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Hope’s Olive Leaf

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From Lamentations 3:22-24:  “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.  ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in Him.'”

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Life’s darkened landscape

Harvest empty of grain

Hope seems so distant

Forgotten in pain

 

Heart’s desolate scene

Hope’s answers in prayer

Now mercy arrives

Laden with love’s care

 

Family finds hope

Answers no longer wait

Body now healing

Doctor brings update

 

Scars from troubles heal

Set to travel hope’s road

Spirit strengthens heart

Faith harvests what’s sowed

 

Earth’s torrential flood

Faith anchored on firm ground

Noah’s dove soars free

Hope’s olive leaf found

 

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From Genesis 8:10-11:  “He waited another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark, and the dove came back to him in the evening, and there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf; so Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth.”

Leo Tolstoy Quote

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Once we’re thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it’s only here that the new and the good begins.

If you feel pain, you’re alive.  If you feel another’s pain, you’re a human being.

Leo (Count Lev Nikolayevich) Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer.  Many consider him to be one the world’s greatest authors of all-time.

James Taylor Quotes

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We all have to face pain, and pain makes us grow.

Time will take your money, but money won’t buy time.

James Taylor (born 1948) is an American singer-songwriter.  His talents have been well-recognized with six Grammy awards as well as being selected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.

James A. Baldwin Quotes

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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.

American-born James A. Baldwin (1924-1987) wrote a variety of works in novels, essays, short stories, and plays. He was also an active participant in the civil rights movement during the 1960s.

Dorothea Brande Quote

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Rather than face the mere possibility of pain we will not act at all . . . or do something easier than we should attempt.

From Ecclesiastes 3:22:  “So I saw that there is nothing better than that all should enjoy their work, for that is their lot; who can bring them to see what will be after them?”

Ease This Pain

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From Isaiah 49:13:  “Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing!  For the Lord has comforted His people, and will have compassion on His suffering ones.”

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Does anyone truly feel my pain tonight?

Feeling run over, with nothing to gain

Nightly tears and torment, dark dreams take flight

Who can reach out with love to ease this pain?

 

Feeling without life, bleak and cold numbness

A distant, yet strong voice comes close to thee

Light creeps over the horizon’s darkness

Listen!  Hear His voice, kneeling on my knees

 

God’s Holy Word soothes agonizing pain

Turning to listen, He’s never been gone

Leaving oneself with so much love to gain

Now praising my Lord, life hums a new song

 

My Lord, my God—His mercy comforts thee

Lasting hope, opens eyes forever to see

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This poem was inspired by a few of the lyrics from the song “Comfortably Numb” by Pink Floyd.  A fellow blogger shared this song, and my poetic craft found a way to bring some of the song into this Christian poem.  God inspires!