, with You by my side, I can try to be
