..:: hardships ::..

my heart has known
pain
and sorrow.
my heart has felt
suffering
the sadness.
almost breaking
nearly failing
crying out
for relief.
my heart has known
such terrible darkness
overwhelming
and deep
blackness, despair.
Yet
You have known all this, too
You have traveled
this same road
You know
You have seen
You are there.
sm 11/30/08


(inspired during Pastor Steve Clark's sermon on Acts 28:1-16)