Anna Darlene Edmondson's Poem 'True North'

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True North – Anna Darlene Edmondson

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him (Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV).

Say you were lost in dense-wooded timberland. Probably, your own intuitions of ‘true north’ would misguide you (like my GPS). It’s continuously recalculating … and sadly, I miss appointments. Ugh! Truth is, I depend on technology and believe it’s faultless. Yet, glitches abound with nearly everything man creates. However, genius moments do occur. Take for instance the early form of compasses. Rather, lodestones (mineral rocks) possess magnetic forces giving true-north direction. Having distinct polarity, they detect correct routes and early seafarers relied heavily upon

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