Wednesday, March 12, 2008

cars and graveyards

So I've decided that the graveyard that is about 5 miles down the road from my home is my secret/quite place. And the place that I meet God the most is in my car.
So therefore in my car at the graveyard = best place to be when I am sad and troubled.

Last night I had just about had it, so I got in my car at 11pm last night and drove to the graveyard sat there, yelled, cussed, cried, wrote, prayed.
I have to be honest, it was NOT beautiful.

I told God some not nice things, not about Him, I love God, but about my life.

The honest truth is I don't want to change.
And I hate that I feel this way.
So my prayer is that I desire to change.

I don't know how many times I have to pound it through my head and heart, that this life isn't about what I want, it's desiring what God wants.

UHHHHH!!!
Heart please change! Please!





I am so full of pride.
That is more truth right there.

Anyways.

I am grateful for my car.

The "car" in general has always been my safe haven.
Even when I was a kid.
All we ever did was travel, so the car is where me and my family spent time together, and slept, ate, did school work, sang, even played my guitar.


I wrote a silly little poem about my home the car.

"This car is the only home I have ever known.
It's the place where me and my lover meet alone.
Summer, Spring, Winter, Fall
I don't care where I am as long as I am in my car.

I'm as happy as can be when I hit the open road.
As long as I am in this car, I am right where I want to be, home."



4 comments:

Melissa said...

Emma was conceived in a car (but NOT a graveyard!) :-)

strantzformer said...

haha, by the way, "Lover" as in God, not Judah.

shell said...

I love your writing Jess. My car was that same place for me in college. It is where I talked with God, memorized (yeah, held the bible while i drove! :) When I am in the car alone, it is still my fav time to talk to god!

Christine said...

Beautiful, Jess. You made my day today. Thank you for the heartwarming note you sent to my mailbox today. My friend, I do not feel I deserve such kind words. I see my failings above God's work in my life most of the time. It's uplifting to think that He can and does shine through my dingy life.
Keep pressing ahead, dear one. Though these times are hard, you will someday be thankful for what God did in your heart because of your circumstances today....I know you already know this. You are an inspiration to me - to live honestly and to seek God above all.
I'M thankful for YOU. Praise God! He is SO good.