Agency

 

Please tell me,

What must I do right now?

I’ve got to make a difference

I’ll get him back somehow.

 

He’s shifting

To paths I would not choose.

With all my heart I love him.

This one I cannot lose.

 

I’m desperate.

Just tell me what to do.

Speak clearly so I’ll know

The answer came from you.

 

My child,

I understand your plea,

But I could never give you

What you request of me.

 

The power

To change another’s heart

Does not belong to you;

In this you have no part.

 

Be patient,

Love him with all your might.

Trust me; I have the power

To help him see the light.

 

Author's Comment: This poem was inspired by a humbling experience I had one morning while praying for a wayward child. I tearfully pled with Heavenly Father to tell me what to do to get them back on the right track. After I closed my prayer, before I could even get up off my knees, a voice came into my head and said “What makes you so powerful?” At that very moment I realized how powerless I really was. Only the love of the Savior and the power of His atonement could make a difference; My responsibility was merely to love unconditionally and wait for the miracle to take place…in the Lord’s time.