Life

You will soon return from exile (Lamentations 4:22; NLT).

Life is an exile,
Our time here, a quest;
Our classroom, a desert,
Our struggle, a test.

Christ is our Teacher,
Our way, and our guide;
Our friend, our example,
Our help, by our side.

His Spirit, within, is our light,
And our strength;
Our Counsel, our Comfort,
Our truth, our defence.

God is our Maker,
Our life, and our goal;
Our Lord, our Redeemer –
Our spirit; our soul.

There is a spirit within people, the breath of the Almighty within them (Job 32:8; NLT).

The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul (Genesis 2:7; WEB).

The dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it (Ecclesiastes 12:7; NIV).