I MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING RIGHT (UPDATED)

OVER TEN YEARS -
A DECADE -
THAT IS HOW LONG I UNCEASINGLY PRAYED.
I MUST ADMIT, HOWEVER,
I DID STOP A FEW TIMES TO REST
ALONG THE ROAD,
ALWAYS
BEGGING GOD TO CHANGE ME,
MAKE ME A BETTER MOTHER
SO MY BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER
WOULD FORGIVE ME
AND LET ME BE A PART OF HER LIFE
BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE.
THEN, SUDDENLY, THERE SHE WAS
FLOATING AS A MODEL WOULD,
GLIDING
INTO MY HOSPITAL ROOM.
SHE HAD BROUGHT ME A COLORING BOOK
AND COLORED PENCILS.
AND SHE PULLED UP A CHAIR
AFTER LETTING ME HOLD HER TIGHTLY
AND SOBBING ON HER SHOULDER LIKE A CHILD.
AND IT WAS AS IF WE HAD JUST SEEN EACH OTHER
A DAY OR TWO BEFORE.

WE PICKED UP THE STRING,
AND THERE IT WAS AGAIN.

I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR SEVEN DAYS
(I LIKE THAT NUMBER),
AND THE DR. I LIKE TO CALL MR. JEKYLL
HAD THE DAY BEFORE I WAS MEANT TO SEE
MY SWEET LONG-LOST DAUGHTER
HAD THE AUDACITY
TO PERFORM MY ENDOSCOPY
WITHOUT ANY ANESTHESIA.
IT WAS JUST LIKE THOSE STORIES YOU HEAR
OF PEOPLE WAKING UP
IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR SURGERY.

BUT, PRAISE THE LORD, GOD IS MY STRENGTH,
EVEN THOUGH I WAS SO TERRIFIED OF
SEEING MY DAUGHTER AGAIN.
I DIDN'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT.

I JUST WANTED MY SWEETHEART BACK,
THE GORGEOUS GIRL I HAD THE PLEASURE
TO BIRTH.
AND, SUDDENLY THE TEN YEARS MELTED AWAY
AND THERE SHE WAS,
MY WOMAN-OF-GOD DAUGHTER
TELLING ME HOW SHE WAS TEACHING HER
LITTLE SISTER
ALL ABOUT OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
I COULD NOT HAVE BEEN A PROUDER MOTHER.

I GUESS I MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING RIGHT,
FOR SHE TURNED OUT QUITE NICELY,
IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF.
O, AND BTW, I DID HAVE SOME HELP
FROM MY SWEET JESUS.

HEBREWS 5:16-18

REJOICE ALWAYS, PRAY CONTINUALLY, 

GIVE THANKS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES;

FOR THIS IS GOD'S WILL FOR YOU IN CHRIST JESUS.