Was this a wrong turn...Or a glitch in my character?
- Anne Burnham Cannon
- Apr 14, 2017
- 1 min read
In honor of National Poetry Month I hope this will inspire you
to begin your journey with GOD...
Was this a wrong turn...
Or a glitch in my character?
Now I truly believe in the midst of my pain God was working. When you find beauty in the broken...
I was being transformed and my gift of writing was born.
At a crossroads in my life during my angst, I began my soul searching which drew me back to God. My pen became my voice to pour out my heart to God in my journal. This was when my gift of writing poetry was born. Since then over the years as I would write heartfelt letters to God sharing all of my life's experiences that ranged from beautiful moments that touched my heart to heart wrenching difficult circumstances.
God began to transform my prayer pages on our journey together into inspirational poetry. Sometimes His words came fast and flooded my mind and if I didn't take time to write it down it was gone or other times God gave me words in stages as I patiently waited...
All I know it's in God's timing.
Often I would share my poems with my family & friends. They encouraged me to gather the ones I have written over the last decade. Using these poems, I published my first poetry book...
Reflections.
Written By Anne Cannon | April 2017
