Peace, my Child

My Saturday Centus last week seems to have struck a chord. Many have sent me emails wanting to know the story behind the story. They wish they could read on and discover how the protagonist deals with her pain and where that pain takes her.

With sadness and regret, I can only tell you that the story is true, so the end has not been written. Knowing my friend as I do, however, the ending is clear to me. This loving, valiant mother will use her faith and strength to come through the greatest loss of her life with grace and courage. She will then go on to bless the lives of others with that same faith, strength, grace, and courage that carried her––magnified immeasurably by the refining fire such suffering offers to those who are willing to walk through it.

And she will walk through it; I know she will. Because that's who she is. And because she knows that she does not walk alone.

Peace, My Child

©1999, Awaken Your Spiritual Power, Susan Noyes Anderson

I thought I walked this earth alone,

beneath my burdens bowed,

until I found I could not bear

their weight and cried aloud.

And echoing through the darkness

that had framed my solitude,

I heard my cries…first soft and low,

then gaining magnitude.

I prayed for peace within my soul,

deliverance from the night;

and finally, in the distance, I

beheld a flickering light.

The light grew strong and stronger still,

‘til it enveloped me.

The rays were warm and comforting;

I felt my anguish flee.

“Let not your heart be troubled,

neither let it be afraid;

for I have known and loved you long

before this world was made.

“Peace I leave with you; my peace

I would to you impart;

and ye shall seek and find me

when ye search with all your heart.”

The voice spake from deep within;

I felt His calm o’ertake me.

With newfound faith, I knew at last

my Lord would not forsake me.

From this day forth, I’ll walk with God,

my Savior by my side.

Alone no more, His helping hand

will ever be my guide.