The Battle of Accepting Our Limits

Awake Again

Awake again,
knowledge of another day
like the previous,
authored by the pen of Another.
My own narrative
unknown to me
before the chapters unfold.
Things to be faced
unknown
before
I face them.
Dreams come
of prophetic vision,
more power,
greater control.
In a world broken
with people flawed,
in the middle
of daily mystery
where questions multiply
and answers flee,
it is a constant battle
to accept
your limits.

My Heart Cries Out

Paul David Tripp

Paul David Tripp shares his celebrations, disappointments, cries for help, confessions, and confusions in the form of 120 poems written as he experienced God’s grace in various seasons of his life.

Read:

Psalm 139:16–18
Psalm 77

Consider:

What unknowns or uncertainties are worrying you today? Offer them in prayer to God.
How and why can you have faith in the midst of confusion?

This article is adapted from My Heart Cries Out: Gospel Meditations for Everyday Life by Paul David Tripp.

Paul David Tripp (DMin, Westminster Theological Seminary) is a pastor, an award-winning author, and an international conference speaker. He has written numerous books, including Lead; Parenting; and the bestselling devotional New Morning Mercies. His not-for-profit ministry exists to connect the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. Tripp lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Luella, and they have four grown children.