Discovering YOU Magazine June 2019 Issue | Page 52

SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH

Be Saved

He left you, he left me so I thought

But he left you first;

He left his first love,

The one who loves him unconditionally,

who wrote his name

in the Lamb's Book of Life,

The one who helped him

to be pure and holy.

The devil deceived him

like he does many people today

drawing them away from

God for the lusts of this world.

True prosperity is in Christ

Prodigal son or daughter come home,

Come home to your Father,

He misses you and

wants to hold you in His arms.

He wants to clean you up and love you

and welcome you in His arms.

Francine Houston is the author of "Lupus Journey" and she has a number of businesses: Cineik Media, FH DESIGNS , and It Works. Francine is also a graduate of School of the Bible 2 (2013 ).

Email Francine at [email protected].

calf. And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

(Luke 15:11-32 (KJV) is the scripture excerpt this poem is based on. We hope you will be encouraged with this inspiring poem written by Francine.)

I learned not to take my life for granted. After my maternal grandmother died, I went into heavy mourning. Odd symptoms developed on my skin and hair by my senior year in high school. I was diagnosed with lupus. Lupus is an auto-immune disease that can affect any organ of your body. Lupus is not contagious. The cause is unknown and there is no known cure. Lupus Journey is a coming of age memoir that talks about what I went through with lupus, the challenges I faced graduating high school, college and trying to live a normal life.