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You are MINE and I Am Yours

By Melanie Jean Juneau on September 4, 2014 Articles from Our Contributors, Faith Resources

Aware of personal weakness,

The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin, before 1402, by Lorenzo Monaco, (Piero di Giovanni), Italian, ca. 1370–1425,

failure.

After years of striving

for more of His Presence

ego and pride had shattered.

Exhausted and defeated .

SUDDENLY,

breaking through the clammer of mundane, mindless duties,

unexpected words

pop into my mind

seemingly out of nowhere.

You are Mine

but even more startling

I am yours.

Frozen in shocked confusion.

Still more light pierces

the ice of my boxed in brain

you are now one of Us

in communion with the Trinity

you are in Us and

We are in you.

Recognition of Truth

then

a slow smile spreads

wider and wider

eyes dance with joy.

I am home.

Light as triumphed over darkness

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Melanie Jean Juneau

Melanie Jean Juneau is a mother of nine children who blogs at joy of nine9. Her writing is humorous and heart-warming; thoughtful and thought-provoking. Part of her call and her witness is to write the truth about children, family, marriage and the sacredness of life. Melanie is the administrator of ACWB, the Editor in Chief at CatholicLane, CatholicStand, Catholic365 , CAPC & author of Echoes of the Divine.