1. I Know God is Going to Bring Nanny Home

( A poem based on a blog post,  "When You Desperately Want God To Hear Your Prayers in  A Holy Experience by Ann Voskamp, an accomplished Christian blogger and author of New York Times Bestseller, One Thousand Gifts ~~ from which book title this new blog took inspiration from)



Two pygmy goats for the birthday girl
one white and the other dark
the dark is the shadow of the white
the nicknames Nanny and Ninny sparked

“Mama,do goats make good dinner for coyotes?”
in a broken voice, Shalom asked
In less than a day, Nanny ran away
Off for the hunt, everyone was tasked

“Shome”, Kai makes her name sound like home
“Remember, Nanny’s wearing a collar”
Comforting, giving hope to Shalom
“it’s got our phone number, someone will call later”

After the lights are out. Shalom prays
“God I cried a lot today, please hear,
in that bottle of yours, catch all our tears
Bring my Nanny home, the coyotes, I fear

“Mama, God does love us, doesn’t he?”
her words piercing through the heart
God is always good and we are always loved
I know that without a doubt.

The second night Shalom prayed hard
the next day, our hopes are fading, it’s sad
The third night, staring into the unknown
still her voice said, “I know God is going to bring Nanny home”

What if he doesn’t? the seed of doubt has spoken
What if he doesn’t do what we pray, what we plea?
What if he doesn’t, and it leaves us heartbroken
What if things don’t turn out how we want it to be?

Even if he doesn’t, He does still love us
Even if He doesn’t do what we will
His will is still right, His heart, still good
Hush those doubts, your heart, keep still

Maybe Nanny is out there somewhere–or not
Keep looking out the window
That which we fear might happen to us
is the same thing to produce deep faith, don’t you know?

On the fourth night without Nanny
with a trickle of hope remaining
with heavy hearts, still all kept looking
it was raining, then all of a sudden, the phone rings.

The voice crackling from three miles north
we heard “rain”, “collar”, “phone number” and “heavy sheeting”
in the end the words: “we’ve got your goat”
Shome’s smile, all white lightning and happiest thunder clapping

Pure love branded on Nanny’s pygmy forehead-
A clear reminder of what God is,
“I know God is going to bring Nanny home”
and he IS still God, even if he doesn’t….