Shadows

“This sickness is . . . for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”

John 11:4

 

Lazarus was dead.

“If you’d been here,” Martha wept,

“You could have saved him.”

 

Live long enough

and life’s shadows

fall over us

full of loss

and sickness

and sadness

and heartache

and pain.

 

And I ask Him,

can He be glorified

by my shadows so dark

and desolate

and black

and oppressive?

 

If not, then Lord,

deliver me!

 

If yes, then Lord,

help me let you

be glorified

in them.

 

Amen