Jane Sconce Worley of Poplar Bluff, a member of the of Poplar Bluff Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, recently received notification that a poem she submitted to the NSDAR national Chaplain General has been published.
The book is titled “Where Two or Three Are Gathered” and is a collection of poetry and prayers submitted by DAR members from chapters all over the United States.
It is divided into several subject areas.
Worley’s poem is in the memorials section of the book, and it follows:
The Shadow
I used to think that walking through the Valley of the Shadow of Death referred to fearing a person’s own physical death.
Life taught something different.
When a friend dies, a marriage dies, a spouse, a parent, a sibling, a child, a grandchild
The Shadow of Death refers to life’s incapacitating pain—
Where the mind shrinks, the body shakes
The mouth merely moans and groans crying out to God.
Will it ever pass?
Yes, this too will pass—not quickly; not easily that it will ever entirely pass away
But the excruciating pain will become a familiar hurt.
The Shadow turns from a looming dark devastating cloud
To the familiar Shadow of God’s presence as He comforts the soul
And He lovingly leads through the Valley of the Shadow of Death.
>b>Jane Sconce Worley
Poplar Bluff Chapter