Shadow

Why is it so easy,
to get bogged down in the muck and mire?
No matter how life's going,
the dirt always seem to pull me down.
I I try so hard,
too keep my head above the mud,
only to lose focus and find myself sinking.
It is like the light of day,
being swallowed by the darkest night.

Why is it so easy,
to focus on the things we can't do,
instead of on the freedom that God has given?
What are we so eager,
to wrap ourselves up in the chains of sin,
which Jesus' blood has taken off of us?
Why do we strive each and every day,
to be gods in our own lives,
only to fall and realize we cannot be in control?

The bigger picture can never be grasped,
as we stare at the shadows of our lives.
Turn around, look up, and realize,
that our shadow proves that God is lighting the way,
we are just looking in the wrong direction.