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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Blessed Are the Desperate: A Poem



Blessed are those who are out of their depths, 
Facing whelms impassable without an ark 
Or a parting of the waves so complete 
That the soggy mud of river bottom 
Unsquelches and hardens into pavement 
For multitudes to cross. 

Blessed are the wilderness wanderers, 
Led, not lost, yet nonetheless 
Out of water, out of food, out of options, 
Unless their Shepherd supplies their need. 

Blessed are the desperate, 
For never can they forget their desperate 
Dependence on God— 
True of all of us, 
All of the time, 
Yet so easily forgotten 
In level lands and well-stocked shelves. 

Blessed are the needy, 
Crying out to God, 
For they shall find Him faithful.

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