Why?

You sent me on a journey. A hard, cold road of stone I traveled. Many times I smiled to hide, the many miles of pain and tears inside.
I held my head up high down that hard, cold road of stone, seeming so brave while inside feeling frightened and alone.

There were times when I felt I could not take another step, the road was so long, but you gave me the strength to carry on. 
Time after time I stumbled and fell, but that never seemed to matter to you. Some how you knew that I would complete this journey and reach my destiny.

Now I ask you Lord. Why do things happen the way that they do? Why did you choose me for this journey and why did you give me these words I write? Is this your way of speaking to me? By making me see through my own words?

Well I crossed that finish line and I look back on it from time to time. For a while it was a mystery, but then it occurred to me.

That hard, cold road of stone, taught me wisdom I had never known. It taught me strength I could not measure, and all about trust and true treasure.