Living in the upside-down kingdom

Welcome to the challenging creative writing exercise that is Five Minute Friday.

Here we watch words fall as they will and try to catch them on the way, pinning them to page before they are lost.

It's always a nice surprise to read back and see how we have been inspired in a limited time frame with a one word prompt.

Today's prompt is:'Last'


START...

Seen from above

Look up...

You may be drowning in a mountain of debt

living in a lonely tent of discouragement

worrying about how to survive today, never mind tomorrow

uncertain how to pray when sick, full of grief or sorrow

concerned about how your many needs can be met

Remember...

Nothing we see here is permanent

there is a way to live and love, even when

you feel drained and empty, dry with thirst

for in the upside-down kingdom the

 first will be last and the last first

as heavenly life seen from below

is very different viewed from above

Hold on...

Even when you feel you cannot last another day

for this too shall pass in time to come

and these circumstances won't always hold sway

Don't let the world make you weary 

and sad as you listen to its mournful

dreary tune in your head

Take hold...

of the promises in God's word

the ones you have received and heard

as He speaks to your heart.

You may feel you're at the end of your rope

bottom of the pile and out of hope

but He sees you by His side, forever loved, 

cherished, a winner - not disqualified

©JoyLenton2013

STOP.

Linking here with Lisa-Jo Baker and the other Five Minute Friday participants.

You are warmly invited to join in. 

All you do is set the clock, write for 5 minutes, join the link-up and read the post next to yours (and more if able) so that we can encourage one another. 

No worry about perfection, over-thinking or editing.