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I Am Here

by Michelle Roufley  
2/21/2008 / Christian Living

I Am Here

Searching for life's lessons,
I warm the pew twice weekly,
embracing the words,
grasping for hope.

I interrogate the message asking,
"What's in it for me?",
as my red leather bound Bible
sits lonely on the shelf
softly whispering,
"I am here."

My thoughts tumultuously reaching
for God's plan for me.
Circles in my head angrily ask,
"What do you want from me Lord?
I need answers."

I go to bed replaying the sermon
and pass by the book on my night stand
as it softly whispers,
"I am still here."

I wake in the morning,
my stomach rumbling
from the weight in my heart.
There is something that I feel I need,
but I am lost.

I can't shake the persistent tug
that there is something I am missing.
I leave the house
with not a glance to my lost companion
as it softly whispers,
"I'll still be here when you need me."

After a long disheartening day,
I flop down on my bed frustrated.
I heave a sigh,
trying to lasso my thoughts
into some logical pattern.

I flounder to my other side
and knock my dear friend to the floor
as it shouts
"I am here! Look at me!"

I pick it up,
gently smoothing the cover.
I feel apologetic as I draw it to my breast
and hold it a moment.

I open it up unintentionally,
as my finger scrolls down a page.
I start reading a passage.
My burden is lifting.

The emptiness inside my stomach
that was satisfied nowhere else
is being fed, as it tells me,
"I forgive you."

I ponder the words
that were directly spoken to my soul.
There is a wonder at why
I looked in the great beyond
for what was right here in my grasp.

I look at the Word of God
cradled in my hands
as I feel in the core of my being
the whisper
"My child, I am here."

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