Ruth Graham’s ministry as a writer began to flourish in the 1980s. She would author several books filled with spiritual insight and poetry. The poem below captures her perspective on life as life dances with time. More than one reading is needed to fully grasp the depth of her feeling.
Oh, time! be slow!
it was a dawn ago
I was a child Dreaming of being grown;
A noon ago
I was
With children of my own;
And now
It’s afternoon
And late,
And they are grown
And gone.
Time, wait!
– Ruth Bell Graham, 1974
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"He has also put eternity in the human heart" (Ecclesiastes 3:11).
What about this poem speaks to you?
How do you explain the feeling and perspective conveyed through the pen of its poet?
