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I have learned that in order to see the mountain, we must allow the valley to be. I am mourning but I'm free. I have also
learned that the pains of life make us stronger when we overcome them, and the reason we hurt is so that somewhere down the
line we can be strength for the next person. I will stay steadfast and pray.
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The Valley High
I am down here where there's darkness
I can see the lovely dove
I do yearn to have His presence
Shine down on me from above
I know that He hears me
For I'm calling out each day
He says hold on little one
I 'm aware that you pray
Just a lifting would be better
Than this depth I feel inside
But then I must keep smiling
I still have an ounce of pride
But my countenance is low
I am sinking in the sand
There are situations pressing
Stuff I just don't understand
My God is always standing
In the wings to give me flight
Even though I am way down here
I hold on with all my might
God of all, the great the small
Still enlists the words I pen
I know that He is the hand
That will bring me up again
I'll be silent in this valley
So that I may see the peak
And I'll give the praises Holy
In each word my heart will speak
~renee matthews-jackson~
11-16-03
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Loss of a Lifetime- Double Sonnet
Eleven years of marriage, not without
the ups and downs of life. Yet his sweet kiss
fulfilled my every dream and with no doubt
today would see us, still, in wedded bliss.
But fate had plans that no one could foresee,
The crash, a slow descent to waiting death.
In shadow lands of limbo, far from me
he'd stay until he took his final breath.
Then other losses came in strong, swift blows,
Our home and all we'd built together, lost.
I saw no good in life and still don't know,
what lessons learned could justify the cost.
The grief was deep and lingered on and on,
My heart could not accept that he was gone.
For years I was alone in anger's grip,
The light of day was hidden in despair.
For all the struggles I was ill equipped
until the day I turned to God in prayer.
There was no sudden healing for my pain
but slowly I was led to see the good
in living, and began to feel, again,
the joy that I had not believed I could.
With gratitude I greet each morning's rise,
and though the grief is with me still, I know
that there is beauty and I can't deny
my spirit all that life has left to show.
'Tis true, there are no guarantees at all
Except that God will hear us when we call.
© M.A.King
2004
The Choice to Live
I could ponder upon misery
And dwell on constant strife
The anguish that I've felt for years
Of a hopeless, wasted life
From losing my whole family
Way before their years
To crumbling in pure agony
In a relationship fueled by tears
Self-inflicted pain
Was my only way to cope
Feeling no other option
Because I had no hope
Until the day I realized
I had to make a start
To pull myself together
Or completely fall apart
And now I look back on that day
Having so much more to give
For instead of choosing just to die
I MADE THE CHOICE TO LIVE!!
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