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August 21, 2012

The World Weeps – A Triolet

I missed Open Link Night at dVerse Poets Pub last week, so this week I wrote a poem on Sunday evening so I’d be ready. The World Weeps The world weeps for itself alone Jesus wept with compassion, love Knowing how lost we would become...

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August 19, 2012

Life by the Spirit the Way to Overcome

I have recently been pondering Galatians 5:13-26. Usually when I read Galatians 5, my focus is on verses 22-23, that wonderful list of the fruit of the Spirit: “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” But lately I’ve been considering the bigger...

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August 11, 2012

The Beauty of the Cross – A Poem

The poetry prompt over at dVerse Poets Pub today is to write about “the beautiful sadness.” Stuart McPherson is hosting and has laid down quite the challenge. For me the choice of what to write about was easy: the saddest and most beautiful scene in...

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August 9, 2012

My Faithful Savior – A Triolet

Many things in this life are uncertain, causing even the faithful to struggle and doubt. Even at such times, or maybe even more so then, I am thankful that God has promised that He will never leave me or forsake me. I am reminded of...

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July 24, 2012

You Command – A Poem

The other day I wrote a post about forgiveness titled A Lesson from Joseph. In response to my quote from Matthew 6:14-15 in which Jesus says that if we don’t forgive then we will not be forgiven, a commenter asked “so do we forgive in...

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July 23, 2012

Don’t Believe the Father of Lies

During our recent camping vacation I was determined to finish book two of the Chronicles of Brothers series, but I didn’t quite make it. I came home with about 60 pages to go. Once home it is always harder to find time to read, but...

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July 22, 2012

A Lesson from Joseph

In church today we heard probably the most important lesson in all of Christianity. It is also the most important lesson in all of humanity. It is the lesson of forgiveness. Our scripture reading for the day was Genesis 50:15-21: When Joseph’s brothers saw that...

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July 19, 2012

Worship – A Poem

The past two Sundays I have not attended church because we were out camping both weekends with family. I know that attending church is not necessary for my salvation, but I miss it terribly when I don’t go (even when I’m enjoying whatever I’m going...

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