To a Troubled Teen


By Marcia K. Leaser

October 28, 2009

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I stretched out my trembling hand.  I could almost reach you.  I came

so close... so terribly close, yet, I couldn't touch you.

            I want to grab you and draw you close to me.  To protect you

from all the pain of this world; to be a buffer from the reality of sorrow

and fear.

            Since I cannot reach you with my hand, I'll reach you with my

pen, and pray, that somehow this simply written page of prose will

touch you when I cannot.

            Trust in what God has instilled within you; the strength He

borne within your very soul.

            Call on His name in moments of utter desperation - in times of

fear.  Look beyond the rubble of life, and see the garden God has

placed within you:  your dreams, your hopes… not the nightmares

that haunt you at night.

            He is here in these words of love and warning.

            Heed this letter He helped me form, as a spiritual bridge

between where I cannot reach, and you cannot grasp.

            The love of God alone can lead you on this unknown journey

lying before you.

            Hold firm... reach, believe; He lives within you.



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