Pain of Separation A moment of anger, a jealous rage, ended in a brother slain Abel dead upon the ground, Cain's hands carrying a bloody stain Their parents the first to feel death's separation pain First to lay a loved one in God's newly created earth First to know death's sorrow, while remembering the joy of his birth Did they see this as the price of disobedience, the curse, for all it's worth? That same pain has been handed down from every generation to today It can engulf us like a cloud, thick and gray Creating a sense of aloneness and loss, like a child who's lost his way When OTHERS have lost parents, children, spouse or friend We tried to comfort, telling them one day this pain will end That time will be a healer, their heartache will mend But when it's OUR child, OUR parent, OUR spouse, it becomes overwhelmingly real Our mind says "It's just part of life; but the mind can't tell the heart how to feel Complacency now gone and security l...
My mom Maxine's original poems and prose to PRAISE God and to help bring others to the Saving Grace of Jesus Christ! Soon, and very Soon the Lord will call us who are saved to "Come up here" when His church will be Raptured. Personally, I can't wait!