/I saw your sky/

Excerpts from Poem, “A Soldier’s Prayer”

Look God, I have never spoken to you

But now I want to say, “How do you do?”

You see, they had told me you didn’t exist

And like a fool I believed all this

Last night from a shell hole I saw your sky

I figured right then they had told me a lie

Had I taken time to see the things you made

I’d known they weren’t calling a spade a spade

I wonder, God, if you would take my hand

Somehow I seem to feel you’ll understand

It’s funny, I had to come to this hellish place

Before I had the time to see your face

I guess that there isn’t much more to say

But I am so glad that I met you today

I guess that the zero hour will soon be here

But I’m not afraid, since I know you’re near

The signal; well, I guess I’ll have to go

I like you lots and I want you to know

Look, now I’m goin’ into the fight

…

I look now I’m crying, me shedding tears

I wish I had known you these many years

Well, I have to go now,

I’ll say good-bye Strange, since I met you,

I’m not afraid to die.

-By a soldier in Vietnam, read on Ravi Zacharias’ message, “Jesus above all,” to show what it means to have hope.