This is a poem that I wrote on April 28, 1988 for a young lady friend of mine named Karen. We knew a young engaged couple. On the Tuesday before the wedding, the groom-to-be was working as a delivery driver when he was killed in a freeway accident. Karen was a new Christian and was struggling to understand how God could allow something like this to happen. After many nights on the phone trying to help my friend through this difficult time, this poem just came pouring out of me. All of the events vaguely referenced were from actual events in my life.
Life, it is a time of no sure things
As we walk in the meadow, enjoying the cool breeze before the bee stings.
Why is there pain, suffering and sorrow; why do the good die young?
The musician puts forth a beautiful melody,
but the singer must leave before the song is sung.
A young man falls in love with a woman, and she with him-they pledge to become man and wife.
Why, oh why, when love is so true and full, that the young man loses his life?
A boy, in his teens, with a future to look upon,
Can only see the present struggles, says goodbye to only himself
and now is gone.
Sadness, sorrow, and suffering abound in this world, why is there so much pain?
Darkness throughout this world, every way we can see. Is tragedy all we have to gain?
As a child, I remember waking in the dark. Where is my mother? Why won't the sun shine?
But soon the night would surrender to the day, all things would now be fine.
We have the hope of the morning, we know that the sun will rise.
God gave us a Son that gives us a morning in the darkness,
a morning the is sought by the truly wise.
God's Son was killed but arose from the dead,
giving us a reason to enter into each day with cheer.
He lives, He walks, and He talks with us as we allow him,
helping us to face the darkness without fear.
The hope in my heart is Jesus, to whom I will join in just a short while.
Yes, life is full of uncertainty, but I can live life with cheer and show it with a smile.
(c) 1988 Edgar Seegers, Jr.
No links or encouragement today. I pray that each of you that reads this will find Peace and Happiness in your life that comes with the promise of eternal life. Merry Christmas.
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- There is no truth that I came out of the womb with a baseball mitt on my hand. However, my first words were likely "Play Ball!" I loved sports as I was growing up and I learned many lessons from playing, especially baseball as a boy. I still love almost anything with a scoreboard and competition, but my fanaticism has been tempered by real world issues and by viewing other adults living their lives based on the outcome of children's games played by other adults. As I recently heard someone say, it is not WWII. I will still probably write about sports and specific sporting events because I do love sports and believe there is much to be learned on the field of competition. That being said, my main goal is to write of my life lessons hopefully to help others learn to live a more rewarding, healthy, wealthy, and successful life.
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