Exaltation

Pain comes in droves
Stampedes trample my heart
Crushed by cloven hooves
Weight endlessly heavy

Left prostrate beneath the sun
Cooked by its rays
Dried by time and wind
Clouds appear in the horizon

Sun blotted out
Violent shift from dry to humid
Water leaps from the heavens
Blanketing the now dewy earth

Glorious are you, beyond all understanding
Plead for Instruction do not flee from reparations
Turn away from death to life empowered by faith
Rejoice in suffering to understand the pain endured

Honored by trials
Planted in tribulation
Weathering life as sacrificial worship
Obedience freely given