How to Handle Shattered DreamsSample

"Refrain Your Voice from Weeping..."

Heart Cry

Why does life sometimes seem

Like one big mistake

A long dark tunnel,

A gorge of shadows?

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After every rain, the sun should shine,

Behind every cloud, a silver lining should hide,

But when will it stop pouring?

When will my sun rise again?

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Yet will I resist lethargy's grip,

And shake off the ashes of despair

I will sing praises without end,

For the Lord is good, circumstances notwithstanding.

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"Refrain thy voice from weeping,

And thine eyes from tears:

for thy work shall be rewarded," saith the LORD...

"And there is hope in thine end."*¹

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"Why art thou cast down, O my soul?

And why art thou disquieted within me?

Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise Him,

who is the health of my countenance, and my God."*²

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I know that my Redeemer lives,

And His grace is sufficient for me,

His mercies - abundant as ever,

Will yet see me through to my destiny.

- Funmi Adebayo

*¹ Jeremiah 31:16-17 (KJV) *² Psalms 42:11(KJV)