Perfect peace
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Three weeks, three friends.
Now there's only left one of them.
Each has returned to her own cross to bear.
It'd be at least another year, or who knows when.
The one who's left was very afraid.
It felt as though 2/3 of herself was missing.
Tears were suppressed during the entire journey home.
"Can I really do it alone?"
But she quickly realised that strength is from God;
"O strengthen me, my Lord,
Until the day I meet them again,
Until the day I meet You face-to-face.
O my Lord, strengthen them too."
Precious memories of crazy moments,
Of heartfelt sharings,
Of tears shed together,
Of prayers made in unity,
Of peaceful melodious harmony...
"It's a peace that the world cannot understand...
My peace I give unto you."
One taught her repentance, and acceptance;
Accepting her, despite her pasts, her flaws.
Truly caring for her soul, she knows.
The other taught her selflessness, and love.
Love that can endure even the cold.
Love that always translate into a smile, so that she knows very clearly that she is loved.
Tears again flowed on the entire bus journey to church.
Memories flooded her mind and she recalled things all the way from the first year.
How could anyone love her?
"Am I even worthy?"
She knows that God truly blessed her;
Her tears, though she cries, are with hope.
She wished she was given more time.
There was still so much left unsaid,
So much left undone.
But she knows also that it is enough,
God has showered sufficient grace,
At least for now.
Enough for her to find strength in life again,
Enough for her to have a purpose and a goal to work towards.
Three weeks have also given her so much more spiritually.
There are much work to be done,
Much to be learned,
How could she slow down?
As each returns to her individual cross in her life,
let each one always forget what's past, so as to press on forward.
It is her prayer that each of them find strength and courage to carry her cross,
while moving onward,
until the day their paths cross again,
or until the day they meet, together with the Lord, up there. :-)
I wouldn't trade the past three weeks for anything in the world.
God gave me so much,
more than what I can ask for,
more than what I am worth.
You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. (Isaiah 26:3)
