A Pillar

"Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial which is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell upon the earth. I am coming soon; hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. He who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God; never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem wich comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name." - Revelation 3: 10-12

Pillar of sand, Pillar of salt,
Pillar of smoke and fire
Pillar of cloud
Pillars that hold
Pillars that heal
Pillars in the church
Pillars of the family
Pillars are strong
Pillars are tall
Fortified
Resistant
Ageless
possibly timeless
Ivory
Oak
Steel
Bronze
Holding fast
Standing Strong
through storms,
foundations under them,
starry skies over them
they may crumble
they may get weather worn
they may fade away though centuries
reduced to rubble to the ground
but the word of our God stands forever -- and His pillars will never come down