Living In the Light of Eternity
Something happens
making you look at
death's door straight on;
You pray about it.
God always answers
though it may not be
the answer you expected
or even wanted, but....
One prayer might
actually counter another
you already made before
though you didn't realize it!
Yet there you stand
looking at some path
beyond the door
you never imagined facing.
A path you've never walked
not the way you might need to;
you look at your broken body
wondering how you can make it.
All you know for sure is
God will walk that path
by your side, no matter where
it may take you if you must go.
One prayer answered
you ask Him once more
to answer the other
the way you want it to go.
Death's door recedes
the news of the day taking it
mercifully with God's nod;
you don't fear death, but....
Life still has so much to offer.
SKB
Copyright © Sheila Kathryn Barrera | Year Posted 2008
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