1 Peter 4:19 

19 So then let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator as they do good.

 

Shadows 2

 

A reflection of myself

who is  really “me”?

Part at war … part at peace,

enslaved in one and the other free.

 

So sad and grieved at one side.

The other happily joyful indeed,

which side than is the right side,

contradicting the other’s plea?

 

Spirit and soul … is that the issue

or body and mind's binding tissue?

Hope and despair’s moving treasure

breathing together in life.

 

Inhaling deep what life offers.

Exhaling what is not used.

May be the riches of the discarded

has the most value in truth?

 

To filter and use the best of life's breath

is not done well by contradiction within.

But only as opposites walk in one-ness

and accept the gift of life deep within.

 

Jan Wienen