Psalm In The Fog

Psalm In The Fog

January 11, 2013

 

Far strayed from the comfort of my vision

Out of colors to this deep grayness;
Going to specific place I cannot find.

 Finding hope in revealed words.

At a juncture I have read of;
In the middle of his will.
Thankful for the direction.
Hopeful for future.

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I wrote this piece as an entry to a poetry contest on Allpoetry.com in January.  The prompt was as follows:  Fog is your prompt. It is the foggy season here in California's San Joaquin Valley, so I that is why I picked it as a prompt. You may write about literal fog, or you can use it as a metaphor, whatever works for you.

Introducing my subject, Hebrews 11 says, "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.  By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith."  (Hebrews 11:1-7)

As here stated, faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen; or, poetically, the fog.