One Moment

This doesn't rhyme, and it isn't all grammatically correct. I don't really know what you would classify this as, but I was journaling and it just kind of spilled onto the page. It's a little bit harder to share, since I don't usually share entries like this. But go ahead and have a look.

In one solitary moment, your whole world was rocked,
In one moment, your life was forever altered,
You weren’t quite sure what that meant yet,
But you knew, with your whole being—it was changed.

One of the loves of your life was lost,
You held as tight as you could,
But that solid grip was loosened by an inevitable event called death.
You frantically grasped for any life that was left,
But try as you might, the beloved life was gone.

You kept reaching and reaching,
But to no avail.
The realization came then,
A life-sucking blow,
You gasped for breath.

How could you go on living?
How could this be real?
How could this happen to you?
Tears were shed. Hands were held.

Everything you held dear in that clenched fist slipped right on through your fingers.
And even though his last words served to be extreme comfort in a dark time,
Your heart ached—for you, for your family, for your friends.
And it still aches. The pain is cutting, burning, to your very core,
Because in one single, dreadful moment, it all changed.
Everything. Changed.

But, my dearest friend, I have no doubt about this:
One day, even if you knew it all along,
You will realize the hope that is sitting right next to you.
Everything you have been longing for will fill your heart.

In one single moment, love will overwhelm you.
When you are at your rope’s end,
And you feel that you have called on your Savior
Too many times and He hasn’t come to the rescue.
It seems He has deserted you,
It is at this point, this single moment,
You will find yourself overwhelmed by His sweet, pure, unconditional, and unfailing love.

You will embrace it,
Laugh in it,
And weep over it.
Because it is all the comfort you have ever needed.

And this may happen numerous times, because we lose sight of what is important.
We lose sight of everything we need.
But when you are almost to the bottom of the pit,
And you are only longing for His love,
You will see him, and you will see that he's been there all along.

He will never desert you, though it feels like it at times,
In those times—it is really you who has deserted Him.
So though, that one single moment was something terribly awful,
And it brought you to your knees in desperation and despair,
You will encounter another single moment, in which your world will be rocked,
Again your knees will hit the ground, but this time,
You will be filled. Filled with love and hope and beauty.

How could there ever be beauty from this misery?
You will know, one day. You will know.
In one single, solitary, moment, you will know.
Love will rescue you, in one second.
That’s what it all comes down to,

Because there is love in every corner of our lives,
And it is shockingly obvious in those defining moments,
When you are vulnerable and honest,
That is when it all changes.

And that, my love, is when you will know,
What you have really known all along.
That is when it becomes reality.
In that one moment.
Hope. Love. Beauty.