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RainbowQueen Junior Member
since 2009-08-12
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Guided By Love « on: October 15, 2008, 11:44:57 PM »Quote Modify Remove Split Topic Crawling out from under a cardboard box The young girl with chattering teeth shivered Her home now nothing but soggy paper From this she asked God to be delivered She felt abandoned alone in the world The streets quiet no footprints in the snow The mission full because of the weather By nightfall she must find a place to go The sandals she wore were no protection And her clothes though layered were far too thin The wind howled as the snow cascaded down Soon she was soaked all the way to her skin The wet clothes hampered her way through snowdrifts As she made her way towards the stand of Birch Seeing the glow of the cross on the hill She hoped shelter could be found at the church Her hands stung as if holding red-hot coals As she fell time and again in the snow Her feet now frozen devoid of feeling Her advancement was torturously slow Collapsing at the foot of the church steps She looked back the distance she had just walked The path she’d taken now invisible She said a prayer the church door wasn’t locked As she tried to rise she found she couldn’t Her eyes flooding tears ran down ashen cheeks Then a voice clearly heard inside her head “The one that will find is the one that seeks” Raising her voice in prayer she sought for strength Thanked Him for a miracle not yet seen Then slowly she once again gained her feet Used her faith as a staff on which to lean Slowly she stumbled her way to the door And she prayed with every step she took You see she believed in His promises All of them written in His Holy book Joy and contentment are her companions As the church door swings easily open At the alter on her knees she thanked him For answering the prayers softly spoken C 2004 LindaRitnour/RainbowQueen (All Rights Reserved) |
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