Tetsu looks me deep


    in the eyes, holding me


    by the shoulders.


    His green eyes glow


    with a beautiful hue,


    “Be strong and courageous!


    Do not be afraid and do not


    panic before them.


    For the LORD your God will


    personally go ahead of you.


    He will neither fail you nor


    abandon you.”


    “Huh?” I take in Tetsu''s


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    words, processing them.


    The spirit of forgetfulness


    and it''s boundary shatters


    within my mind about God.


    My relationship with


    Him was still very new.


    Tetsu on the other hand


    has a greater relationship


    and I can tell.


    This calm and this peace


    is a sign.


    We are both now relying


    on God and his very


    strength.


    Not on our own


    strength.


    We humans are fragile


    and unstable in all


    our ways.


    Double minded.


    Our appetite for


    bad things are


    GREATER


    than our appetite


    for the good.