Let me begin by saying, the perils…

of this 2022 disintegrating year

Have indeed fostered and drawn

many a grievous tear

It has been the dawning…of countless…

hooks, forks and staves

That somehow, amazingly I victoried…

though…I am not brave

Therefore, I can only attribute

my mysterious will…to overcome

To a Higher Power, that is…GOD…

who is Indisputably…The Only One

For I found that within THE shelter of

each and every new day’s room

A Bouquet of His Phenomenal Love… 

 awaited me THERE…and bloomed

On-going personal hurts persisted

which I couldn’t have stood but for Him

Ah Jesus! What a Magnificent Friend…

He has always been

Mornings came and went and truthfully…

that is all I know…

However, God Guided, with His Presence…

keeping me…in tow

IN a daze, really…that’s how it was

AND without any shame, I admit this bine

With me only enabled to SURVIVE

by…His Light…never failing to shine

Assuredly, I did laugh and smiled…

while doing those daily, routine things

But I was merely a fractured vessel

with God Pulling…normal…strings

Thus, I do confess to one and all…

as I cross the threshold of another year

I have not an inkling what-so-ever…

what lies in store…whether quiet or jeer

yet, of this one thing I am sure, and…

am persuaded with no hesitation

I won’t persevere anything alone…

as God…will continue to be my ration

Albeit I will gratefully partake of

sustenance…from His faithful cup…

Full of hand-picked restoring vittles

which will nurture…spiritual sup

He’ll draw me close to refurbish and heal…

and we will, as always…talk…

With Him assuring me over and again…

that…He is...my Undefeated Bulwark

Trust…that’s what He whispers, Trust…

hang in there…Blind

Cling…to what you cannot see…

For, I AM…yours, and you are Mine

So, there’s no fear of the months ahead…

what they may or may not… hold for me

As already razed…by God’s Ensuing Army...

are ANY mal tentacles…of Twenty Twenty-Three

Prvb 3:5-6, S of S 1:4 & 6:3, Jhn 16:33, Heb 11:1

©Jmsbell- 12/28/22