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The Wilderness

The Wilderness

The world around me
took my time away... 
and it tried to take 
everything else too, 
but that did not happen. 

Storms come and go, 
and we all know 
the truth of that fact. 
Some we create ourselves, 
while others 
are pressed upon us. 

The first wave of the ocean
is always cold and sudden, 
but it soon changes 
as we adjust to the tides... 
that come and go. 

In the darkness of the night
that often arrives in the daylight hours
just as black as midnight's power...
The Shadow...
Evil tries to win against our souls. 
It tires to tell us we are old
and alone. 
It lies. 

There is no place on Earth
that the Lord does not occupy. 
That He does not see and feel... 
That He can not hear
the calls, 
the pleading 
the bleating of his 
flock. 

The wilderness is harsh, 
but we are His
and He is strong... 
Beyond all understanding, 
it is simply the truth 
of reality. 

Copyright © Ann Foster

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