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Realisation dawns...


Sometimes things happen in life,
And we don't always understand what?
All it takes is a little help,
To help us to see what we've got.
Now this happened to a friend of mine,
He was a little confused on life,
Wasn't sure what his purpose was,
And it was causing him a little strife.

'I don't believe in God,' he said,
But deep down he did, cos you see,
He worried and fretted and denied his belief,
But he couldn't fool little old me.
We chat all the time, me and Matt,
And what a lovely lad to know,
He's got a heart of gold,
And he's a worrying so-and-so!

Worries and frets for people in pain,
And for people who live with strife,
Hate's the society of today,
That threatens and abuses life!
'I don't believe in God,' he said,
But I knew that wasn't true,
Because all his thoughts were of guilt,
He was confused and didn't know what to do?

I told him that he did believe,
Because our conversations pointed that way,
He was questioning far too much his doubt,
And he was confused as to what to say?
Little by little we touched upon...
The denial he had in his head,
A little chat here, a little bit more,
'I don't believe,' he always said.

I never pushed, I let him chat,
And let him come to his own decision,
Still in doubt, still not sure,
Fear was blocking his vision.
He thought he didn't believe,
But he was scared at the outcome too,
Afraid of what would happen to him,
Wasn't quite sure what to do?

We chatted some more, he searched his soul,
And one day he said to me,
'I saw something the other day, it was weird,'
'It made me feel good you see!'
He was standing by a church wall,
Saw two people sitting on a seat,
All of a sudden, a wonderful feeling,
Almost knocked him off his feet!

'I got this deep emotional feeling,'
'A feeling of something so strong!'
'An emotion that washed all over me,'
'But it didn't last very long!'
He said it felt so wonderful,
A feeling so calming and good,
He felt so moved and filled with awe,
And I said of course that's as he should!

He said to me, 'I now I believe,'
And I told him he'd believed all along,
He'd repressed it, not knowing why,
But deep down he had feelings so strong.
He questioned his doubts too much,
Always asking himself why...?
So I told him, he needed to look indepth,
And he told me that he'd try!

Well he came to me this day,
Said: 'Cathy, I believe in God!'
'I have the faith that I thought I hadn't,'
Now he's such a happy bod!
He wanted me to tell his tale,
Not to preach, but to let it be known,
How easy it is to lose the way,
And be in the land of the lost, all alone!

'I'm not alone anymore,' he said,
'And I know I can safely say,'
'Since I realised I believed,'
'It's really made my day!'

For Matt, With Love, Catherine
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