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Lost in purpose


Ecclesiastes 11:10 

10 Banish emotional stress from your mind.
and put away pain from your body;
for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

 

Why?

 

Why is life given to them who are bitter in soul?

Who does really know?

 

Why is light given to them who are in misery?

Who will He show?

 

Why are scales of calamity prepared when at peace?

Who is the foe?

 

When we’re lost in purpose and unrecognized

are we just “John Doe”?

 

Why are His Ways hidden?

Why are His Thoughts so high?

How does He weigh the grief

and emotional burdens?

 

So great the pains of living

by all who are on earth.

How could God be so forgiving

and provide a second birth?

 

Jan Wienen

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