I see you standing

roots exposed

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the earth gave way

beneath you

eroded over time

 

the water that sustains you

rose up

rushed by you

 

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revealing more of what holds you

standing there

 

these hard winds 

 whip through your branches

you sway

and groan

yet keep standing


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reaching

for sun and sky 

from a depth of strength

I do not see

but know is There

 

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him.  He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.     Jeremiah 17:7-8

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.  Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.  There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.  God is within her, she will not fail; God will help her at break of day.     Psalm 46:1-5


Inspired….by those who’ve courageously known and testified of His grace in hard and hidden places - I see you standing…by Joni’s Story…and by this week’s poetry challenge at high calling blogs