The Lifeline

In the solemn times of life, you sometimes find yourself hiding in the crevice of a rock

Wondering—where is my lifeline…

A treacherous wind is blowing desolation in volumes through your turbulent emotions

The trenches of your life keep pulling you down deeper into a despairing darkness

Gloom is swirling all around attacking the happiness you desire

You need the light of your spirit to shine bright in the blackness of that all-consuming despair

But that gloom is fiercely fighting against what you know is true to your victory

You want to uncover the peace of an unfailing love that covers you everywhere

You need the shield that encompasses your faith and the breastplate that protects your righteousness to surround you and stand tall against the forces that savagely tries to devour your lifeline

The lifeline that releases the chokehold that holds you down

The lifeline that spreads a joy-filled presence all around

The lifeline that lifts you up and make your spirit soar

The lifeline that helps you remember you forgot to listen for the knock at the door

The knock that says—Here I am! If you open the door, I will come in

The knock that says seek and you will find

Ask and it will be given—pressed down, shaken together and running over

A knock that brings a conquering lifeline

Calming the treacherous winds

Dispelling the gloom of despair

Pulling you out of the trenches and lighting a candle in the darkness

A lifeline that uncovers the unfailing peace of love

Displaying your happiness—anytime anywhere

A lifeline of victory that started on a cross stating—I Am that I Am

I Am in control

I bring you through gloomy clouds on the left

And sunny clouds on the right—with blue skies in between

I Am the Lifeline that controls all the highs and the lows

I comfort you when turbulence comes

And rejoice with you when it goes

Elevating you to your rightful place

Nothing happens that I haven’t ordained

I Am that I Am

I AM—The Lifeline