BAGGAGE CLAIM
Is yesterday’s luggage today’s baggage?
Are the sweet dreams of yesteryear
The living nightmares of the now and here?
Are the plans you made with such great care
The wrong turns and dead ends that made you swear?
Has once upon a time
Become never again?
Was the mountain you climbed
Just a peak in the wind?
Did the things that mattered in your youth
Fail to deliver the cold, hard truth?
Have you come so far only to find
You’ve lost both your way and your peace of mind?
Do you wonder if anyone cares
About the sad state of your affairs?
Does the Cross you bear
Seem to you unfair?
Is yesterday’s luggage today’s baggage?
Here’s refuge…
“The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy before you and said, ‘Destroy.’
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““Come now, let us reason together,†says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.—
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you. Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ,e will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you. To Him be the power forever and ever. Amen.”