A flicker breaks through shadow

I strain to discern its source

Was it an illusion from delirium?

A blur from the bridles blinders?

Heavy load drags behind as I weaken

but the whip cracks and slashes

so I stumble into another step

My empty heart echoes

as it struggles to beat

I welcome death as it nears

but fear the beyond

won’t shake this beast

I sob silently, despair deepens

then another flicker brightens

I cry out, now believing

the Rescuer is near

Footsteps fall in like a soldier

saving captive from enemy

My heart begins to beat

with that of another

A gentle hand on the rein

slows me to a stop

“Be still” his voice calms

and the blinders fall away

The whip disintegrates mid-air

The beast and his load are blasted

from cliff to avalanche

The Light of rescue

floods through my core

I turn to my Savior

and recognize this love

that I’ve longed for since my youth

Cindy Hammond

Jonah 2

Matthew 11:28-30

Matthew 18:12-14

Luke 15:3-7

Psalm 119:18

Psalm 119:105

2 Corinthians 4:4

2 Chronicles 20:15