The Watch

Stay on the line

Watch and pray. Stay on the line. Tell the truth. Stand again.

Days standing

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Counted from the day you began to stand.

I began standingThe battle I am naming (optional, this device only)

Sentry report

Hungry, angry, lonely, tired — plus isolation and a silent prayer life. Name the lights before they name you.

How hot is the dart? 0/10What is the scheme?I reached out to someone on the line

Search me, O God. One win, one wander, one confession. Then sleep as a child.

Where did I see the Commander?Where did I wander?If I was wrong, I admit it nowThanksgivingTomorrow’s first obedience

People you call before you isolate.

Resentments, fears, harms, wounds.

The list. Willing. Counsel. Made.

A way home that is not shame.