Jesus, My Silver Lining

The following poem is what happens when I watch too much depressing news on TV, read too many political commentaries on Facebook, and the Book of Revelation is reading like the front page of my newspaper. When a glimpse into the world's future makes me so anxious that my heart rate accelerates and worry robs my sleep. When I have thoughts of fleeing into the wilderness and making friends with the Doomsday Preppers. When I call out to God and say, "Wait God, I thought this was all going to happen when I was long gone, looking down on the world unraveling from my front row seat in Heaven..."  

This poem was God's way of calming my spirit and reminding me, "A battle may be raging but the victory is MINE..."

Silver Lining 

Economy collapsing

Healthcare imploding

Human suffering heartbreaking

Real life overwhelming

BUT

There is always a silver lining

JESUS

When I feel like hiding

I’ll remember…

Your miracles

Your promises

Your blessings

Your victories

Your grace

Your sacrifice

Though darkness looms

And danger lurks

I need not fear for

You have overcome the world

Your Unfailing Love abounds

And Glorious Heaven awaits

So when night

Finds me weeping

Instead of sleeping

I’ll call upon the 

God-of-Angel-Armies

To watch over me

To Jesus I’ll run

God’s Beloved Son

Who is coming back for me

Shining brighter than the sun

So enemies that be

You have no power over me

For JESUS IS LORD

And soon the whole world
Will see what I see

Love,

Yolanda

PS: Who thinks maybe it's a good idea to detox from the news for awhile, turn on some worship music, and thank God that He's in control?

Psalm 46:1-3 (MSG) 

God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him.We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in sea storm and earthquake, before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God-of-Angel-Armies protects us.