My little children, for whom I am again suffering birth pangs until Christ is completely and permanently formed (molded) within you...--Galatians 4:19 (AMPC)

For in Him we live and move and have our being; as even some of your [own] poets have said, For we are also His offspring. – Acts 17:28 (AMPC)

Has anyone seen it—my dear aplomb?

Maybe I left it behind at home;

Or put it on a secret shelf,

To wear when I didn’t like myself.

I had it yesterday; it was clearly seen,

Or so to my keen intellect it seemed;

Didn’t I infer what they implied?

I thought t’was my aplomb they spied,

Sparkling, striking, powerfully pleasing;

“It becomes you,” they said.

Then again, it might have been

That they were only teasing.

Surely it didn’t fall and slip

Down the sink while I did dishes--

Now lost on some iridescent trip

Of ethereal suds and wishes?

Did the maid, in cleaning determination

Think it dust or an aberration

And remove it forever from its place

In the room where I powder my face?

I wore it charm and poise, and grace.

With style, panache, finesse,

But now I’ve misplaced my aplomb

And everything’s a mess.

It’s quite the faux pa I’ve made

I guess; but even so

The moi I was I wouldn’t trade

For the new me I now know!

Who is among you who [reverently] fears the Lord, who obeys the voice of His Servant, yet who walks in darkness and deep trouble and has no shining splendor [in his heart]? Let him rely on, trust in, and be confident in the name of the Lord, and let him lean upon and be supported by his God. – Isaiah 50:10, AMPC

17 Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come! --II Corinthians 5:17 (AMPC)

Through books, courses, presentations, service, prayer, worship, and more, Tonja and her husband live to exalt God. Her series for girls, P.O.W.E.R. GIRL ADVENTURES, is now out (books I-V), along with LEGACY; YOUR HOLY HEALTH: VISIONS OF THE KING, and more. See the "River Rain Creative" YT channel.