A prayer poem

Lord,
Troubles come and I lose my heart
     suddenly
without warning it is gone
     drifting away in pieces.
Beseiged.
Harassed.

I plead ~ renew me.
Remind me of my worth.
Bring to my mind what is temporal.
   Center me
         on the unseen and everlasting.

Secure my eyes to eternal things,
       not my heart's crumbling pieces,
but on You~
     dearest one.

c.

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.  - 2 Corinthians 4:16-19