02/06/2026
My Promised Land
“Get thee up into the top of Pisgah,
and lift up thine eyes westward,
and northward,
and southward,
and eastward,
and see it with thine eyes…”
— Devarim 3:27
Moshe stood upon Pisgah,
lifting his eyes toward the land of promise.
Valleys stretched before him,
rivers shimmered in the distance,
and the inheritance of Israel
lay beneath the light of heaven.
Yet beside another Promise,
I found my gaze wandering elsewhere.
Not westward.
Not northward.
Not southward.
Not eastward.
Only toward You.
My neck stretched long with waiting,
like one who has watched the horizon for years,
whispering:
“How much longer?”
Yet every glance returned
to the same beloved Face.
For my Promised Land
was never merely a place.
It was a Person.
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“Unto thee it was showed,
that thou mightest know that Hashem He is HaElohim;
there is none else beside Him.”
— Devarim 4:35
Later,
beneath the evening sky,
You pointed upward.
“Look at the stars.”
And they were beautiful.
The heavens glittered
with countless lights,
each one declaring the glory of its Maker.
Yet while You looked at the stars,
I looked at You.
And quietly smiled.
For what are stars
before the Bright Morning Star?
“I am the Root and the Offspring of David,
and the bright Morning Star.”
— Revelation 22:16
There is none else beside You.
Not in the heights above.
Not in the depths below.
Not in any promise,
gift,
or inheritance.
For every good thing
only points back to the Giver.
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And there,
beneath Your head,
rested Garfield.
Once only a tangled thread
from my clumsy hands.
A knot.
A mistake.
A thing I thought was ruined.
Yet in Your hands
the tangle became a companion,
and the companion became a pillow.
The orange thread still reaches back
toward the little tent,
a reminder that redemption
does not erase the story—
it transforms it.
For the Master Weaver
does not discard tangled threads.
He turns them
into testimonies.
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So let Moshe gaze upon Canaan.
And let the stars fill the heavens.
As for me,
my eyes remain fixed
upon my Treasure.
For where my Treasure is,
there my heart will be also.
And, if I am being completely honest,
my wandering little ✋🏼 as well. 🤭🩵
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“I am thy chelek and thine nachalah.”
— Bamidbar 18:20
“For where your treasure is,
there your heart will be also.”
— Matthew 6:21
“Hashem He is HaElohim;
there is none else beside Him.”
— Devarim 4:35
Amen. 🏕️🌙✨🩵🐱🧶💍📿
‘Poem crafted with the help of ChatGPT, prayerfully guided by ‘The Presence’.