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The new day has dawned and
The dark yesterday’s tomorrow
Has brightly arrived and we now
Continue our upward sojourning.
Renewed hope is alive and our faith
Remains audaciously stronger—
We have survived the beastly lava flow
Of past trials and tribulations—and
We are now trekking upward in renewal.
The faithful and the true lamb
Have conquered the beast which has now
Become the feast of the birds of love, peace
And liberation! For we have now been given
The shared gift from the spring of living water,
While the beast and his blind followers
Have been sentenced to the firing sulfur pool!
Yet, as we continue our upward climb towards
The “new Jerusalem”, let us be ever mindful
That many of the unchaste and those who
Love deceit and practice its deceiving rewards,
Still remain shadowed grazers the new pasture.
Indeed, let us forever be mindful and aware.
In our mountain top trek—the “new Jerusalem
Sojourn—though interrupted and “rest stop”
Halted, continues towards its blessed ascension.
Once more and again, the messaging words of
That old preacher, continue to ring out loud:
“We may not be where we gonna be…praise God,
We ain’t where we once were”…[in our sojourn].
Albeit, recently answered prayers, let us be mindful
We still have a long way to go in our climbing!
Although our psychological stress
May be less, we still have stressing
Pandemic challenges demanding
Our immediate unified attention;
Thus, let us be forever mindful that
Procrastination and his bride, apathy,
Continue to celebrate and enjoy being
The stalling enemies of achievement.
Thus, let us be aware that we still have
Leftover, present and future work that
Wait in our midst today. Indeed, “…only
the worker dies…the work goes on.”
Once more and again, let us forever be
Conscious that we are not the children of
Sisyphus, rather, we are the children of
the one blood of the Trinity—the Trinity
Working with us as One in our purpose.
Finally, dearly beloved, let us accept reality,
“Life ain’t no crystal stairway…” rather, our
Blessed Life is more like that of a winding
Staircase requiring Jacob-like feet aided by
One Samaritan-like hand reaching upward
Pulling—and the likewise other hand reaching
Downward—all pushing and pulling together.
With collective eyes on the prize, let us
Forever know and believe that in all times
Of pandemic struggles, “God is our refuge
And strength, a very present help in trouble.”
So let us continue to climb with good courage,
Knowing and believing that while “weeping
May endure for a night...[we can be assured]…
Joy cometh in the morning…” Thus, let us
Forever be as ONE…sojourning tomorrow.
