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Finding Lost Hope in the Temple<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Concern turns to worry turns to fear<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With each passing day and night<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without a word or sign as to where<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their missing son might be.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hurried steps go faster still<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First here, then there, then nowhere<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Praying elusive peace replaces growing panic<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Struggling mightily to trust all will yet be well.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps worst of all: the haunting thoughts<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And dreadful imaginings of what horrors<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May or may not be taking place<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As thoughts of What If displace What Is.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At length they return to Jerusalem<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where today\u2019s sorrow buries last week\u2019s joy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And crowded alleys offer a thousand faces<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Save the one whom their hearts seek.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drawn to the Temple there to pray<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In desperation and defeat<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With tears of relief beyond all telling<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They find him among the elders<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How could they know that in this<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their temporary anguish they were granted<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A foretaste of a deeper loss<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A more sublime reunion still to come?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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