(On receiving news of two young boys (separate incidents) loosing a fight with diseases...)
too much Lord,
too much,
this news is too much,
and I hold it before you
in numbed silence...
ask you say, and seek, and knock,
well I'm on my knees asking,
seeking and knocking,
hold them,
heal them,
comfort them,
console them,
break a beam of heavens light
through this cloud of
grief
and despair,
do something
anything
that will ease this
watching and waiting...
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should I knock louder,
or do you hear and see,
and hold everything?
will you wipe away these tears
and ease the broken hearts?
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you could come in power
to restore,
is that your plan
for even one of these?
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The through my sighs a voice of calm:
My ways are not yours,
and I love and know
all I have made,
I will hold,
and I will heal,
and all will be well
as in my plan
eternity
unveils
it's mystery,
watch and wait,
watch and trust,
watch and pray,
listen for the Spirits move...
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1 I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth were completely gone. There was no longer any sea.
2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem. It was coming down out of heaven from God. It was prepared like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
3 I heard a loud voice from the throne. It said, "Now God makes his home with people. He will live with them. They will be his people. And God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or sadness. There will be no more crying or pain. Things are no longer the way they used to be."
(Revelation 21: 1-4)