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THE UNKNOWN
By: Maxine M.


Ever stood in front of an unfamiliar door? What's on the other side? What does fate have in store?
Or stand at a crossroad you MUST travel knowing you've never been this way before?
Maybe alone on the ocean wondering where is the safety of the shore?

Perhaps you've had your sense of calm flee when a nurse relays that doctor's report
Those plans, dreams for the future will you have to abort?
The "UNKNOWN" conjures up fearful images of every sort

Have you suddenly lost a loved one...overcome with grief and shock?
A close relationship dissolved? One you considered solid as a rock?
Questions, uncertainty about the future abound? At your self-confidence they mock

We're comfortable with ordinary, customary; reject change and an unpleasant surprise
Unwelcomed are chaos, confusion, and calamity's cries
"ROUTINE" is shattered when with the UNKNOWN we have to compromise

Peter was familiar with WHERE to catch fish, but Jesus said "Cast out into the deep"
Go beyond the USUAL, you have a destiny in history to keep
David killed a lion during an unexpected attack on his father's sheep

For it's in the "UNKNOWN" that strength and resolve of Faith is tested
When with fear, doubt, mistrust our hearts are infested
We want life to be assured, absolute, fixed, settled, sure, vested

We're never really prepared for bad news...news that will change our life forever
Those times when our ability to "CONTINUE", life simply seems to sever
When tomorrow seems light years away and the UNKNOWN stops all we endeavor

When we experience first hand the feeling "How can we go on?"...OVERCOME the UNKNOWN
How can we cope?...when anxiety is full-blown
When words are totally inadequate, when our spirit can only pitifully mourn

But WAIT!! THINK, CONSIDER, we can all KNOW the One who DOES KNOW
The only One who can truly comfort, when life brings us low
Our rock and refuge when the winds of disaster blow

For He's never surprised or dismayed at a turn of events...as we are every day
Isn't He the One we should ask for guidance? Isn't He the One to whom we should pray?
All those fears of the UNKNOWN to Him we can readily convey

He can answer our questions, "What now? What's next? How much more?"
The One who can make the sun shine again...shine on our inner-core
Heal our hurts and heartache, open up new worlds for us to explore

So as you stand at the door marked "UNKNOWN", GRASP THE HANDLE by the Grace He's supplied
"KNOWING" that Jesus HIMSELF is waiting on the other side
CONFIDENT!! no matter our trouble HERE, for Eternity His children with Him will abide

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