NOTHING CAN SEPARATE ME

(poem) By Ruth Harms Calkin

God, who or what in all the world
Can convince me that You
No longer love me ---
That You've given me the slip
And thrown me over?


Shall mounting pressures interfere
With my personal relationship with You?
Shall shadowy fears that plague my nights?
Shall a palpitating heart
Or a strange buzzing in my head
Or pounding pain
Or bitter tears?

Or what if people laugh at me and reject me
Until I feel utterly confused and alone?
Or what if I can no longer work
And unpaid bills pour over me
Like a deluge of crashing bricks?


Or what if an accident incapacitates me
And I must depend upon others for personal care?
Or what if I can no longer remember names
And my blurry eyes see double
And my hands tremble?

Or what if an earthquake crumbles my home
And my furniture is buried in thick mud?
Or what if I am left alone
Without family or friends?
Am I finished then?
Does this end my small scene?

No, dear God.
Positively not!
In all these impossible circumstances
I know that nothing is impossible with You.
I am utterly assured that:
In weakness or sickness
Catastrophe or anxiety
Loneliness or despair
I am Yours and You are mine.
Nothing can separate me
From Your matchless love!

Shared by Joe Gatuslao