PEACE

I CLOSED MY EYES,
AS YOU REQUESTED OF ME, MY SWEET JESUS.
TRUSTING IN ONLY YOU,
MY BROKEN HEART STILL
DESPERATELY TRYING TO PEACEFULLY BEAT.
AND I SAW A VISION.
IT WAS EARTH, I KNEW IT,
BUT NEW AND SHINY CLEAN.
THE ENTIRE PLANET WAS LIGHT BLUE,
AND THERE WERE SMALL BEAUTIFUL WHITE
PUTTY CLOUDS IN THE SHAPE
OF CUTE LITTLE ANIMALS
ALL AROUND.
IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
I JUST WANTED SO BADLY TO DIVE IN.
I NEED PEACE, JESUS,
PLEASE.
WHAT ELSE ARE YOU TO ASK OF ME?
MUST I CONTINUE?
CAN'T YOU SEE THAT I JUST HAD A VERY BAD FALL?
LOOK, MY KNEES ARE SCRAPED,
AND THERE'S BLOOD ON MY HANDS.
IT HURTS JUST WAY TOO MUCH TO CONTINUE.
I CAN SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL, ENTICING
FENCE JUST NEXT TO ME.
IT'S NEXT TO A CREEK,
AND THERE ARE COTTONWOOD TREES
ALL AROUND.
AND LOOK!
ARE THOSE SUNFLOWERES?
IT LOOKS LIKE GRANDADDAY'S COTTON FARM.
CAN'T I JUST REST
FOR A LITTLE WHILE?
IT'S BEEN OVER SIXTY YEARS.
HOW MUCH LONGER MUST I ENDURE
THIS HEARTACHE,
THIS PAIN?
I'M FALLING APART.
AM I GOING INSANE?
BUT THEN I PLACE MY HEART AND EYES ON YOU,
BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONLY WAY
I CAN EVER CONTINUE.
AND THERE, IN YOUR EMBRACE,
IN THE WARMTH OF YOUR SON,
I FIND PEACE.

PHILLIPIANS 4:7

AND THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING, WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR MINDS IN CHRIST JESUS.

ISAIAH 43:18-19

FORGET THE FORMER THINGS, DO NOT DWELL ON THE PAST.

SEE, I AM DOING A NEW THING, NOW IT SPRINGS UP.

DO YOU NOT PERCEIVE IT?

I AM MAKING A WAY IN THE WILDERNESS

AND STREAMS IN THE WASTELAND.