almost time to run the gauntlet

its like just before a game...
the heart starts beating more quickly...
its not something unfamiliar
the feeling in the skin...
the anxious breath
the mantra you mummer to yourself to keep pushing on...
the devil wins everytime you quit...
be like nike ...just do it!

so on goes the armor...
the good stuff that nothing gets through
and you face it all again
especially bending into the slings and arrows
of adversity
of love
of pain

they all wait in a long corridor to test you again today
and this time they know you are closer to home than ever before...
they know
its time to break your spirit
its time to steal your soul

but THIS TIME...
if you run harder... faster
into the faith...
that is still left,
the arms of peace await
God will welcome you home.









"how your soul learns... blessed and burned in the fire your life!"