A weary mother returned from the store,
Lugging groceries through the kitchen door.
Awaiting her arrival was her 8 year old son,
Anxious to relate what his younger brother had done.
"While I was out playing and Dad was on a call,
T.J. took his crayons and wrote on the wall!
It's on the new paper you just hung in the den.
I told him you'd be mad at having to do it again."
She let out a moan and furrowed her brow,
"Where is your little brother right now?"
She emptied her arms and with a purposeful stride,
She marched to his closet where he had gone to hide.
She called his full name as she entered his room.
He trembled with fear-he knew that meant doom!
For the next ten minutes, she ranted and raved
About the expensive wallpaper and how she had saved.
Lamenting all the work it would take to repair,
She condemned his actions and total lack of care.
The more she scolded, the madder she got,
Then stomped from his room, totally distraught!
She headed for the den to confirm her fears.
When she saw the wall, her eyes flooded with tears.
The message she read pierced her soul with a dart.
It said, "I love Mommy," surrounded by a heart.
Well, the wallpaper remained, just as she found it,
With an empty picture frame hung to surround it.
A reminder to her, and indeed to all,
Take time to read the handwriting on the wall.
(Author: Unknown to me)
Page Dedication
To Mysty
From the Heart of Angel45_2B
While waiting for a thunderstorm to pass yesterday I was cleaning my kitchen and was thinking of thing that has happened recently in my life. How one-minute things could seem so perfect and then suddenly without warning my world could be turned upside down. And I was thinking that if I had only known then I could have prepared myself for some of the events that have taken place. And suddenly a thought came to me the Handwriting on the Wall. I didn't understand what it meant so I went to my bedroom and got my Bible out and read about the Handwriting on the Wall in the book of Daniel. But that wasn't what it was all about. So I spent the next hour trying to figure it out and still nothing, I thought "I need to do it into a Web Page" but I didn't have the necessary ingredients to do it. So when the storm was over, I got back on the computer and was checking my E-mail and lo and behold this story Handwriting on the Wall was in my e-mail and was sent by my Internet Sister Mysty. And once I read it then I understood what I was feeling and just what handwriting was on the wall and why I couldn't see it before. I believe that God places signs for us along the way and sometimes it is a word that is spoken that stirs. Other times it might be a look or other things. All of which are Handwriting on the Wall. I didn't see before because I didn't want to face the fact of what was going to happen. I wanted so bad to pretend that it wasn't happening and yet in my heart I knew that it was and that I could either face it or continue to pretend that it wasn't. Today I got the same story in my Angelsmark Email and I said Okay Lord I will do the page up. Do you feel like you are being tossed around in the storm of life and don't know what to do? Have you tried to read and understand the Handwriting on the Wall? It is not easy to do, but know that you are not alone in it. There are others going through it too. Reach out to others and you will find the peace that passes all understanding. God Bless you all.
WRITING ON THE WALL
