You and I can be in exile too

The Spirit drive us

into the wilderness

suffocating guilt

desperate isolation

persistent questions

without apparent answers

We feel the sharp pain

of lost hopes

or broken dreams,

victims of

our own burning rage

that flames within

our own colds lakes

of fear

of frustrations that

suddenly boil over

We know the ache

of loneliness

of alienation

that penetrates

all the way through us

What can we do?

Ancient peoples cried

            screamed to heaven

"how long this pain?"

"how long this exile?"

Today we cry

 "are you even there?"

"do you even care?"

And the God says

you have to choose

on what you rely

where you place

your trust

how you shape 

your life

(© Jack Price, 2010)

Thanks for continuing to bless me as we journey together.
  
Jack Price
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