THE LIGHTED MAP

A Daughter Is Led

Photo by Marina Montoya on Unsplash

A daughter is called at her first breath

Unknowing of her path.

She casts her eyes to skyward hope,

Ingrained with a lighted map.

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The path’s she’ll travel while questions form

Are seeds of future goals.

This daughter knows somewhere inside,

A love that makes her whole.

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She travels long and winding roads

Sometimes the rain pours down.

She seeks a love from childhood dreams

Unknowing of the Crown.

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Her King is not a fairytale,

He is a Holy man

He’s Jesus Christ whom God sent down

To take her tiny hand.

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At life’s first breath, the Promise made

To a daughter of this King,

Is not a fleeting, whispered song

Afloat on winds or wings.

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What is written on this daughter’s heart

The light that guides through doubt,

Are her Father’s words and promises

Christ Jesus once walked out.

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By Elizabeth Jimenez

Written 30 April 2022

Found today, just in time to remind me of what I lost for a minute there.

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