God's Scrapbook

In an effort to "look for the silver lining" during mortal thunderstorms a little more often, I wrote the following:

I wonder...in God's scrapbook
Are there snapshots of our lives?
Do they tell a story
Of faith used from inside?
Or...do they show despair
On faces looking down
Forgetting to be blessed
By lessons that surround.
For if we're only seeing
The shadows on the floor
Our memories can't be
Of when Father made us more...
Our lives here are so brief
Every moment holds a pen
Will we record a journey
Or...a lot of “could have beens”?
Will the pictures be unlabled
Or...will our journals place
The narrative of courage
Beneath our mortal face.
Perhaps a generation
Will read from pages there
Before they start their journey...
May we live a life to share . . .
Shanna C. Hugie