What do you do when you are surrounded by pain and loss?
Thanks for joining us for Monday’s Message with Abigail Rice and Trench Classes United. Today’s poem/message is a raw revealing of pain and loss…with a solution.
The power of life and death is on the tongue…
even when the battle is already won
even when death still comes
Today has been nothing short of a hard day on the ranch
death seems to lurking
and my heart is hurting
this morning, I watched my husband attempt to bring a newborn baby lamb back to life
as he washed it off in the warm water of the bathtub
we prayed for a miracle
to no avail
another loss
another fail…
The sister lamb was weak and frail
but is still hanging on as we attempt to keep her well
and as I was trying to get this newborn baby to drink from a bottle
And help her find her way to her mama
my 4 year old son walks up
with our beloved rooster, Tyson
Hanging dead in his hands
another one bites the dust…
let’s just say today has not been super fun
I wish i could say there’s a reason
there’s a meaning
as I attempt to see this silver lining
between loss and dreaming
there’s a fine line between death and life
and ultimately we have the power to decide
If our tongues will sing Him praise
despite the drops of death
that spill like red paint
Or will we choose to let it leave a mark
With our souls left in the dark
despite the pain
despite the hurt
the power comes
when we decide to look beneath the dirt
6ft deep can have two different meanings
Roots that are deepening
or a life defeating
For me
I pray for open eyes
open hands
and an open heart
because then and only then
can the work begin to start
and then and only then
can the darkness begin to depart
like a newborn baby from the womb
Searching for its mother
searching for food
We are too
and the time is now
time to make room
to let His Holy Spirit move
Just as it is written,
But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Romans 8:36-38
Love,
Abigail
