And I know you bore our sorrows
And I know you feel our pain
And I know it would not hurt any less
Even if it could be explained
And I know that I am only lashing out
At the One who loves me most
And after I figured this, somehow
All I really need to know
Is if You who live in eternity
Hear the prayers of those of us who live in time

We can't see what's ahead
And we can not get free of what we've left behind
I'm reeling from these voices that keep screaming in my ears
All the words of shame and doubt, blame and regret
I can't see how You're leading me unless You've led me here
Where I'm lost enough to let myself be led
And so You've been here all along I guess
It's just Your ways and You are just playing hard to get


For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our etes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.


i am pressed but not crushed,
persecuted, not abandoned
struck down but not destroyed


on this law he meditates day and night...


any and all comments or responses are welcome at dabele@wm.edu