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I have often wondered in my heart,
As quiet moments of reflection take me,
What in life is real and right and true?
And what lies am I told by what I see?
Things I touch seem so tangible,
My fingers confirm it to be so,
Yet, I know of a world I cannot touch,
And there my thoughts often go.
A world of Cherubim and Angels,
Where God’s throne rules every space,
Where bodies are perfect and sickness no more,
Every being touched by His grace.
I know of horrid things as well
Sheer evil there doest dwell.
Demons, wicked angels, yea Satan himself,
Every dark denizen of hell.
The good and evil fight around me,
Locked in combat every day.
So that my soul might be taken as a prize,
Eternally down the wide or narrow way.
But the evil wants to remain unseen,
To cloud me with thoughts of a material kind.
Help me Lord to remember what is real,
And see it with my mind!
Kerry Williams
Valley View church of Christ
Jonesboro, AR