Fall's Reminiscence

11.2.2007

By Reggie

Tonight I stood upon the evening horizon

darkness and clouds hovered over me

like a calm sea breeze with a peaceful smile

Brushed it's waves of warmth and memories

rushing back with chills of the past

flowing back to overtook me

and leave me in emotionally biased

Staring at Night's face

with hands in my pocket and face in my collar

I spoke the words of that reflected my mind's wonderings

"There is a sense of reminiscence in the air tonight"

What that meant, I know not...'tis strange for me to say such things

But then again, aren't I strange to many, normal to some?

This is who I am, it doesn't make me Reggie

but it does make me human

I, too, possess an emotive quality that flows through my mind

and comes out only when "feeling" knocks at the door

Opens it, sits down at the table, sipping coffee, kicks off its shoes,

curls up to a good book, and then fills out test papers that try to

help determine my heart and mine to go in a mixed direction

Some many places, so many wonderings...it seems like being here

There's much peace, love, acceptance, and unity

I remember, somehow, standing here years before

Same sky, same clouds, same horizon, same place

Different people, different circumstances, different personality

No...nothing is the same!

A new people, new circumstances, new experiences, new outlook...

The most eerie part of this whole thing, it seems...

Is that I'm standing here and it seems like I sense something

Those familiar but yet instinctive, inner senses that tell me of something

Like I've known this, or rather I shall know

I sense my future in this place, staring me right in the face

With whom, I know not; my dear friends are by my side

But yet it's like walking around this campus, under this sky

It seems like I'll be here for awhile

Those "reminiscent" feelings continue to eat away at my heart

What are they trying to say?

What are they trying to do?

Not much I suppose...but hey, it's something

A thousand times, I know not of course, I've felt like this

How many times has this been an indication of departure?

I surely hope not...how could I leave my brethren?

No...I'm sure God has me here for a reason!

I trust not in feelings but in the Lord!

It is the Lord who guides, who protects, who provides...

What shall I fear?

Didn't the Lord come to the aid of His people, Israel, when they cried out for help

after they were enslaved by Pharaoh's army?

Did He not deliver Moses from being destroyed from his enemies when he went up against them?

Did He not come to David's rescue after calling out to be delivered from Saul?

Did He not come to the aid of Solomon after being confronted by his immaturity?

Did He not empower Elijah to shut up the heavens for a time due to the people's wickedness?

Did not John the Baptist proclaim in faith the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world?

Did not Jesus, my Lord, depend on Our Father to carry Him to the cross to be crucified?

Did not my Lord rise from death to life as a victor over sin and death?

All authority has been given to Him, in heaven and on earth,

For all shall bow to Him and give Him glory

For every knee shall bow and every tongues confess that

Jesus is Lord!!

So...what shall I fear?

Whom, then shall I be afraid?

How should I go about living my days?

Certainly not in wickedness nor in fear of man,

but fearing the Lord and departing from evil!

The way of the righteous I desire,

for God has given me a new heart and new desires

A new creature I am, indeed, the Lord, His grace He did give me

So I shall boast in the Lord and be joyful to my Savior, my King!

Therefore, with all my breathe gone to praise Him and my voice lost in exaltation

I will use my limbs to glorify Him and lift up my hands and wave to His glory

I shall not be consumed by the memories of lost and pain

but rather I will use them, as the Lord's chastisement and His building

for all these things I am to count it all joy

because trials of many kind come to help me grow in my faith

So whether I be well and fit, miserable and cold, sick and sore

Whether I be voiceless, suffer-limb loss, or lose my wisdom (the Lord's gift, not mine)

My spirit shall always lift up the name of the Lord

He is Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, the Jewish Carpenter of Nazareth

The Great Teacher, Leader, and Prophet...but much more than that!!

Lord of lords and King of kings...

Behold, oh Jerusalem, and rejoice ye Gentiles of the Lord of Hosts!

The King is coming, with the armies of heaven

with His bride and angels, He shall come to slay the Wicked One

and the all the nations that have made war with the Lamb!

To God be the glory, for the Great things He has done!

Praise the Lord, Jesus Christ, forever! Amen!