GLORIOUS GLORIA

AS WE WERE PULLING INTO THE 
CHURCH PARKING LOT,
A GINOREMOUS CHURCH,
I WAS PRAYING THAT GOD WOULD HELP ME FIND
THE PERFECT FRIEND, SISTER-IN-THE-LORD,
CLOSE TO MY OWN AGE,
AND THAT WOULD ENJOY
DOING MANI/PEDIS --
MUCH MORE FUN
WHEN YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
I WANTED A SISTER
I COULD TALK TO,
CONFESS THE TRUTH
OF ALL OF THE ABUSE;
SOMEONE I COULD PRAY FOR
AND I KNOW WOULD PRAY FOR ME.

EVEN THOUGH I AM HURTING
EVERY SECOND OF EVERY DAY,
AND, AFTER OVER 20 YEARS IN REMISSION,
MY SEVERE CHRONIC ASTHMA DECIDED TO RETURN.

THAT'S OKAY,
CUZ I KNOW I MUST BE DOING 
SOMETHING RIGHT
FOR THE LORD,
AM ON THE RIGHT PATH.
WHEN JESUS WHISPERED IN MY EAR 
THE OTHER DAY
TO START POSTING VIDEOS OF MY SIMPLE WORDS,
MY POETRY.
SO, AFTER LEARNING MY LESSON
TOO MANY TIMES I WISH TO COUNT,
I DID WHAT MY JESUS HAD ASKED OF ME
IMMEDIATELY.

SO I PLEAD THE BLOOD OF JESUS,
PUT MY SPIRITUAL ARMOUR ON
AND HEAD FORWARD ON THIS PATH
JESUS HAD SET BEFORE ME.

SATAN, GET BEHIND THEE.
(I CALL HIM LOU, CUZ I DON'T BELIEVE
HE DESERVES THE RESPECT
TO BE CALLED BY HIS FULL NAME.)

SO, GLORIOUS GLORIA,
WHEN I TOLD HER ABOUT MY BIO-SIS
AND ALL OF THE ABUSE DEALT AT HER HAND,
AND SHARED WITH HER ALL OF THE VERY BAD THINGS
THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO DEAR SIS
EVER SINCE THE ABUSE,
IT WAS IF A LIGHT WENT ON IN MY MIND,
IN MY DEEPEST OF HEARTS,
IN MY SOUL,
AND I CRIED LIKE A BABY,
RIGHT THERE,
FRONT ROW, CENTER
IN CHURCH,
RIGHT BY THE ALTER.
WHAT SHE HAD SAID IN SUCH WISDOM
HAD NEVER ONCE OCCURRED TO ME.
AS USUAL,
I THOUGHT I HAD DONE SOMETHING WRONG.

BUT WHAT IS CHURCH FOR,
BUT FOR GATHERING TOGETHER,
AND HAVING THE EXTREME BLESSING
OF MEETING BEAUTIFUL SISTERS LIKE GLORIA?

I THANK YOU MY SWEET NEW
SISTER-IN-JESUS.
YOU ARE AN ANSWER TO PRAYER,
AND I HOPE YOU KNOW
THAT I TREASURE YOU
ALREADY,
AND PRAY THAT OUR SISTERHOOD
WILL ONLY GROW.
AND JUST TURNING AROUND
AND SEEING JESUS SHINING THROUGH YOU,
I WAS BLESSED,
AND MY PRAYER WAS ANSWERED
IT SEEMED LIKE WITHIN JUST SECONDS.

NOTW

Hebrews 10 -- 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.