Glimmer of hope - Poem

The book of Ruth starts with sorrow and grief.

It ends  with joy and glad tidings

It begins with losing loved ones

It ends with cuddling Obed with joy

It begins with Naomi feeling lonely

It ends with bringing the family together

It begins with losing all hope

It ends with a new beginning, a new hope.

You might be in a dead end now

But there is a turn round the corner

There is hope in trusting Jesus

In returning to Him, in resting in Him

Not just in this world

But also in His realm of things.

Abraham was childless for so long

Then he was blessed with Issac in his old age.

And many more as stars in heaven

Both in lineage and in faith

Job lost everything to begin with

But God gave him twice as much later

Israel out of their sin was exiled to Babylon

But from being scattered all over the world

They were brought back to a nation in 1948

Moreover all of us wait for the New Jerusalem

There is hope in the Lord

A hope that transcends all grief.

That this testing time would come to pass

That we would meet our loved ones ashore

That He has plans to prosper us not to harm

That He is coming back again to take us home

A hope to which we can cling to

Because He is good all the time.