Subj : [CHRISTIA] new poetry, "The Slow Descent of Years" To : Practical Christian Life From : Mark Date : Sat May 23 2020 02:48:09 From: lamppoet@CENTURYTEL.NET (Mark) Wanting to finish well. "The Slow Descent of Years" ("During those days He went out to the mountain to pray and spent all night in prayer to God." Luke 6:12) I have cried, I know You have seen it; as autumn brings the slow descent of years. Please (it is my ego's petition) let me reach the end with more than a sparsely sown field. My muscles no longer ache, I am in too much pain to use them. But my soul has never hurt so deep while I wait for just one more year of abundance. Battered sometimes by words and reversed rhymes that I never did see coming, my hideaway is barely 12x12 and my prayers a shorter measure. I have never loved You more, and yet, in this final turn, though cheered on by many, the blows I've taken over the years have left a deadly scar I protect by letting the phone keep on ringing, moving my mouth while others do the singing, and resigning myself to my final fate; I wanted to end better than this. So, will You go to the mountain for me? And, if I perhaps found the strength to hike halfway, would You still meet me there? Would you show me how to finish well, fill my swelling soul with so much more than the mourning over memories? So will You stay by the fountain with me; though, like the Samaritan woman, I do not find my way there till well into the afternoon? And yet, I need you sooner. Certain of fewer doctrines, and certain of no other options than the grace You wooed me with, and the grace that will Lead me home. Wooed, mark p. lamppoet@centurytel.net Mark's Blog (to be removed from the list, simply reply with the request: "Please remove". God's best!) For subscription information, visit To leave the list, send the command UNSUB CHRISTIA to LISTSERV@LISTS.ASU.EDU --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .