embrace

they seem long,
these days,
filled with unexpected happenings
with dreams forgotten and hopes left dry
and it's easy--somewhat expected--
to doubt, to blame, even to create answers for the unknown
without approaching the source that will satisfy
all the longings of one's heart.
and when one does do this
the answers seem so backwards
so opposite from what was thought to occur.
how can destruction, death, and silence solve the problems and worries of the present?
will this not bring more questions and deeper anxieties for the future?

...

then He speaks,
and all tongues are silenced.
the hearts of men cower in desperate fear.

for they know the history of His hands
the intensity with which He tramples His foes
and He need not give an explanation
for how He spins the world.
yet grace grows abundantly
in the garden of human desire
because the promises thought to be abandoned
are displayed in a brilliant array of color
for these black-and-white eyes.
wonders beyond the imagination of man
will one day be realized
not for the sake of providing answers to the childish minds of the people
but rather to confirm to them
His inexplicable power
His agenda for glory.

this is His moment.

--inspired by the book of Habakkuk
[who says the Old Testament isn't relevant today?]