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February 14, 2012

Valuable — A Poem

I wrote this to share with the poets at dVerse Poets Pub for Open Link Night No. 31 today. Valuable More precious than all the golden rings of all the princes and earthly kings the Son of God came from above to show us His great and...

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February 11, 2012

My Old Account Is Settled

Last week as I was working on the posts titled Expunging the Record and The Grudge – A Poem, one of my favorite old Gospel songs by Johnny Cash came to mind. It’s called The Old Account. I love this song because it very simply...

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February 9, 2012

The Grudge – A Poem

Over the past week or so I’ve been thinking a lot about 1 Corinthians 13:5 – love “keeps no record of wrongs.” For Thankful Thursday, I’m thankful that God loves us so much that He keeps no record of our wrongs. I am also thankful...

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February 8, 2012

Expunging the Record

If a person is convicted of a crime, it goes on his or her record, sometimes referred to a rap sheet. Under certain circumstances, a person’s record might be expunged. If a record is expunged it is as if it never existed. It is completely...

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February 2, 2012

The Promise of Spring

Today is Thankful Thursday, and I think this is the first time I didn’t have my Thankful Thursday poem scheduled to post ahead of time. I’ve been having a hard time coming up with a poem for today or really feeling thankful at all this...

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February 1, 2012

Hate Is . . . – A Poem

I recently started reading a book by Max Lucado called “A Love Worth Giving: Living in the Overflow of God’s Love.” Lucado has always been one of my favorite Christian authors, and this books is proving to be one of his good ones and just...

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January 31, 2012

First Things First – A Poem

This poem was born of the realization (or more appropriately, a reminder) that I do not have it within myself to love or to live in peace apart from my Savior. I don’t know how to be gentle or faithful without His Holy Spirit to...

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