<\/p>\n
The moon’s shadow comes and goes, waxes and wanes, and ebbs and flows,<\/p>\n
Thus, if I ever lose my hands, my work, those I love, or else my place of birth.<\/p>\n
I pray that I might see God’s master plan as my missteps make me who I am.<\/p>\n
So in my Job-like trials l might have grace to say, “Bring it on, oh, Adonai,”<\/p>\n
for Earth is not always guaranteed to be a Paradise or a place of mirth,<\/p>\n
but a pilgrim’s progress where stretching our wings we prove their worth<\/p>\n
Thus, we daily reinvent the self whether Cat Stevens or a.k.a. Yusef Islam,<\/p>\n
for who can second guess what hardships can make our dross dreams grand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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