A Hundred Different Places

Sometimes I feel like my heart lives in a hundred different places...

Friendships grow in seasons.

Waves of laughter and shared trials

Weave us deeply in these times.

A balance of the light and the darkness

As we learn to go in grace.

We walk down paths together,

For we aren't meant to be alone.

But see,

Even these well worn paths have different trails -

Some of us are called down those

That take us far from the place we were.

Some climb the mountains,

Others, the valley depths -

Some wade through puddles,

While others swim through the oceans -

But none of it is meant to be traveled alone.

That's why I'm so glad to have you.

Sometimes I feel like my heart lives in a hundred different places,

Because you're not always by my side.

We walk together for a time

But there's always new horizons, and sometimes,

You go different ways from me.

As we travel down these roads of life, we come together

And sometimes part -

But I know we're all headed to the same Kingdom,

And we'll meet again there. 

There -

Where all the dust and grime will be washed from our feet,

And we'll find our true Rest.

So though my heart lives with so many now,

In hundreds of different places -

Someday we will all dance on the same shoreline

And we'll forever be with the Creator

Who set us into motion

Out of Love.

It's a peaceful thought.

~ZA