"Valley of Dry Bones" A Personal Poem By Caleb Notter

     Where a great army once stood now sits a valley of dry bones that have been stripped of all tendons and flesh.  They fought for some great time against an opponent who was a crafty and deceiving Serpent.  Their one key flaw as they fought their many battles against this opponent was that they were not fully committed to the war at hand.  They seemed to lose focus while they were fighting and lowered their Swords.  Today as I gaze out over the valley, a Heavenly Voice is speaking to me telling me to prophesy to them, saying unto them that the Voice will breathe breath into these dry bones that are scattered about the valley floor.  Right at the moment I am speaking the words of the Voice to the bones, a great earthquake is taking place right in front of my eyes; the bones are starting to come back together.  The men's bones are returning to their owners and now have their flesh and tendons coming back.  Now the Voice speaks again telling me to call to the winds, in the Voice's name, to bring breath to the lungs of the hollow soldiers who had once lost their will to fight.  Again, when I speak this prophecy is fulfilled as the soldiers have started to breathe and recommit themselves to the fight against the Wicked One.  They now know how they had been defeated by their own blindness to the Enemy's attacks and have learned a great lesson from their mistakes.  In the near future, they will win many battles against the Evil One and his armies.  They shall be freeing a once enslaved and blinded people and opening their eyes to the Truth.