Deliverance and protection arrived with answers unexpected.
Grateful to be loved by El Shaddai when feeling forsaken and disconnected.
Jehovah Shammah was always there with me. For this is the year reflected.


Looking up to Adonai on the throne.
Prayers turn into poems as the pen becomes the microphone.
Instruments harmonize jazz melodies into the crisp night air.
Reflecting begins by looking back on the year revealing Elohim’s care.
Protection brought with guidance in the Holy Word while walking the faithful path.
Pain melted into an anguishing torment of fire put out by showers of tears in the aftermath.
Nights left staring profoundly into the sky while the stars twinkle along with each thought.
Musical notes and prayerful petitions continue to be sought.

Deliverance and protection arrived with answers unexpected.
Grateful to be loved by El Shaddai when feeling forsaken and disconnected.
Jehovah Shammah was always there with me. For this is the year reflected.

Directions remain the same.
Dust off your shoulders and get in the game.
When the storms come upon the rock that the house is built.
No harm. No foul. We are protected by Adonai’s merciful armored quilt.
Onslaughts bring despair making frozen fears a closer friend than ailing troubles.
Rest in peace knowing Jehovah Shalom turns our problems into microbubbles.
Tears wiped away brings saddened smiles of hopeful change.
Admittedly, hindsight is twenty-twenty and downright strange.

Deliverance and protection arrived with answers unexpected.
Grateful to be loved by El Shaddai when feeling forsaken and disconnected.
Jehovah Shammah was always there with me. This is the year reflected.