The Hunter's Journey

 

THE HUNTER’S JOURNEY

 

Money, time, and effort

invested all he had

left the loved ones

away from home

lost connection

no more touch

a longing heart

a self-deprivation

a restrained emotion

a lonely trip

the hunter’s journey

searching for treasure

digging for gold

excavating holes

 

Years, months, and weeks

used up all resources

restless body

disappointed soul

broken spirit

wounded heart

thirsty for affirmation

hungry for confirmation

yet the ground is silent

no glittering shadows

no tinkling sounds

feeling so blue

lost and exhausted

pass out all alone

 

A whisper from somewhere

gets louder and louder

a hint of an aura

comes clearer and clearer

worried face

teary eyes

shattered voice

tightly hugs

words that cry

“Come home

please, come home”

then a thunder

falls the heavy rain

back to his senses

 

 

 

 

DAILY IN THE WORD

July 17, 2021

 

Acts 17:24-34

²⁴ God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; ²⁵ Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; ²⁶ And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; ²⁷ That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: ²⁸ For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. ²⁹ Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. ³⁰ And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent: ³¹ Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. ³² And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter. ³³ So Paul departed from among them. ³⁴ Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.