Our God

Our God is the master 

Of unanticipated mercies .

He is able to cause great good 

To spring up unexpectedly 

Out of the hard gravel 

Of life's most unfavorable 

Circumstances .

Today watch Him closely .

He may do it again today !

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Never A Bar

 

Always take 1 day at a time .

Always find a quiet place 

To get away and clear your mind .

Do not be afraid of tomorrow .

Always act like you have cents .

Remember what you have been dealt .

May your thoughts always be true and loving .

May your words be pure and honorable .

You need to do good everyday .

Remember you can not do all these things 

In a bar .

I hope you know where you can and should go now ?

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Loved Ones

 

As we or our loved ones face injustice  ,

Opportunities to take revenge 

Offenders  may will come ?

Will we give in to these desires ?

Will we choose righteousness 

Over revenge .

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My Grandchild

My grandchild does not care 

How I look or what I can not do .

When I greet him at the back door 

In rumpled clothes and wind blown hair .

I never thought I could fall in love again ,

Until my grandchild was born .

I have been accused of spoiling 

My grandchild .

I do not spoil .

I sooth when he is hurting 

There is a difference .

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Like A River

The trouble aimed at something good 

Like justice for all .

Let justice row on like a river .

When we get into trouble ,

The goal is always goodness 

And healing .

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Fearing God

 

Instead of fearing God's discipline ,

May we learn to accept it .

When we hear God's voice of correction 

In our hearts or experience conviction 

When reading Scripture ,

May we thank God 

That He delights in us enough 

To lead us to what is better .

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First Step

God waits for us 

To take the first step 

Deeper into the waters .

Sometimes our challenges 

May be to hard to take on 

By ourselves ,

But God is by our side 

Wherever we go ,

We do not have to carry 

The weight alone ,

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Waiting

Through God's grace ,we be long .

Our place in the kingdom 

To come is waiting for us ,

Just as Jesus said it would be .

I can think of nothing knowing 

Without a doubt 

That in God's kingdom ,

Both on earth and in heaven 

We do fit in .

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My God

While life can feel overwhelming ,

I am reminded that none of my problems 

Is greater than my God .

God shows me that I have to stop saying ,

Why me ?

I should say 

Oh God , I have a big problem .

But I will say hi to my problem 

Because I have a big God .

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The Wooden Gun

I just want to go hunting in my van .

I will take my gun and go up north .

Where my dad and I and my uncles 

Would hunt for less than an hour .

I will just sit and cry tomorrow .

I will see all the pheasants 

In my memory .

Dad made me a wooden gun 

When I was small .

I never missed a pheasant 

With that gun .

We all would stop at the store 

And I would get a big Nutt Goody and pop .

I would listen to all the guys talk 

As the pheasants would fly by the outside door .

We had our limit of birds .

Oh the memory of my wooden gun 

And dad and my uncles and dad's friends .

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To Understand

Prayer is asking for understanding .

It is the means by which 

We comprehend what God is saying 

To us .

Prayer  focuses and unites 

Our fragmented hearts .

In the quiet place of prayer ,

God comforts , instructs 

And listen to us .

There we learn to love 

And worship Him .     

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Take The Time

We can all take the time today 

To show kindness to someone 

In small ways .

By doing so we bring glory to God ,

Who notices and cares 

About the details in our lives .

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The Season

God's work in us never wavers 

God's compassion ,

Wisdom ,

Love 

And forgiveness 

Are available to sustain us 

No matter the season .

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Grandpa

I have unfeigned faith .

I am here for love and for fixing things .

After you were born

I craved my little Smiley 

More than I craved sweets .

I will teach Christian principles .

As a grandpa ,

Time is unlimited 

Even if my stamina 

And wallet are not .

I have staying power .

When Smiley comes over 

For a visit 

And begs to stay ,

I know Smiley's mother 

Will let him stay

Some night .

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She Talks To Me

While her body and mind were failing 

My mother continued her daily Spiritual practice .

Although she is gone ,

Her powerful witness of God's faithfulness

In every season of life

Will continue to speak to me 

And to many generations 

Of my family .

I am grateful for God's eternal promises .

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Darkness

Some of God's most valuable gifts 

Are revealed in the darkness .

God is always with us ,

Even the most painful experience 

Can contain a life changing treasure .

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Work Hard

I want my words 

To be pure and honorable .

I wear my heart outside my chest .

Sometimes when I make plans 

God will laugh .

I try not to keep records of wrongs .

I want my life to be simple!

I know it does not take talent 

To work hard 

So I will work with a smile 

No matter what people 

Think of me .

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The Store

We can trust God 

And that we should praise 

God's glorious work 

In this world .

Working in a  store

Was not the job 

I was hoping for 

But I praise God 

For making away for me .

When God does something 

Incredible and delivers me 

Into a new season ,

I will praise God 

And share God's goodness

With everyone 

By calling everyone Smiley at work .

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Good By

Although the goodbyes were tough

I know they prepared me for my future .

Knowing that changes are part of God's 

Plan for me has made me grateful

And optimistic 

And I will get this stain off my brain .

God is with me 

Every step I take ,

Even when that step is in a new direction .

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To Restore

As I continue to meditate

I manage to recover 

And trust in God's power to restore .

Sometimes no one understand 

What I am going through ,

But I can rest assure 

That the Lord will stand by me always 

And gives me the strength I need .

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When It Falls

When life falls apart 

Sometimes the most comforting thing 

We can do is to lie on the floor 

And watch the lighting through the big window 

And to be reminded 

That the God who created 

The world is big enough 

And loving enough to take care of us too .

We may even start singing our favorite songs 

That tell of the might and greatness 

Of our God .

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No Matter

No matter what the problem we face ,

We do not have to let them hold us back .

From spreading God's world .

God has great plans for us  ,

And we just have to listen to God .

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You Can

Throw away yesterday 

Today is what you have 

Tomorrow is not here 

So do what you can do today .

You can not compare 

Someones insides 

To someones outsides .

Remember , you can not fix

What you do not acknowledge 

Or recognize get it .

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