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Are you on the very bottom,
Can’t even see the sky;
Around you…only doom and gloom,
And, everything has gone awry?

Not the faintest ray of sunshine,
Flat on your back in pain;
Not a single person knows…nor cares,
All is lost…and nothing gained?

Down and out…so bedraggled,
Your mind, completely blank;
Cannot tell up…from down,
There, on the bottom…what you rank?

God has everything under control,
Such a statement to make;
When all appears to be lost,
Nothing real…all is fake.

He’s our Rock…our sure Foundation,
We’ve not built on sinking sand;
Our Anchor…in the fiercest storm,
Safely brings us back to land.

Though our world collapse around us,
Everything…falling apart;
Still, we have His Word to cling to,
By His grace, we’ll not lose heart.

When we rise above our distress,
And, we see the sun…above the clouds;
Then, we shall be assured,
God has everything under control!

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Sept. 2, 2000

Aimee Love
(LHG)