Marching On. . . 21st Century Love During a Time of Violence: Wayne & Sabrina (26)
Wayne found it difficult to stay inside
his father’s residence where Sabrina
did no longer abide.
He drove the highway sometimes
at a reckless speed
until his conscience
about Sabrina and their baby
forced him the law to heed…
I found
myself
nowhere
wishing I was
somewhere
distant
with
no idea
not sure
uncertain
where
over there
far away
would take me
??
Maybe I should ask for directions.
Don’t know.
***
Flying
spinning
in sun, sleet, or rain
tossed by a devil
cloaked
wise, though, insane.
Heads–headed downward.
Tails–trailing too.
Still rushing the mud
under somebody’s shoe
made by blood, urine, booze.
Anyway you lose.
Or cradled.
The palm?
A trusty hand.
Never to fling you to randomly land.
Since given a choice
what coin would you be?
Flung in the air.
For a time, careless, and free?
Trusting fate to control?
Or, allow yourself security?
Gratefully collected
placed lovingly inside
a grand treasury?
Making decisions
slaps chance
in the face.
A sensation worth
an everlasting,
joyful, peaceful pace!
***
Sabrina’s prayers in her family’s behalf
were not wasted upon a desert path.
She had hope that soon all would say
that salvation was theirs
since they endured through that day…
“But those hoping in Jehovah
will regain power.
They will soar on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary;
They will walk and not tire out.””
Isa. 40:31.
***
“Let me praise Jehovah;”
with my life force–‘soul’ bequeathed me–
A living ‘person’;
with all my heart
given energetically,
in sincerity,
‘worship’
lovingly
whole-souled…
Yes: “Let everything within me
praise his holy name.”
Let not my ‘conduct’ bring dishonor.
Cause others to ‘stumble’.
To myself
heap utter ‘shame’.
“Let me praise Jehovah;
May I never forget all that he has done.”
From galactical creations
mediating too upon
personal victories,
with your loving assistance,
in sweet ‘success’
won.
For: “He forgives all your errors
And heals all your ailments;
He reclaims your life from the pit”.
He gave his ‘only-begotten’ Son
in this season of reminders.
To our sins
mercifully ‘acquit’:
“Indeed, God does all these things
Twice, three times, for a man,
To bring him back from the pit,
So that he may be enlightened
with the light of life.”
Job 33:29, 30.
Yes, He “crowns you
with his loyal love and mercy.”
For this great ‘loving-kindness’
we dare not,
in cowardice
sadly
‘quit’:
“Restore to me
the joy of your salvation;
Stir within me
a willingness
to obey you.”
Ps. 51:12.
For: “Happy is the one
whom you choose and bring near
To reside in your courtyards.”
To your ‘laws’ and ‘principles’ in integrity adhere.
“We will be satisfied
with the goodness of your house,
Your holy temple.”
Ps. 65:4.
Whether visibly present in its ‘holy’ gates.
Or physically distant,
yet spiritually near…
***
“My body and my heart may fail,
But God is the rock of my heart
and my portion forever.”
Ps. 73:26… To Be Cont’d
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