Write the number of my days on fine rice paper.
Tally them, and tear…
Delicate hand molded sheet into bits and caste it in the wind!
I can no longer understand the sum of those days nor transcend,
The heartbreak of futility or tragedy’s rude temper!
This calamity I fear…
Shattered my existence by the hand of happenstance I can’t bend,
Into a shape I can’t cope with, I can’t make my scattered mind comprehend,
How or why God allows evil’s continued mad caper!
In emptiness so clear…
I tremble in askance in the presence of my horror from which I can’t fend!
I’ve lost all surety of knowledge of just who I am in this ominous moment self-end!
Blanketed by sorrows I feel my faith’s diminishing taper.
Father rescue me here!
Without You, I am only tattered delicate rice paper flying in the wind!
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True words! Thanks for sharing.
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Amen
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Whether in joy or tragedy, we are always rice paper in the wind without Him. Beautifully written, Pam.
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That’s very true and thank you, Susan. I’m praying for less testing winds.:0)
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Very Ecclesiastes like! Only trusting in HIm would give us hope
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Yes, hope remains because Jesus lives.
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You made me remember how I sometimes feel so flimsy and smaller than a speck of sand in the equation of life. Deep poem.
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Maybe I’ve reached the bottom of the ‘deep end’ and soon will rise for air… I am more hopeful this morning.:0)
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You will 🙂
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Beautiful!
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Thank you, Julie. God bless and keep you always. Your steadfast encouragement means a lot to me.:0)
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Truly, our tattered shreds are God’s tapestry threads!
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Yet who can help but wonder how long the tattering will go on!
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Thank you for understanding and God bless.
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