SHOOTING STAR (COMPLETELY REVISED)

WHEN PHYSICALLY ABLE,

I LOVE TO LYE OUTSIDE
LATE AT NIGHT
AND GAZE UP INTO THE HEAVENS,
HOPING TO SEE
THE BEAUTY
OF A SHOOTING STAR.
SOMEHOW I JUST SEEM TO FEEL CLOSER
TO OUR LORD AND SAVIOR OUTSIDE,
ALWAYS HAVE.
MUST BE SOMETHING ABOUT COMING FROM
SUCH AN ABUSIVE IN EVERY WAY
FAMILY.
(I'M NOT SAYING THAT SO YOU WILL FEEL SORRY FOR ME.  I'M SAVED, SO EVERY THING'S OKAY.)
HOW CAN ANYONE, I THINK,
NOT BELIEVE IN JESUS
IF THEY EVEN EVER JUST SAW A SLIVER OF THIS.
I LOVE, ALSO, TO THINK OF MY HOWEVER MANY GREATS GRANDMA BETTY
(SHE WROTE POEMS, TOO.)
GAZING DOWN AT ME
AND TELLING ME HOW PROUD SHE IS
OF WHAT I'VE DONE WITH MY POETRY,
EXCEPT MAYBE A LITTLE UPSET
THAT I HAD PUBLISHED ONE OF HER POEMS.
(CAN WE GET UPSET IN HEAVEN?)
IT'S SO NICE TO KNOW,
TO FEEL VERIFIED
THAT I WAS MADE
SO SENSITIVE,
EVEN THOUGH
BOTH
MY SISTER AND MOTHER 
WOULD MOST LIKELY CALL IT A CURSE.
OUCH! 
WAIT.  THAT DOESN'T HURT ANY LONGER,
PRAISE THE GOOD LORD.
GOD MADE ME FOR A PURPOSE,
WHICH IS TO SHOUT OUT
FROM THE ROOFTOPS
HIS MAJESTY.
AND NOT THAT I THINK I'M THIS GREAT WRITER.
BUT I KNOW THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO BE ASHAMED
ANY LONGER.
GOD DOES NOT MAKE MISTAKES.

(WHOOPS! DID YOU SEE THAT?  WE ALMOST MISSED THAT SHOOTING STAR - OR, AS I LIKE TO THINK, GOD JUST WINKED AT ME.

ROMANS 10:11

EVERYONE WHO TRUSTS IN HIM WILL NOT BE PUT TO SHAME.

AMEN
AND
AMEN AGAIN