Jude 2

I do not nor have I ever, considered myself a very good writer. That would be my wife and sons.....

However, I wrote a poem many years ago when I was going through a very tough place in my life. It is the only poem I have ever written. I found it while going through some papers lately.

I am stepping out on a limb and sharing it with you......I don't know why...
Up to this time only a few people have ever seen it or read it.

Please don't judge too harshly.....

"We were friends once......and brothers.."

Born into the richness of family, love with no depth or breadth...
Ever expanding
Out stretched boundaries of care and concern..
We were friends once, and brothers

Reared in awe of a greater power
Molded lik clay in the hands of a searching potter:
Kneaded, pulled, pushed, watered,
Being formed into something no known, but longed for
We were friends once...and brothers

Planted as saplings against the wind
Left there
Expected to be joined together by the sharing only of the sap of devotion to a cause
We were friends once, and brothers

Rippened by time and chance
Bent and bowed by forces unprepared for
Chastened for fruit not pleasing to harsh, unsated tasters
We were friends once .......and brothers

Finally, sturdy, we thought, we hoped
Secretly reaching for branches to touch ...to entertwine
Longing.....striving to be part of the forrest
Stretching to gtow and tower
Needing understanding .....fellowship...roots
We were friends once....and brothers

Pulled up, blown over
Twisted by selfish, unyielding, controling forces
Hewn down, sacrificed in the fires of the altar of expediency
We were friends once.....and brothers

Alone now
Thinned by the insatiable hunger of time and age
But not alone
Surrounded no longer by stretching , yearning, saplings,
But by strong love with roots deep.
Protected by the invisible curtain of confidence in the Almighty
We are friends now, He and I, ........and brothers.

I am not really sure why I have posted this.....but here it is.

oops ....a few typos there....forgive please.

WOW! That was really good. I am impressed. I think we can all relate in one way or another.

WOW! Ron, you looked right into my heart and shared what I've been feeling lately. Thank you so much for being obedient and sharing your poem. What a blessing it has been to me this morning!!!

Thank you very much.

Thank you all for your kind words....

I needed to know that it was not me just deciding to do something. I really felt that I needed to post it.

God bless.

Dr. Ron wrote:Protected by the invisible curtain of confidence in the Almighty
We are friends now, He and I, ........and brothers.

I am not really sure why I have posted this.....but here it is.

Every so often I feel sad to think about the people we have left behind, our family members out west, the friends we have made in places we have lived and been connected with church members who were almost family. I feel sad, but then I muse about how God has taken me and my family up, and then it is not so sad.

Recently, a friend told me, (and I feel it was from the LORD), that GOD IS FOR ME.

And if He is for me, Who can be against me? Amen?

Thank YOU for sharing that Dr. Ron, and for your reminders about how God wants us to love others.

interesting. sometimes the thoughts and spirit seem to merge in text. kewl.