Nellie Leverette Wasilewski Shares The Weakest Link during National Poetry Month!

The Weakest Link 

(A Prayer for Strength)

In the stillness of morning,

I wait in churning anxiety.

I pray The Lord will open

the shutters to my heart and still

its frantic beating.

Oh, that I could be stronger

and wait patiently for God's

answers to prayer.  I pray

to be mired, so deeply, in trust

with him that all doubt is

extirpated.

Condition the channels

of my thinking, oh Lord,

and let me rest on the wings

of peace that you have promised.

Condition my soul to place hope

in you and discard the things

of earth.

Teach me through trust and hope

to wait for your divine guidance.

Give me strength as we forge

an everlasting chain of faith--

a chain as strong as its weakest

link--please God, forgive my

human frailties

--Nellie Leverette Wasilewski

I am a Poet/Writer and live in a small southern town, seventy miles southeast of Nashville, Tennessee with my husband Walter. I retired from the mortgage industry in 2011 and began pursuing my lifelong dream of writing. My writing has been greatly influenced by my faith in Jesus Christ, personal experiences. and nature. I am currently working on daily devotionals. My work has appeared in Haiku Journal, Barefoot Review, Three Line Poetry, Poetry Quarterly, 50 Haikus, Dual Coast Magazine, Romance Magazine, Ruby Magazine, Hedgerow Journal, The Quiet Hour, Tanka Journal , and numerous others.

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