Beyond All Odds

Beyond All Odds

By Kateb Nuri-Alim Shunnar

When shadows rise and fears increase,

The Creator speaks and stills with peace.

Beyond the edge of mortal sight,

He turns the darkness into light.

The odds may tower, tall and grim,

Yet nothing stands against His hymn.

For every battle, every cost,

He proves His power beyond all odds.

When reason falters, faith takes wing,

He moves in ways no mind can bring.

The oceans split, the desert blooms,

The grave surrenders empty tombs.

Our fragile plans are grains of sand,

Yet He holds worlds within His hand.

The stars obey, the winds respond,

All nature bows to Him beyond.

The skeptic scoffs, the proud deride,

But He upholds the ones who hide.

The meek, the broken, those who pray,

He lifts them to a brighter day.

He bends the laws of time and space,

And clothes the lost with robes of grace.

What seems like ruin in our eyes,

Becomes His ladder to the skies.

The walls of Jericho still fall,

The stone still rolls from death’s cold hall.

The lions’ mouths are closed in fear,

For even beasts know He is near.

The fire burns, yet does not kill,

The faithful walk unharmed at will.

For in the flames His presence stands,

A shield of mercy in His hands.

He turns the weakest into strong,

He makes the stranger sing His song.

The barren womb, the empty field,

He blesses both and life is sealed.

The world may say, “This cannot be,”

But faith replies, “Just wait and see.”

For what is bound by earthly laws,

Is loosed by Him beyond all odds.

The mountains quake, the giants fall,

His whisper stills the storms that call.

The sea gives way, the sun holds still,

Creation bends unto His will.

So rise, O soul, though weak, though worn,

For in His love you are reborn.

Your failures cannot steal His grace,

He crowns your head, He lifts your face.

No logic shapes the things He does,

No wisdom knows the depth He was.

For He is mystery, yet revealed,

The truth that saves, the balm that heals.

So trust the One who reigns above,

Whose hands are mercy, truth, and love.

Though trials press and hope seems lost,

With Him you triumph beyond all odds.

And when the end of days shall come,

And every heart is weighed as one,

The faithful will not bow in loss,

For He is victory beyond all odds.