Five Minute Friday: After

After the pain, after the rain

After the tears, after the years

After the waiting, after the hurting

After the when, after the then

We need, we feed

On God’s Word

Come what may, come what might

Let us not be afraid or in flight

Be still, be real

For God is near

Never fear

Jesus waits on us

Yearns for us

To come to Him and find Him

In the ashes, in the dust

Our lives, never complete

For without Him,

We can do nothing.

There is a before, there is a behind

We know not what we will find

In the coming days

Of God’s ways

Just stay the course

Begin again if you must

But never forget

That He has an eternal

After

Where we will put our face

In His hands

And rest there

Forever.