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Shades of Strength

Shades of Grace

By Michelle Renee KidwellPublished 11 months ago 1 min read
Photo by Julia Caesar on Unsplash

Psalm 46:5 NIV

God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.

Life can be hard

Knock you to

Your knees hard

Trials and tribulations

But through it all

He paints her

In shades of strength

And grace.

She cries

Out words spoken

And unspoken

He hears them all

The silence in her

Pain he knows it

Too.

~~~

But through it

All she knows

He hears her

In her pain

In her sorrow

The words spoken

And those she cannot

Speak,

He knows it too.

~

He painted her

In shades

Of strength

And shades of

Grace.

Copyright Michelle R Kidwell

February.21.2025

inspirational

About the Creator

Michelle Renee Kidwell

Abled does not mean enabled. Disabled does not mean less abled.” ― Khang Kijarro Nguyen

Fighting to end ableism, one, poem, story, article at a time. Will you join me?

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  • Susan Payton11 months ago

    This is such a sad poem that I barely got through it this morning Michelle. I know you are going through some stuff, but I hope you feel better soon.

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