Hope

Leaves turning the pages of time Chronicling the passage of these moments Like the common detritus of all our lives Blowing into a whirlwind Round and round and round they go Where they will fall, nobody knows And into our darkness You step in to shine Your great light Though we are dark There is no darkness to You And though our bodies decay in time You are the healer and restorer of our souls You grant peace to the war-torn spirit And relief to the soul collapsing and faint from battle There is life Even in the most painful of places We are met by You in the shadows And lifted up to a higher place Where goodbyes do not seem like forever Merely as though waving farewell until tomorrow And these momentary struggles Are just passing sorrows Death is overwhelmed with life And pain overcome with joy -Kaylie These were my reflections when thinking on the scriptures - 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, 2 Corinthians 5:1-9 Written: July 11th, 2010