IN MY MIND I WANTED TO BE GREAT. IT WAS MY DESIRE TO BE ALL THAT I COULD BE. ONLY I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO REACH OR BE BY BEST. IT SEEMED AS IF THE WORLD CONTROLLED ME. I ASKED AROUND AS TO HOW I COULD BE THE GREATEST AND ALL ANSWERS SEEMED ONLY TO WORK FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. I WANTED MY EXISTENCE OF GREATNESS TO BE FOR AN INDEFINATE TIME. ONE DAY I HEARD A SMALL COMFORTING VOICE SPEAK TO ME, IT SAID, “YOU ARE OF A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, HEIRS, AND JOINT HEIRS, YOU ARE THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL, ABOVE AND NEVER BENEATH, OF THE HOLY LINEAGE OF YOUR FATHERS, DESTINED TO SUCCEED. IT HIT ME LIKE A LIGHTING BOLT STRAIGHT FROM HEAVEN. MY SPIRIT BEGAN TO LEAP AS IF THE SEA ITSELF WERE BOUNCING ME UP AND DOWN ON THE NOONTIDE. I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND AND GRASP THE FULL MEANING OF WHAT THAT VOICE HAD SAID TO ME. I AM GREAT, DESTINED TO SUCCEED FROM MY MOTHERS WOMB. I HAVE A FATHER THAT LOVES ME AS MY MOTHER, AND I AM THE JEWEL OF HIS EYE. FOR WHAT GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER. MY SPIRIT AND MY FAITH HAD JOINED. I HAD, AT THAT SECOND OF SPIRITUAL REVELATION BECOME GREAT. I COULD AND I AM.
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I HAD SITUATIONS I NEGLETED TO USE FAITH ON AND THE LORD GAVE THIS POEM TO ME. IT EXPRESSES MY FAITH IN HIM AS IT SHOULD BE AND IN HIS WORD.Birth sign: Not entered
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