Tag: sadness
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Days – Even in This Place? (a Poem)
There are days when I feel like Elijah after the fire…afraid for his life even in the face of victory. racked with fear and mortality.loaded down with concerns of his enemies and what they thought about him. There are days when I feel like Jonah after the big fish…when he told the wicked people of […]
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For Today. (Poem & Prayer)
Lord, today I confess I’m struggling my heart not brave enough for the fight how can I be your light of encouragement when this heaviness weighs groaning on me? You know me better than I know myself all of my heart aches, heart breaks, heart’s yearnings and attacks. Today, though I don’t feel like it […]
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Why do bad things happen to good people?
This is one of the questions many are asking today in the aftermath of yesterday’s horrific natural disaster in Oklahoma. Almost 60 people were killed as a mile wide tornado struck the outskirts of Oklahoma City/Moore area. It has been reported that nearly 21 children were among the death toll in this awful destructive storm. […]
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The closets and chest of drawers
When the rusted cut of coffee slices through tetnus express, I embrace what I cannot change. When morning breaks the mourning of the weeping soul I left in the closet last night, I will embrace the embers of the smoldering tribe. Placing delicate fingers retracing precious memories the dust covered photo books could never […]
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In memory – Sandy hook Elementary
As I heard the news my heart fell down Such sadness filled my soul How hatred and sin can hurt a town While darkness takes control As I heard the story unfold today I cried to think of such loss Of children gathered in Jesus’ arms And the pain and sorrow it cost. As I […]
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