Friday's Faith - Grief's Well, Death's Hell, Overcome…

Friday's Faith

Grief's Well, Death's Hell, Overcome…

We have been thrown into a new land…

A land of tears, a land of pain; we weep.

Its boundaries, across the wide world span

While, it seems, the rest of the world may sleep.

Picture, thanks to ~From Grief to Greatness

When our child has died, it seems we die too

While others live on a shallower plane,

Our hearts spiral into the depths of blue,

While they despair: "Why won't your deep grief wane?!"

Picture, thanks to ~Journey of the Survivor (From Grief to Survival)

Yes, our hearts seem to plummet hell's depths:

The horror, the anguish, the depths of sorrow, and yet…

These fires are cleansing somehow, making clear

What is important in life, and drawing our child near…

Picture, thanks to ~ http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/162761

As our God delivered His Son from the pit of hell,

So too, He can deliver us from the heart of Grief's well,

Drawing us to His heart, as only He knows this deepest sorrow,

He is the One who brings Light, giving us Hope for the morrow.

Picture, thanks to ~Grieving Mother Pat Dattoli Wentworth

~ Poem - Grief's Well, Death's Hell, Overcome… - Angie Bennett Prince - February 26, 2013

Title Picture, thanks to ~Grief the Unspoken

Tuesday's Trust - Thy Presence Through Her Absence

Tuesday's Trust

Thy Presence Through Her Absence

Thy presence through her absence

On that I do rely,

Thy kind and loving essence -

Abba Father drawing nigh.

Lord, I could not stop her slide

Into Satan's icy grasp,

But You did tenderly guide

Me to override vile Asp.

Thy presence through her absence

Is the only way I cope

Thy permanence despite life's transience,

Your love, my only Hope.

Poem - Thy Presence Through Her Absence - Angie Bennett Prince - 8/2/2011