Tetsu looks me deep

  in the eyes, holding me

  by the shoulders.

  His green eyes glow

  with a beautiful hue,

  “Be strong and courageous!

  Do not be afraid and do not

  panic before them.

  For the LORD your God will

  personally go ahead of you.

  He will neither fail you nor

  abandon you.”

  “Huh?” I take in Tetsu's

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  words, processing them.

  The spirit of forgetfulness

  and it's boundary shatters

  within my mind about God.

  My relationship with

  Him was still very new.

  Tetsu on the other hand

  has a greater relationship

  and I can tell.

  This calm and this peace

  is a sign.

  We are both now relying

  on God and his very

  strength.

  Not on our own

  strength.

  We humans are fragile

  and unstable in all

  our ways.

  Double minded.

  Our appetite for

  bad things are

  GREATER

  than our appetite

  for the good.