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June 2, 2012

Psalm for My Savior – A Pantoum

The other day I wrote a triolet and my dear blogging friend Deb, of Deb’s Blog, commented that it was very Psalm-like. It got me thinking about writing another triolet inspired by my favorite Psalm 116. But when I started writing I realized the triolet...

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May 31, 2012

Thank Offering – A Triolet

Yesterday I was trying to decide what to write for my Thankful Thursday poem and couldn’t seem to think of anything. It’s not that I’m not thankful – on the contrary, I’m feeling quite thankful about many things. The Lord has blessed me in so...

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May 28, 2012

Immersed in the Deep End

When I was in the third grade I took swimming lessons at the Collier Park Pool in Ramona, California. I can remember many scorching southern California days spent cooling off in that pool. But none stands out in my mind quite like the last time...

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May 26, 2012

Prayer Changes Me

“I pray because I can’t help myself. I pray because I’m helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time – waking and sleeping. It doesn’t change God – it changes me.” C.S. Lewis One of my blogging friends, Theresa Moore,...

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May 21, 2012

Today I’m Gonna Love My Enemies

Yesterday was the final sermon in our pastor’s sermon series on the essential Jesus. We ended with the challenging, but important, finale to Jesus’ teachings in the Sermon on the Mount. “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is...

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May 19, 2012

The Way, the Truth, and the Life

Today I attended an awesome women’s retreat called A Walk into the Holy of Holies. I attended a retreat on the same study with the same speakers over ten years ago and it was even more of a blessing today than it was the first...

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May 17, 2012

Thankful for God’s Love

It’s Thankful Thursday and I’ve been so busy this week I didn’t get a chance to write a poem for today. Which doesn’t mean I’m not thankful, even for the things that have been keeping me busy. One thing I am Thankful for is the...

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