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FROM COPING TO HOPING
Impatience,frustration
Food fights and soaked sheets
Laundry unending
Complete lack of sleep
I tried to cope quietly
Through each lonely day
"This all looked so easy!"
I told Him as I'd pray
I felt so unhappy
All my needs trampled on
So much selfless devotion
Yet my self-esteem, gone.
Until I remembered,
I wasn't alone
I wasn't the first
God was still on His throne.
In the midst of my chaos
He was still in control
I cared for their bodies
He cared for their souls
So I gave them up to Him
I'll not settle for coping
As long as they're His,
I'll be joyful and hoping!
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