Perfect

I awoke recently with the opening lines of a poem surfacing into my waking thoughts. I had no memory of an accompanying dream, but the lines kept floating around until I sat down with them to see where they took me. In my spiritual…

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Christmas Is Coming!

I wrote a poem way back in English III in Jacksonville, Florida. It was 1960 (yes, I am old!). I had lived in NC prior and remembered a winter in Selma, NC when I was four years old and the snow was so deep,…

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Unanswered Prayer

I have waited a long time I prayed with hope, prayed with faith, Prayed with words sublime But, thus far the answers have not come. I have prayed a long time I waited in confidence, Believed God’s Word is true Trusted with heart, soul…

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The Name, Blame and Shame Game

I hated Red Rover Red Rover, Red Rover Send the weak one right over! It’s a terrible game to inflict such shame The big and the strong Treat the weak as wrong When they call your name Weakness becomes your fame. You are the…

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Prayer of a Soul

Can it be true? Yet, I know it is. You have made me, bought me I am truly Thine! You have given me life, joy and peace Wonderful mercy, love so fine. Now, I pray— Empty me out and fill me up Fill me…

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Praise God, I Ought!

Praise God, my sins are Naught! Thy Mind hast Thought me Thy Power hast Wrought me Thy Heart hast Sought me Thy Blood hast Bought me Thy Love has Brought me Thine Enemy hast Fought me Thy Word has Taught me Thy Spirit has…

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If I Could Choose a Friend

If I could choose a friend, I’d choose one just like you— A gentle friend with a quiet smile And kindness in her eyes. I’d choose a friend to share my faith And respect my point of view— A friend who’d listen with a…

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A Woman’s Life

In the beginning God created a woman She was without form in the darkness of a woman’s womb He prepared, formed, fashioned her Out of her mother and father’s elements Elements of the earth and the generations gone by God said, let her see…

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I Wanted No Regrets

I wanted no regrets. When my dear precious loved one died And restoration had not begun. I wanted no regrets. When death came to my tender, wise, helping guide And full gratitude had not grown and shown. I wanted no regrets. But regrets came,…

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Home

It has been said that home is where the heart is; But home is where you are welcomed, wanted And treated with respect. It is where you have freedom to be, to grow, And to know this— That wherever you roam, whatever you do,…

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