you struggle to understand why thing after
increasingly difficult thing occurs
and it simply isn’t fair.
does not feel even remotely good.
but let me remind you, while God is
in the heavens and sits upon majestic throne
he’s also here right now with you,
not as dictator malevolent, but as a shepherd
who loves, the originator of all that’s good
and maybe for now, today, this aches
and with human eyes you struggle to see
how anything remotely positive
could ever arrive from this
but remember, dear one
you are creature formed for purpose
a child made with gentle love
and sometimes those reasons
you can’t see now, might be
greater than you ever imagined
so, in your current ongoing difficulties
there is good, since you are fashioned
for something greater than just today
and you can climb right up on his
loving lap welcomed, lay your
head upon his shoulder protected,
and remember his eyes that see
from beginning to end
have never actually failed you yet.
heather pound 2025

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