A Cloud of Sadness Covered Me- A Poem ⋆ Effie Darlene Barba

Throughout the day yesterday and awaking today, I feel a cloud of sadness covering me. Sadness to see this land that I love so broken, so separated from God. We that call ourselves Christians have over the past century watched in silence as our nation turned farther and farther from its Godly principles. Caught up in the prosperity of our own lives, we grew content just to live. Forgetting that God is a just and righteous God who demands the same, because He knows that is the only path to true joy, hope and love.

Judgement must come to save the remnant, just as in the days of Judah when the Babylonians entered and destroyed the land. God’s people must stand true, willing to die for His Truth to be known. Just as in the days of Noah it will be in the end. Are we there? Is this the end of our nation? Only God knows. But as for me, I must stand and shout His Truth from the Mountaintops screaming, “Repent, for the day of the Lord is at hand.”

And though a cloud of sadness cover me, I will shout for joy at the Name of Jesus. Only in Him can we find true joy, hope, love and peace. I, like Habakkuk bow before His throne today.

Habakkuk 3

³God came….His glory covered the heavens,And the earth was full of His praise. ⁴His brightness was like the light; He had rays flashing from His hand,And there His power was hidden.

⁵Before Him went pestilence, And fever followed at His feet.⁶He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations. And the everlasting mountains were scattered, The perpetual hills bowed.His ways are everlasting….

⁸O Lord, were You displeased with the rivers. Was Your anger against the rivers? Was Your wrath against the sea? That You rode on Your horses. Your chariots of salvation? ⁹Your bow was made quite ready. Oaths were sworn over Your [b]arrows. Selah

You divided the earth with rivers.
¹⁰The mountains saw You and trembled.
As the overflowing of the water passed by.
The deep uttered its voice,
And lifted its hands on high.
¹¹The sun and moon stood still in their habitation;
At the light of Your arrows they went,
At the shining of Your glittering spear.

Judgement must come

¹²You marched through the land in indignation;
You ^[c]trampled the nations in anger.
¹³You went forth for the salvation of Your people,
For salvation with Your Anointed.
You struck the head from the house of the wicked,
By laying bare from foundation to neck. Selah

¹⁴You thrust through with his own arrows
The head of his villages.
They came out like a whirlwind to scatter me;
Their rejoicing was like feasting on the poor in secret.
¹⁵You walked through the sea with Your horses,
Through the heap of great waters.

¹⁶When I heard, my body trembled;
My lips quivered at the voice;
Rottenness entered my bones;
And I trembled in myself,
That I might rest in the day of trouble.
When he comes up to the people,
He will invade them with his troops.

A Hymn of Faith-When the Cloud of Sadness Covered Me

¹⁷Though the fig tree may not blossom,
Nor fruit be on the vines;
Though the labor of the olive may fail,
And the fields yield no food;
Though the flock may be cut off from the fold,
And there be no herd in the stalls—
¹⁸Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will joy in the God of my salvation.

¹⁹^[d]The Lord God is my strength;
He will make my feet like deer’s feet,
And He will make me walk on my high hills.

And so it is I wrote today this poem:

A Cloud of Sadness Covered Me

A Cloud of Sadness covered me

As my heart broke. How could this be?

That no one heard their cries, their plea

To give them life and liberty?

These babies sacrificed you see

On Altars of sex, depravity.

I fell to weep down on my knees

To Ask You Lord to hear my pleas.

I recall a nation built by You

Deny You Lord and lose their view

Of all that matters or that’s true

How can it be so very few

Would stand upon Your Solid Rock

Instead the Gospel truth they mock

They pushed You God out of the schools

Nor even teach the Golden rules

Instead they teach our youth to be

A Pride filled “woke” society

Who do not care what’s right or wrong

Joined tight by hate their evil throng

They twist the truth ‘til all believe

The only good is to receive

With heardened hearts and blinded eye

They speak of love and apple pie

Then loot and riot every day

A tantrum bent to get their way

They think their life is all their own

And never bow before Your throne

Destroying all that’s history

Ignoring truth as mystery

So, now Your judgement, it must fall

Awaken Lord, awaken all

My heart is broken, as I pray

I do not know just what to say

Repentant Lord for my own sin

Grateful for Your Grace within

I am so tired, please take me home

And yet, this land I still must roam

Until You call me home one day

I must remain, teach me to pray

Give me the strength to stay the course

And shout your praise until I’m hoarse

So, everyone I meet today

Will hear my voice, will hear me say

My God is still upon His throne

Proclaiming that His truth be known

And if today, He’ll use my voice

I’ll tell the world He is my choice

And if that means I lose my life

Because my words they stir up strife

I still will choose to speak His name

His justice, righteousness proclaim

Unto a world who will not hear

I’ll boldly go without a fear

For He is all I need today

He is the truth, the life, the way

God’s joy is all my heart doth need

As on my knees, for you I plead

I know His plan is perfect still

My body bow beneath His will

I trust Him in the brightest day

And in this darkest night I pray

That He might touch one heart today

Giving them His truth, for this I pray

Concluding Thoughts

Even when a cloud of Sadness Covers You, there is hope. That hope is found in Jesus. He is the one who came to pay the price for your sin. As Christ hung there on the cross a Cloud of Sadness, dark as pitch, covered the whole earth because God turned His back away. He poured out on His beloved son all the wrath that we deserve, so that all who would repent and believe might be saved. What about you today?

DO YOU KNOW CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR AND LORD?

If you don’t know Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord: I urge you to go to my page titled How to Be Saved by clicking on this link. There is nothing more important than this; because He is the way, the truth and the life. Therefore, I urge you to seek Him today.

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©Effie Darlene Barba, 2020
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