tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86042663708342591072024-03-13T22:59:49.042-07:00Considerable ThoughtsI am Coleene VanTilburg, an ordinary person, extraordinarily experiencing this life with God's Amazing Grace. Along this path, difficult valleys of loss, rest stops of insight, encouragement look out points, and a refreshing breeze of purpose move me along. I believe in the one true God who loves me and now empowers me to share my experiences for my own healing and with hope,encourage others as well. Thanks for sharing with me,and may you be all God intended you to be through His will.Coleene VanTilburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16153981780178388015noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604266370834259107.post-79746614933103614662023-12-19T14:23:00.000-08:002023-12-19T14:23:42.105-08:00<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;">Christmas
2023 Poem <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;">The
Divine Waltz</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlnsbH0OpXKeGF7uSI-Z7-b_T2z3rBEBw21v2YGPOvXizv-ZzdlHln2YhRZHNkYl6VibmAi154wZQi4S_WRqdjFtkput8OSC2n4IoYPgpyCiSmk6-nFmXT_xGOdBAfVcypu9neyp3WYlKjdcrqguzWy0uuf73ilbxLdqls3rtOIUCFkZ8LiyFfuVXBfU/s206/butterfly%20icon%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="206" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlnsbH0OpXKeGF7uSI-Z7-b_T2z3rBEBw21v2YGPOvXizv-ZzdlHln2YhRZHNkYl6VibmAi154wZQi4S_WRqdjFtkput8OSC2n4IoYPgpyCiSmk6-nFmXT_xGOdBAfVcypu9neyp3WYlKjdcrqguzWy0uuf73ilbxLdqls3rtOIUCFkZ8LiyFfuVXBfU/w123-h123/butterfly%20icon%202.jpg" width="123" /></a></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Wrought with pain, weary from thoughts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">This whirlwind of days wrings me tight to drip <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The tears of this divine destiny,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Of the weight carried--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">All for Your Glorious Will.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1AuPxqDXxT4zVeJ_b5IOj4xXifGWKTF7VG-V5h8RnvGI0Ri9Ghs8mE5AOtqLCXsYOTCTtosN2257je4Qj9yTlZnbdHIXmbkp3-_gQgHEq6haAH_iSHXo-ofBb5GKt1MePXzA9Qy-QdEwfdxVndiy4QRsxnBnIXrInUM5sA7pw1jQv_cuO34I1eb_bvWY/s309/blog%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="309" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1AuPxqDXxT4zVeJ_b5IOj4xXifGWKTF7VG-V5h8RnvGI0Ri9Ghs8mE5AOtqLCXsYOTCTtosN2257je4Qj9yTlZnbdHIXmbkp3-_gQgHEq6haAH_iSHXo-ofBb5GKt1MePXzA9Qy-QdEwfdxVndiy4QRsxnBnIXrInUM5sA7pw1jQv_cuO34I1eb_bvWY/w400-h267/blog%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I wish upon the stars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">And wonder at the Heavens.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The world closes in;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I wrestle. You wrangle.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The Way is made. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>When I consider the Heavens...</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCClApf_Fm1kVsLuBCaWTLnWpo3fPzCQFe9EGo6nu_MHEDGnMsMPzSMgJnUlg6HCD-MrC6Mt0c9oPwG6XzgqXfN7doz5aT-_KFo2RphpyJQlVcYDLxz2p3wqM3wO5MMbFEp84Xl4jFhBbri5IBYkAPuW_79an_p0m52FMn2FdycVmYWsVdDuUbv_VwVY/s960/blog%20CT%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCClApf_Fm1kVsLuBCaWTLnWpo3fPzCQFe9EGo6nu_MHEDGnMsMPzSMgJnUlg6HCD-MrC6Mt0c9oPwG6XzgqXfN7doz5aT-_KFo2RphpyJQlVcYDLxz2p3wqM3wO5MMbFEp84Xl4jFhBbri5IBYkAPuW_79an_p0m52FMn2FdycVmYWsVdDuUbv_VwVY/w426-h640/blog%20CT%201.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Lord, I hear your quiet whisper <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Above my humble, heartbroken whimpers.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>“Trust me,” even in this wreckage.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Grace-wrapping words for the wounds,<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Will-submitting words to You, Father--<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>That will wage war with every soul. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><i> </i></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Praying at the wake of dawn--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Weaving more threads into this story.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The waiting is real.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Waves wash over me. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Worthy—Worthy, the Lamb of God. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMY8BcFP-GZQRiKTXQltkrkjtijMwL8HKgzi2e76mrCefrneFaox4W4rsWEDQzcVf_UswMhxvgQ6COdVkZ-PsM-IZxAmg4EMTdsvY6kKB2DyzcDqEb64nNdNqk3QiN19MaE-yUtyZc0Ec53SVGgsHRIGW8vF4vPhXq-g-mKoCInRzxDJf1kUqMzNQDLKo/s366/Blog%20CT%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="366" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMY8BcFP-GZQRiKTXQltkrkjtijMwL8HKgzi2e76mrCefrneFaox4W4rsWEDQzcVf_UswMhxvgQ6COdVkZ-PsM-IZxAmg4EMTdsvY6kKB2DyzcDqEb64nNdNqk3QiN19MaE-yUtyZc0Ec53SVGgsHRIGW8vF4vPhXq-g-mKoCInRzxDJf1kUqMzNQDLKo/w400-h225/Blog%20CT%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>The watchful gather from the hills<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>The wise come to adore<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>You are named, Wonderful, Counselor, <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Prince of Peace, Waymaker…<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Together we warm-up<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>While the wicked conjure. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGcxr_Gu1ecsVfhngH7umZ1jBFoH5gTkAL0A9BXWbP328xxhpDIhCddG6uJjzheEZPmjp4z-cyBuUU3tNSzk13AYCdhA1GA-qVnhCqudu7YNIhLQk7f_x2iNmct0RGqm5inb2AbapIuhYH-jYfbG8bBJx-mrdWp6-2DwtyDRQBB9p0EPr0a8SJ84dcsk/s201/Blog%20CT%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="160" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGcxr_Gu1ecsVfhngH7umZ1jBFoH5gTkAL0A9BXWbP328xxhpDIhCddG6uJjzheEZPmjp4z-cyBuUU3tNSzk13AYCdhA1GA-qVnhCqudu7YNIhLQk7f_x2iNmct0RGqm5inb2AbapIuhYH-jYfbG8bBJx-mrdWp6-2DwtyDRQBB9p0EPr0a8SJ84dcsk/w318-h400/Blog%20CT%203.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Who You are?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Son of God--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Messiah;
what promise fulfilled!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Love unexplainable yet attainable <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Wipes my slate clean.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Where? In my life, my heart.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">My unworthiness made whole. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheip0mRgBPciwbhw9UbfJLm_lXAlt2Vng0SROinIgcMd-tmkHJWcDeIQ0d9Zk-CxTNM37fdHnyRFvlMKStfe6O03XK3QoMapL77l2a9qRAdvTjxuuc9KbdSH6eCcN4jL8pVAM87-N_RidTJbIWHKTYQ6OTNw6EX9ejXamhvmyO4C0xCxWaNqUjxPUyYjg/s394/Blog%207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="394" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheip0mRgBPciwbhw9UbfJLm_lXAlt2Vng0SROinIgcMd-tmkHJWcDeIQ0d9Zk-CxTNM37fdHnyRFvlMKStfe6O03XK3QoMapL77l2a9qRAdvTjxuuc9KbdSH6eCcN4jL8pVAM87-N_RidTJbIWHKTYQ6OTNw6EX9ejXamhvmyO4C0xCxWaNqUjxPUyYjg/w400-h209/Blog%207.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>In the wear and tear of the waiting--<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Walk with me Lord;<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Ward off my will. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Wholeheartedly, I worship You<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>For whosoever believes,<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Surrenders to the wooden Cross--<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>You Welcome Home, an eternal reward. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><i> </i></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Double You.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Emmanuel, God With Us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxeY1_UznSrPBNIQXimYC7MM-s_u04zE44UGsg4Rkc8leN3zhO9vw3ePDqq3lX0FDeqhWas7R-1tb0h7zYL9CC3CE6K4DNSI06I67XLwukMN31gf4yqaKp09TYcykiROk0YX7qZvUim-MBXr9e-bb1twaHG5liIcLcdQHS6Dkpp1J-IKZbOQyldohjGUY/s206/Blog%206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="206" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxeY1_UznSrPBNIQXimYC7MM-s_u04zE44UGsg4Rkc8leN3zhO9vw3ePDqq3lX0FDeqhWas7R-1tb0h7zYL9CC3CE6K4DNSI06I67XLwukMN31gf4yqaKp09TYcykiROk0YX7qZvUim-MBXr9e-bb1twaHG5liIcLcdQHS6Dkpp1J-IKZbOQyldohjGUY/s1600/Blog%206.jpg" width="206" /></i></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></i></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><i>And in that, Peace wedges in.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Hope winds tight around me.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>Love strengthens my weakness<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>And the dance with the Divine is <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>A Waltz of Grace. <o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqnosklw_Y48WfD5jwEKocI8E0LAw_TcVoSJjXyt0-39JJS2WWHzJ-9WALTYNwBuD59waEbr9KSBlSvDNj7nLkVzHXCbu4STp0NjLTo1wDNJURze0q79ACBEPsr-1HMkAzCyPERe4K7eCr6FLMrfhdoUftgRbNFLDAPNGKnvqVZknzFQj7PJGcrf1wBw/s258/Blog%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="258" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqnosklw_Y48WfD5jwEKocI8E0LAw_TcVoSJjXyt0-39JJS2WWHzJ-9WALTYNwBuD59waEbr9KSBlSvDNj7nLkVzHXCbu4STp0NjLTo1wDNJURze0q79ACBEPsr-1HMkAzCyPERe4K7eCr6FLMrfhdoUftgRbNFLDAPNGKnvqVZknzFQj7PJGcrf1wBw/w400-h319/Blog%205.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face",serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.worthylinks.com">Worthy Links - Christian Search Engine</a></div>Coleene VanTilburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16153981780178388015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604266370834259107.post-64557245238142304032023-09-16T16:48:00.000-07:002023-09-16T16:48:23.107-07:00The Last Petal, a poetic thought from two perspectives of pain and hope. <p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGs1fwsxXQeUaAaAiuwD8eKnKBKQKi6GRGXhtrpm2UsI2jrX6ZJfc7Y0VL45TalqBdl9qOOI3v2BE2cQLCAksan8fKIq8vrsCmkf2EoyE9PHx2YU2RVJ20kQ0DYZhKK8YYrJvXeQqtdlfYPG87ZFXY4UJBYwxygxrBlEdLy2tGCyiIXGVW7A-svV2K288/s206/The%20Last%20Petal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="155" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGs1fwsxXQeUaAaAiuwD8eKnKBKQKi6GRGXhtrpm2UsI2jrX6ZJfc7Y0VL45TalqBdl9qOOI3v2BE2cQLCAksan8fKIq8vrsCmkf2EoyE9PHx2YU2RVJ20kQ0DYZhKK8YYrJvXeQqtdlfYPG87ZFXY4UJBYwxygxrBlEdLy2tGCyiIXGVW7A-svV2K288/w303-h334/The%20Last%20Petal.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The Last Petal <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Two Perspectives <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Winter rain finally came. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The dreary hangs over the already weary;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The drizzle, the drench<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Does not quench --no foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Sinkholes, torrents on every side<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Collide. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Break thru the mist--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Prayers for absorption.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6nJPXMk_DXuVm44kSwcVQGM72Z-mYK4VOV6ujBZIQg7YmlgrernlDEAQRvRPPjw65TGzCaM5RsPTmjOtSuD0SjpNQhoKsrQ9ld3oINBxiT0cPImFZmzXA6YjZ8eHxfC9M8Z7-sBPUbSHxoy_RPha2b3m8QD-qMDlvL1WOEaUhp9_ML_U41l-RqCGi6io/s308/petal%20blog%20fog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="308" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6nJPXMk_DXuVm44kSwcVQGM72Z-mYK4VOV6ujBZIQg7YmlgrernlDEAQRvRPPjw65TGzCaM5RsPTmjOtSuD0SjpNQhoKsrQ9ld3oINBxiT0cPImFZmzXA6YjZ8eHxfC9M8Z7-sBPUbSHxoy_RPha2b3m8QD-qMDlvL1WOEaUhp9_ML_U41l-RqCGi6io/w308-h212/petal%20blog%20fog.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><br /><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Promise of Spring<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">All things new. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">But it's the same old...</span></i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Why this low cloud pressure-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The puddles so blue? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Need of a sunshine measure<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">To paint the rainbow smile<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Always hope, right? </span></i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I'll plant the seeds,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Grace, stay for more than awhile </span></i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Love pulls her feet; let’s
breathe together<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Look. Listen. See. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">No rain weather.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Find it! Dear one<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">It's your life raft, Beloved...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I just want rest...</span></i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Closing in, each petal painfully plucked.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I see no beauty now, <i>did I ever?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In Your Creation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">“The moon and stars…” she reads<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">“I am so much more”...she insists.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Am I? </span></i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The bath is drawn to once more <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Try and cleanse the infested. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1DiqnuhVT7_Gq_y4yUHnjKiWqgnVob3dRl9i1gbP1zuvU3i7uzN4k9xPP4qOODNNddPHawjyCFAxMMaVBqqTVDn7fcQM17UgXz3mzpDkOCiMOfBU8mqOfcawpyJkce_Oltd8PlHVhVxCxWHAWSef8rsSVVN0FeHtdNjg8SYni0K0d5BcX4g6AkXihw4/s280/Crystal%20%20candle%20memorial.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="158" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1DiqnuhVT7_Gq_y4yUHnjKiWqgnVob3dRl9i1gbP1zuvU3i7uzN4k9xPP4qOODNNddPHawjyCFAxMMaVBqqTVDn7fcQM17UgXz3mzpDkOCiMOfBU8mqOfcawpyJkce_Oltd8PlHVhVxCxWHAWSef8rsSVVN0FeHtdNjg8SYni0K0d5BcX4g6AkXihw4/w304-h418/Crystal%20%20candle%20memorial.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">And in the aftermath <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Of confusion and grief,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">You and me memories will
never be brief.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The deeper pool of promise<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Intentionally I
submerge, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Again and again<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">For God is good and
merciful and true<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Even in the last
petal, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Through this new quench of
tears,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial Narrow", sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">May Your Glory emerge. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Considerably yours, Coleene </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">SUICIDE AND CRISES LIFELINE DIAL 988 </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.worthylinks.com">Worthy Links - Christian Search Engine</a></div>Coleene VanTilburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16153981780178388015noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604266370834259107.post-88992935958751806382023-03-31T15:38:00.105-07:002023-04-02T17:58:13.239-07:00One Year to Sixteen Years <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Revisited
List from Grace Upon Amazing Grace, Chapter 29<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><b>One Year to Sixteen
Years <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Defining
Words </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihW08nqTrsQELkZnQBb6d85U8v8JkiDTcTr6CVW8VNHTYbZeHp_FSpVN4E3LKkCyVLEsIkDx0fwjbjRKgUQaxEbZcmMlUOys2hdPnX9MAY7hNZPYB7wrv0uAEr3Q5TRr376r5z1heABOrMcPF_fCDjrHBWcmthcvNQbSoF2Wb3uW8rDfXtMHXxTXPM/s675/book%20image%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="444" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihW08nqTrsQELkZnQBb6d85U8v8JkiDTcTr6CVW8VNHTYbZeHp_FSpVN4E3LKkCyVLEsIkDx0fwjbjRKgUQaxEbZcmMlUOys2hdPnX9MAY7hNZPYB7wrv0uAEr3Q5TRr376r5z1heABOrMcPF_fCDjrHBWcmthcvNQbSoF2Wb3uW8rDfXtMHXxTXPM/w263-h400/book%20image%20(2).jpg" width="263" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After 16
years of Tim entering heaven, I found it interesting to revisit this list I
wrote for my memoir on grief. One may find it in chapter 29 titled “One Year.” God
prompted me to rewrite the list for such a time as this--how unfathomable time
and memories fleet yet leave their everlasting notches. Sixteen years! He’d be
41--surreal; his 42<sup>nd</sup> birthday at the end of September. It’s
impossible to imagine the 40-year-old Timmy. Sometimes I ponder how he might be
living his life. When you’re in the midst of trying to get through a day, maybe
a week at a time, the possibilities of future years to come did not manifest
themselves too much. I am very aware every day that he is not here, but God has
opened up the heavens in such a grand way on earth. An eternal perspective is
truly healing. Memories keep him alive and I welcome those feelings. Knowing He
is with God and that our gracious Lord made that known to me in such a short
period of time— nothing but amazing grace and perfect love in abundance. Who
could have known that this pain might be used for His glory? I am thankful for
the opportunity to tell my story and be encouraged in my writing. In sacrifice,
as you seek His will, blessings come.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd72uHIzAFMpsZbbiyiNEM_7yx4nAU9818_JnKWUjcTTBCewewvekmDINkiMYV0WFSbwosRkUDF7QIU83A988CwzWMDG-7eJsqSZhHq7TzWx8WEtd-CcmB4j1pMnhZn967-JBWMiX3Uf1APU03235d3KIRMcW6z-yB9DaztjaP8XjmCQRU2tsHn-rH/s600/butterfly%20shadow%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="431" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd72uHIzAFMpsZbbiyiNEM_7yx4nAU9818_JnKWUjcTTBCewewvekmDINkiMYV0WFSbwosRkUDF7QIU83A988CwzWMDG-7eJsqSZhHq7TzWx8WEtd-CcmB4j1pMnhZn967-JBWMiX3Uf1APU03235d3KIRMcW6z-yB9DaztjaP8XjmCQRU2tsHn-rH/w288-h400/butterfly%20shadow%20.jpg" width="288" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Worship means
so much more to me now. Because of the goodness of the Lord through this hard
thing, God’s presence in my life is palpable—comforting me in the large space
of Timmy’s physical absence. The butterfly dances on air as a reminder and a
symbol of God’s metamorphosis in us all and what He has promised. Growing
exponentially in confidence in Him to do things through this story I never
imagined, I found purpose in encouraging others, leading groups, taking steps
of faith in things and believing in united strength for the impossible. Life is
still difficult and prayers await in God’s sovereign queue to be answered in
ways I’d never orchestrate. I know the God I serve and He reigns victorious. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWR2LjYj85Qe_1Fh5-7Z6DOtqdQfwmycEMu4JxywNonwzC6kTuq3RPnWo3iVQq0vzd_S87qbI1O_XxMkSTdVXvBPw1WAagS-Yaw52DFZTkG-Qzy5s9AtCUeZtG2w8jPsHrRynW5A9k4ThDI2-Db-_JDXBdofQuuQXMUVWyXpc83m-LJqaINB02Uvpq/s960/funereal%20or%20mourning%20duskywing%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWR2LjYj85Qe_1Fh5-7Z6DOtqdQfwmycEMu4JxywNonwzC6kTuq3RPnWo3iVQq0vzd_S87qbI1O_XxMkSTdVXvBPw1WAagS-Yaw52DFZTkG-Qzy5s9AtCUeZtG2w8jPsHrRynW5A9k4ThDI2-Db-_JDXBdofQuuQXMUVWyXpc83m-LJqaINB02Uvpq/w300-h400/funereal%20or%20mourning%20duskywing%202.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I made a
choice in my son’s passing. I grieved long and hard yet at the same time I
intentionally sought God. Many make a choice at one time or another that they
believe in God, in what Jesus took and relinquished on the cross, our sin and
separation and what He conquered and what He restored, death and communion once
again with our creator—God’s part. The next steps lead us into His will and
peace, His righteousness. It takes me with God being intentional to grow, to
heal, to find purpose, to gain insight, to see things eternally. So many just
stop at the believing. Scripture speaks to that. It’s like getting on a roller
coaster and it breaks down half way. He has given me carte blanche to the
amusement park, why would I not want to discover more? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In that, I recognize His grace upon grace
everyday despite the world’s crazy around me. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTL82KCWYuxdM-Sq0nWrO4PQCwshtouhSn4jAMNdARtGnLNtffNbhkIVsOWCfKbMfwM5VttwWLD1rvKnvfPQWKnrHo63C33S07XP4jjN99v1vlGPH1ZueAjn7kdBTOsG37uJJtDGJOb1FeZfjb2_NI3tXbFDoaPlOBudCWOPaK8m6onFH9LrU85NT/s275/Sunrise%20Swallowtails.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTL82KCWYuxdM-Sq0nWrO4PQCwshtouhSn4jAMNdARtGnLNtffNbhkIVsOWCfKbMfwM5VttwWLD1rvKnvfPQWKnrHo63C33S07XP4jjN99v1vlGPH1ZueAjn7kdBTOsG37uJJtDGJOb1FeZfjb2_NI3tXbFDoaPlOBudCWOPaK8m6onFH9LrU85NT/w400-h266/Sunrise%20Swallowtails.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One Year,
sixteen years. <i>“I would have despaired unless I believed that I would see the goodness
of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord. Be strong and let
your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the Lord.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Psalm 27:13-14). </i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessed be
Your Name<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On the road
marked with suffering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Though there
is pain in the offering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessed be
Your Name. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You give and
take away<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You give and
take away<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My heart will
choose to say<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lord, blessed
be your Name. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You can read
these lists 2 ways. First, one list and then the other. But in hindsight, I
found reading straight across,--it became even more powerful. That was not
intentional by me, but God…He chose to bless me by my own words. Grace Upon
Grace. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Original List <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Updated List <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Significant loss Reality </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; mso-spacerun: yes;">Spiritual Insight Everlasting Love </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anxiousness<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Awareness </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Peace Eternal Perspective <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blood First Born <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Grace Amazing Grace <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Exhaustion Exhaling <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rest Refreshed <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Numb Memories <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sensitive Alive<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Absent With the Lord <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">Omnipresent<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> My Comfort </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Doubt<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Opportunity </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Confidence Strength <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Holding On Sacrifice <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Letting
Go Blessed <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mine Gift <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">His Purposed <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Falling Over<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Humble posture </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lifted
Up<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Powerful worship </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Out of Sight</span><span style="font-family: verdana; mso-spacerun: yes;"> Wait for it</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Heaven
on Earth Butterfly Blessings <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Empty Refills <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Full Overflowing <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Questions<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Seeking More of Him </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Promises<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Hope Eternal </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Doubtful Transparent <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Purposeful<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Tell my Story </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Needy Needed <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Inspired Gift of Exhortation </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you for considering my writing. In the New Testament in the book of James (James 1:2-4) he tells us as well, to consider. A</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">s Pastor Chuck Swindoll reminds us in his latest book, "Clinging to Hope", to consider is to "consciously choose to do something, something that doesn't come easy, but takes an act of will." </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;">God considered you and me in and for a divine purpose. Consider and accept His healing love for you today my friend. </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Considerably yours, </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMp7bBYMs3sFsc2a3IzDuCxuliOJkqh7HbWFfORXWlRxK1UTWHftctfYaYxNwOxkHbmUVr96jVjlsn2SZLDy8bflFDmtWs5JlLSWLLm6MvMyWSS2cMbRx-YbOn5Ju2-t9lM9QSHgf4WoI03ezDeIrc-gwfCkpMsV_ejCDitKTUB3UpuzqS2fM54Vr/s2624/signature%20.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1407" data-original-width="2624" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMp7bBYMs3sFsc2a3IzDuCxuliOJkqh7HbWFfORXWlRxK1UTWHftctfYaYxNwOxkHbmUVr96jVjlsn2SZLDy8bflFDmtWs5JlLSWLLm6MvMyWSS2cMbRx-YbOn5Ju2-t9lM9QSHgf4WoI03ezDeIrc-gwfCkpMsV_ejCDitKTUB3UpuzqS2fM54Vr/w131-h70/signature%20.jpg" width="131" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> </span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.worthylinks.com">Worthy Links - Christian Search Engine</a></div>Coleene VanTilburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16153981780178388015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604266370834259107.post-16182891721556117122022-12-19T15:29:00.124-08:002022-12-20T09:07:15.034-08:00<p><br /> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 22pt;">Where
is Your Rest?</span><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 22pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #274e13; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 22pt;"><b>Christmas Poem 2022</b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 22pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Caesar
Augustus, ruler of the Empire<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reclining on pillows of satin, brow wiped with
linens,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> You usher</span> a decree to your subjects-- report and
number.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Resting in
ability to make men move and heed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Yet,
foretold, only a pawn,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">For in the
dawn, Joseph leaves with his betrothed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Registering his Ancestry of David, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">And with her,
the Holy seed. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Where
is your rest, O tyrant of a nation?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">In
political power, in subjugation?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The manipulation
and fear brought,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The
bombs you drop? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">A True
Believer fights emancipation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">As
refugees cross borders <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">And
kneel in the dust of mortars.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Shepherds, ruler of the flocks</span></div><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Heads lying on smoother rocks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">The sheep slumber on a clear cold
night.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">On watch in the fields—your rest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Broken, your bodies unclean<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">But to you is given a sight unseen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">The Heavens proclaim the New Born King<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">For all strayed, eyes closed in our
dreams.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0kILWyEUIQqHHf3qZEVpMWXnf_kq9nfUtnhpOiAAO9jewYGJUC-tuycr6TRJE08svealQ0pVgEBJ_Mxg48As1e1bN_i0_j9fYjRQ3-iGSJdXD49LFTYzZhnDtYk1EmWQwEBdH0pW4yHmUvaBVrQnSiEPffmTzV0-BykkdC4w5kVRRoooWdBTJxGj/s900/shepherds.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="900" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0kILWyEUIQqHHf3qZEVpMWXnf_kq9nfUtnhpOiAAO9jewYGJUC-tuycr6TRJE08svealQ0pVgEBJ_Mxg48As1e1bN_i0_j9fYjRQ3-iGSJdXD49LFTYzZhnDtYk1EmWQwEBdH0pW4yHmUvaBVrQnSiEPffmTzV0-BykkdC4w5kVRRoooWdBTJxGj/w567-h330/shepherds.jpg" width="567" /></a></span></span></div><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Where is your
rest, O ruler of the dark?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Lurking deceiver,
a wolf in sheep’s clothing <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Determined to
snuff out the spark.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Subtle and sneaky
if not on our mark.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Spiritual warfare
nears and rears<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">But the Heavens
do battle--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Joy in victory
tears; chains rattle. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Mary, O favored of God<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Chosen one, as you proclaim, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My
soul exalts the Lord, and my <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour</span></i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">“I rest in You as I carry Your Son<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Your will be done. Deliver soon. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">As she straddles the beast sojourning
afar,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">A weary couple cannot find a room. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEKCh5zCPM-2Tdunsd4IhbUH0GSrhGweHpf8V05vmsVwFmfM6k6BY_mxAQKtXp7SMLlH1aldvzud4J74TvtHhN7guhNtaUrCEnqTdtPYmDRRxPHUzyUdorTZwuyCGtJvrDTmcPsbMqlIvTjEzU0yTvRQfs8de_xEPRa9cBgajCgmBPcaK05HEOA7Ig/s325/M%20and%20J.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="306" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEKCh5zCPM-2Tdunsd4IhbUH0GSrhGweHpf8V05vmsVwFmfM6k6BY_mxAQKtXp7SMLlH1aldvzud4J74TvtHhN7guhNtaUrCEnqTdtPYmDRRxPHUzyUdorTZwuyCGtJvrDTmcPsbMqlIvTjEzU0yTvRQfs8de_xEPRa9cBgajCgmBPcaK05HEOA7Ig/w376-h400/M%20and%20J.jpg" width="376" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Where is your
rest, Joseph, my servant?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">For even in
sleep, never deep<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Your thoughts
shake the bed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">You consider the
facts,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Angels of dreams
confirm your acts <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">And the Gospel is
told to one so bold<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Berlin Sans FB", sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">As you walk the
prophesy tracks.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Oh, where is your rest fathers and
mothers?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Schools and bedrooms no longer safe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Bullets, pills, predators ready to
take<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">What was once wrong now embraced;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Addiction, depression, estrangement
unfaced<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Sin remains the cause, fathers and
mothers pause,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">For Christ’s mercy we pray without
haste. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqCQW9IS8xPLb1ecSV7Tcn9WYFhILkGLjmfmTa_NdicH4wKyPSAjeDgsx20mQvRiHOq4zyV9ZrOA8dtW2fobRBdq0wpY1R1cgHTNWUxAvCb6t8X2g52GVNXDhDtsHvTHSAgv2UutQWzxUZnLkcogJcxtQCeJlGzx8Tl-jsu9uM5y2WE2P5FlArQSF/s311/praying%20mother.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="162" data-original-width="311" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqCQW9IS8xPLb1ecSV7Tcn9WYFhILkGLjmfmTa_NdicH4wKyPSAjeDgsx20mQvRiHOq4zyV9ZrOA8dtW2fobRBdq0wpY1R1cgHTNWUxAvCb6t8X2g52GVNXDhDtsHvTHSAgv2UutQWzxUZnLkcogJcxtQCeJlGzx8Tl-jsu9uM5y2WE2P5FlArQSF/w400-h208/praying%20mother.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Where is your
rest, O little Holy child? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">For from You the
whole world’s unrest divides.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">By Your sovereign
plan, You-- the Messiah, Immanuel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Provide the peace
for our lives to dwell. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">“No rest for the
weary,” as some may say<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">But God, a child
named Jesus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Berlin Sans FB", sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">–in His grace we
are saved!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Where is your rest, O children of God?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Do you wonder and question this world—<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Where is love? Is God above? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Are you bitter, uncertain, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Angry and alone? Is this really your
home?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Come to the stable but kneel at the
Cross<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Close your eyes, rest, take heart-- <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Believe! Jesus Christ lights all your
dark.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUrLYsFSfNwg9uXdqilQRWoI9GkbDp1lQf-hQ79W9tZnEezRI70XSOM0_O1kau-UkbKMxAL2JaknHkfBEsT9Pb7lrKmqJM3PaST9Qw-8kfBp-jslGq7zbnpmUSXrTQEDDFMnNsYE9OdNs36pPYyRg5UbOZ6Wp8O-JT0abnTidEf_KBNrJGSQ7skmGk/s612/manger%20and%20cross.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="612" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUrLYsFSfNwg9uXdqilQRWoI9GkbDp1lQf-hQ79W9tZnEezRI70XSOM0_O1kau-UkbKMxAL2JaknHkfBEsT9Pb7lrKmqJM3PaST9Qw-8kfBp-jslGq7zbnpmUSXrTQEDDFMnNsYE9OdNs36pPYyRg5UbOZ6Wp8O-JT0abnTidEf_KBNrJGSQ7skmGk/w400-h266/manger%20and%20cross.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">\</span><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">John 16:33 “I
have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you
will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">the world.“</span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWQ21aekREYVaHRjvdNoJH6f_uTB7TQRB12Cee7KtsGMuoKNYA8YOl2zceQbeWYu8e335Sww9NyjzUtYG2UDDiINyunbzKKsHSYzaC5jwcEGP3E0_TIhV9H7qMaP2uMhfi9TMsY-eFKaC_titzrvEwf9iIP9nwgLEL7PMrBMcIx5T6Jogk3CxjO6-/s225/peace%20dove.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWQ21aekREYVaHRjvdNoJH6f_uTB7TQRB12Cee7KtsGMuoKNYA8YOl2zceQbeWYu8e335Sww9NyjzUtYG2UDDiINyunbzKKsHSYzaC5jwcEGP3E0_TIhV9H7qMaP2uMhfi9TMsY-eFKaC_titzrvEwf9iIP9nwgLEL7PMrBMcIx5T6Jogk3CxjO6-/s1600/peace%20dove.jpg" width="225" /></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.worthylinks.com">Worthy Links - Christian Search Engine</a></div>Coleene VanTilburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16153981780178388015noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604266370834259107.post-19269261308080436652022-06-11T10:19:00.003-07:002022-06-11T10:19:50.961-07:00...But in Your Righteous Way <p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghUlOd3pXkMsRSdILMGMNCnMn-xryachHvfPdccq9eR4ByLaPsYgGqmdPy_bssXfiA6uu1s-ig328TDWFnCLE_jUE6ECGBuPE7DAQVFz-wGlwMsfkyzTNbi2D-XQX2LwNHhsV2wTDdu9Jrn4z2JQ2F0rRGNiIyFpfaNop_5v3_U5SmUo1fS1Scx4jz/s2048/mourning%20duskywing%204%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghUlOd3pXkMsRSdILMGMNCnMn-xryachHvfPdccq9eR4ByLaPsYgGqmdPy_bssXfiA6uu1s-ig328TDWFnCLE_jUE6ECGBuPE7DAQVFz-wGlwMsfkyzTNbi2D-XQX2LwNHhsV2wTDdu9Jrn4z2JQ2F0rRGNiIyFpfaNop_5v3_U5SmUo1fS1Scx4jz/w640-h480/mourning%20duskywing%204%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mourning Duskywing Butterfly </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Upside down, at a rest,</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gravity pulling at me</span></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Yet I cling to Your Radiance</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Your sustenance.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">And from the upside down</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I can see more of You</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Because there...</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here, in You, with You-- my focus</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Attaches me to Your Spirit, </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Your will. </span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Align me...Oh sovereign God.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Not with things of this world...</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">But in Your righteous Way</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A silver lining in the pain</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Drawn across my humanity</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">An identity of my mourning</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A celebration of my Hope. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Amen </span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.worthylinks.com">Worthy Links - Christian Search Engine</a></div>Coleene VanTilburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16153981780178388015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604266370834259107.post-50487077136018232512021-12-18T16:49:00.003-08:002021-12-19T15:19:01.011-08:00Christmas 2021: The Way Forward <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>The Way Forward </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Darkness surrounded us. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">As I sat you on the beast.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">A move imperative,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">A prayer for light restorative</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCunF6czibFKVybOAtn4SFiHAqpgxB7V_RBX_1FdR_hVl5xkn_wb0jwVfq_p_5EwL7sJoTNlI5wKFVoViQ8uyOuVHx2P3BtqJDxtgMGs3emCJ90aK6Zp2ka5rdT_WvcsmzzjSba9i7lKEZs9NoaG72QEUpVrKf-mpV7BDIlDXtehpv1BXkQJuXUAeq=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCunF6czibFKVybOAtn4SFiHAqpgxB7V_RBX_1FdR_hVl5xkn_wb0jwVfq_p_5EwL7sJoTNlI5wKFVoViQ8uyOuVHx2P3BtqJDxtgMGs3emCJ90aK6Zp2ka5rdT_WvcsmzzjSba9i7lKEZs9NoaG72QEUpVrKf-mpV7BDIlDXtehpv1BXkQJuXUAeq=w295-h400" width="295" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">No one can understand<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">How uncertain in this I am.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Can I know truth in dreams?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Is it love that redeems? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">He’s got the whole
world in His hands<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">He’s got the whole
wide world, in His hands…<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">The beast snorts and the travel begins<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">As the dust settles in our pores.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Alone, yet protected,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">A star rises in the East, selected.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-gfRHVWeIqnhybFbtOyvtfSi4xAng1TSZusqQtmt2f1BZwtVKWPEQ05MteBt5-h7AsHCoXbbxUCUDRDPOS5mZ_1V9rDNsR47ljeiTK9klrahfhOX588dPcJ_Tm14vxbJMeiIgV0aR0gGCekIIPkxgFki9jjitEylJtksYUQTIi0TqPOkbFHXah1kI=s320" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="185" data-original-width="320" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-gfRHVWeIqnhybFbtOyvtfSi4xAng1TSZusqQtmt2f1BZwtVKWPEQ05MteBt5-h7AsHCoXbbxUCUDRDPOS5mZ_1V9rDNsR47ljeiTK9klrahfhOX588dPcJ_Tm14vxbJMeiIgV0aR0gGCekIIPkxgFki9jjitEylJtksYUQTIi0TqPOkbFHXah1kI=w400-h231" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqgtZGDjd2tVX2vbefLdbmKr04YRxumC9G2S42o9-WbuU9v8vOAv4y8VxmezT_0Gypa7m0XGB87K5Zk-iJyOyPlNTAatPLCb8FRBWoZm--7ElBGvnFVSbPpxWtyi0r3WTs0HGvsq8RaaM7QqsDSsvlbERfA8F3DEma1HFoZ2Ki684OToMfnTNXajcf=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1000" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqgtZGDjd2tVX2vbefLdbmKr04YRxumC9G2S42o9-WbuU9v8vOAv4y8VxmezT_0Gypa7m0XGB87K5Zk-iJyOyPlNTAatPLCb8FRBWoZm--7ElBGvnFVSbPpxWtyi0r3WTs0HGvsq8RaaM7QqsDSsvlbERfA8F3DEma1HFoZ2Ki684OToMfnTNXajcf=w400-h313" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Shelter comes rough and used<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Small and…enough<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Rest, dear one. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">God is with us, His will be done. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">He’s got the whole
world in His hands<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">He’s got the whole
wide world, in His hands…<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Can anything good come from this little town? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Apprenticeship, growth and adventure, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Family and human connection--<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Continued compassion, Holy protection.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTN3PRy-rYeBUbyDTMYjCK0pQxcrQnMbvh9-nwEigCReqikeHpLNZndDn3MZ4NWIXmTiFuIc_FjpryRWyPYp2GkjHhCddgULbZqB6zAd6R8ppEXPJxU5l78UWJYRRNs5t3XeiqgXucokBU6QJxAKqhdpLrQhkxAbAmF25uC2UAiSK1XoVNlsXYlhsG=s3861" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3861" data-original-width="2068" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTN3PRy-rYeBUbyDTMYjCK0pQxcrQnMbvh9-nwEigCReqikeHpLNZndDn3MZ4NWIXmTiFuIc_FjpryRWyPYp2GkjHhCddgULbZqB6zAd6R8ppEXPJxU5l78UWJYRRNs5t3XeiqgXucokBU6QJxAKqhdpLrQhkxAbAmF25uC2UAiSK1XoVNlsXYlhsG=w214-h400" width="214" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsNtGz0AKM2AML2Zy5nFAf_kxq05M35bEQCWD2XrA160IWts8km3vzGcsIjZfDlvXsZk6G9BA_1qCp83QMmpQDidaWZdb8LsBrU7g8sdPJvHHVuOEZY6e7UiEx7jwTDObro-rDahLNmWQJKyEPq1XjrCy7IKKkZzyIRoCens9Mfz4hCHDzdx4VC0Yy=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="640" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsNtGz0AKM2AML2Zy5nFAf_kxq05M35bEQCWD2XrA160IWts8km3vzGcsIjZfDlvXsZk6G9BA_1qCp83QMmpQDidaWZdb8LsBrU7g8sdPJvHHVuOEZY6e7UiEx7jwTDObro-rDahLNmWQJKyEPq1XjrCy7IKKkZzyIRoCens9Mfz4hCHDzdx4VC0Yy=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">A man born with a purpose<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Travels back to the Sea<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">And gathers the ones who will walk along side,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Preparing for what God will provide. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXoA22T0a0txrlsS4ol7FaVtEswJstp52pb2MIqHLRMXVwNve5w3hTacfiuPx3TpV-SHuJr3f8Wsa5wHRTuVuctvOGNyFo85woCKgSqvveIxg3gnuCRlQC4MbMfPru1wPoHJ2pK7nCP0zAXKvSN2pel7UE3I7M5RhntCUlul4jN8-2uf0pNg2c0XG5=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1080" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXoA22T0a0txrlsS4ol7FaVtEswJstp52pb2MIqHLRMXVwNve5w3hTacfiuPx3TpV-SHuJr3f8Wsa5wHRTuVuctvOGNyFo85woCKgSqvveIxg3gnuCRlQC4MbMfPru1wPoHJ2pK7nCP0zAXKvSN2pel7UE3I7M5RhntCUlul4jN8-2uf0pNg2c0XG5=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjC_4pR5lIIV1UfHiItUg6nUCIliGSX-x0TXLNnX_3ixn8jEqCXKmlxcAO12mEl507Hy7ZVC_UsAo9AM1lueuxasATQXJ5rXvCKB78tQz7fZERmW5FNz4LPGpYD_RyJMru0kJP4o7QHfO6PuzAkb-1sRd2L1aIqH2b4zT7PLZjDUUNOgh98d0ODCph4=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjC_4pR5lIIV1UfHiItUg6nUCIliGSX-x0TXLNnX_3ixn8jEqCXKmlxcAO12mEl507Hy7ZVC_UsAo9AM1lueuxasATQXJ5rXvCKB78tQz7fZERmW5FNz4LPGpYD_RyJMru0kJP4o7QHfO6PuzAkb-1sRd2L1aIqH2b4zT7PLZjDUUNOgh98d0ODCph4=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">He’s got the whole
world in His hands<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">He’s got the whole
wide world, in His hands…<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">And I again, must submit to the One<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Though fear and the unknown remain.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">My heart fills with Hope in the promises for all<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">For redemption is the utmost call. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Praise be to God for the journeys we’re on<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Difficult and unpredictable they may be<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">For You, Oh God, have a Way so divine,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">My prayer for us-- to humbly align. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">He’s got the whole
world in His hands<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">He’s got the whole
wide world, in His hands…<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD_po1tf-xSQtGCoEV5g-nb2w6fOvAMOcrWTIxAlefo7jM14WeKAD9Ex3OWbI7IWD6sVBPDwMemQMQTXPgKXxoYK3k5TeJesXD9K1QkVBJzlWkrrEjHW4julco-HaIP5_g3fEw8-xhyfa--2CF0Q4iMYYXY8srnO59G287NM2MvxYo2Xf7rzhQhSdT=s910" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="910" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD_po1tf-xSQtGCoEV5g-nb2w6fOvAMOcrWTIxAlefo7jM14WeKAD9Ex3OWbI7IWD6sVBPDwMemQMQTXPgKXxoYK3k5TeJesXD9K1QkVBJzlWkrrEjHW4julco-HaIP5_g3fEw8-xhyfa--2CF0Q4iMYYXY8srnO59G287NM2MvxYo2Xf7rzhQhSdT=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="337" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x4nF-ktAI54" width="475" youtube-src-id="x4nF-ktAI54"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_rrQKEMDjlaVu55J5RScEPkPipPeVCCPvSh3BRBcx6hU6S7SM-pRwJpyCPErnwa8ZExxX2xMVXTYHr1QvQe44zLfQ8MC0GeDOvRoEKUuNtq08rHSMUCEB7wHhfeCUj7wnJE97IF9nsnhew0ue19nwFFANeCp1FrqJLhp3s39zNevUWNwTD37Uca-E=s525" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="525" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_rrQKEMDjlaVu55J5RScEPkPipPeVCCPvSh3BRBcx6hU6S7SM-pRwJpyCPErnwa8ZExxX2xMVXTYHr1QvQe44zLfQ8MC0GeDOvRoEKUuNtq08rHSMUCEB7wHhfeCUj7wnJE97IF9nsnhew0ue19nwFFANeCp1FrqJLhp3s39zNevUWNwTD37Uca-E=w400-h258" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p>Merry Christmas to all of you near and far. </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p>Coleene </o:p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.worthylinks.com">Worthy Links - Christian Search Engine</a></div>Coleene VanTilburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16153981780178388015noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604266370834259107.post-18047091079555676162020-12-18T15:04:00.009-08:002020-12-18T15:16:33.984-08:00Be Safe, Be Saved<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Christmas
2020 Poem </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dc7ah9_xD8c/X903ib1UrLI/AAAAAAAAI-M/zuJ2WNBtEKQWbZi7aQg6u-mSiOjGfyeLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s259/sadness.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dc7ah9_xD8c/X903ib1UrLI/AAAAAAAAI-M/zuJ2WNBtEKQWbZi7aQg6u-mSiOjGfyeLgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/sadness.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">--Will remember, forever that Sunday<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Sitting with friends in class,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The cell phone—that blast.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">A text message reads:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Kobe Bryant deceased!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">An ending of a life, and another…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">And another…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In the morning mist, in the low-hanging clouds,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">A helicopter spins and pivots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">And the hill burns a divot.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The time clock resets,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The soft sway of the nets. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Center court—all nine off the bench,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">To glory, more glory…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Psalm
84:10 “For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere.” </b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YTVa-DjE65E/X9z6OaDCucI/AAAAAAAAI7s/0XPeeY6qOzY2PWGLeFMEC_btZOa9fCisACLcBGAsYHQ/s300/Kobe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YTVa-DjE65E/X9z6OaDCucI/AAAAAAAAI7s/0XPeeY6qOzY2PWGLeFMEC_btZOa9fCisACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h224/Kobe.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a1mBzuBhY4k/X9z5qwKYWKI/AAAAAAAAI7c/t4kaAXL0yAwjYaWJb68dyb1BU4hBgCD7ACLcBGAsYHQ/s300/Kobe%2B2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a1mBzuBhY4k/X9z5qwKYWKI/AAAAAAAAI7c/t4kaAXL0yAwjYaWJb68dyb1BU4hBgCD7ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h224/Kobe%2B2.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SoVx47xE0fQ/X9z5q_npERI/AAAAAAAAI7g/HrMF9UC7CHczYdf93TF-BMhbpUrbbZHYACLcBGAsYHQ/s292/Kobe%2B3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="173" data-original-width="292" height="236" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SoVx47xE0fQ/X9z5q_npERI/AAAAAAAAI7g/HrMF9UC7CHczYdf93TF-BMhbpUrbbZHYACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h236/Kobe%2B3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pd7PID9oUXU/X9z5q1QDmrI/AAAAAAAAI7Y/z-2IASByt6stzRLYccThYNkllwQkpngCACLcBGAsYHQ/s225/Kobe%2B4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="224" height="289" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pd7PID9oUXU/X9z5q1QDmrI/AAAAAAAAI7Y/z-2IASByt6stzRLYccThYNkllwQkpngCACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h289/Kobe%2B4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">February takes a leap; March lands unsteady.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">A virus in China?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">A concern? Kinda. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">By the thirteenth of Friday<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s no longer hearsay.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Stay
home, wear a mask,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">PPE
and T.P.—Corona-19<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XMChXPqpFnU/X9z9O8IezrI/AAAAAAAAI74/-EWzK9JoLFg6hxpicPSRFzwt9Y1nqtBmwCLcBGAsYHQ/s300/CV19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XMChXPqpFnU/X9z9O8IezrI/AAAAAAAAI74/-EWzK9JoLFg6hxpicPSRFzwt9Y1nqtBmwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h224/CV19.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Psalm
91:1-2 I will say to the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in
whom I trust.” Surely He will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the
deadly pestilence. He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you
will find refuge, his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Essential becomes a term, a status.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Sending out a stimulus check.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Tom Hanks and his wife? What the heck!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We become familiar with the daily briefings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">And all the statistic increasings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We
can’t visit our mother<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">And
she passes away…alone. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GkTh35lUyus/X9z9wV1l_LI/AAAAAAAAI8A/P1y3dROHjPcp-Fo2jqb3GhrcPvPJkrPzwCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/Henny%2B5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GkTh35lUyus/X9z9wV1l_LI/AAAAAAAAI8A/P1y3dROHjPcp-Fo2jqb3GhrcPvPJkrPzwCLcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/Henny%2B5.jpg" width="300" /></a></i></div><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Isaiah
49:13b For the Lord comforts His people and will have compassion on the
afflicted ones. </b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Psalm
23:4 “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear
no evil’ for Thou art with me…” </b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Tears and tiers; and what Dr. Fauci said…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Binge-watching Netflix<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Zoom and Google meets mix. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Weddings cancelled, reunions too. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Ventilator shortages and beds in ICUs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">And
two sides make their case<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">As
a knee presses into a neck. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C8dSUw52b8Q/X9z_MpayZhI/AAAAAAAAI8M/9qBeSOaXYK85CwRq3ewfwr5pg9OiRsBkQCLcBGAsYHQ/s299/cancelled.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="169" data-original-width="299" height="226" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C8dSUw52b8Q/X9z_MpayZhI/AAAAAAAAI8M/9qBeSOaXYK85CwRq3ewfwr5pg9OiRsBkQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h226/cancelled.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4zSdIsf1Cz0/X9z_b87VbRI/AAAAAAAAI8Q/JjUukJTL-ZQX23gVm3_d3RFYGAaW4pDtACLcBGAsYHQ/s299/Dr.%2BFauci.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="169" data-original-width="299" height="226" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4zSdIsf1Cz0/X9z_b87VbRI/AAAAAAAAI8Q/JjUukJTL-ZQX23gVm3_d3RFYGAaW4pDtACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h226/Dr.%2BFauci.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SVACt6DFYeo/X9z_ot9_SiI/AAAAAAAAI8Y/sN7yC428VtcLTd1OU7HR7RNuh3ZLvrlOgCLcBGAsYHQ/s225/postponed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SVACt6DFYeo/X9z_ot9_SiI/AAAAAAAAI8Y/sN7yC428VtcLTd1OU7HR7RNuh3ZLvrlOgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/postponed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Psalm
34:18 “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed
in spirit.”</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Olympics on hold, Orlando NBA bubble. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Let’s root for the home team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Because here is where we dream.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">We worship from our sofa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">With our coffee or our cola. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Missing
the hugs and connections;<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Collateral
damage amongst us all.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-awSECEOzDYE/X90rVuK3HnI/AAAAAAAAI8o/0fs7OweQnfwOn6xhEBc2Igl8b3NU1Au-wCLcBGAsYHQ/s299/worship.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="169" data-original-width="299" height="226" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-awSECEOzDYE/X90rVuK3HnI/AAAAAAAAI8o/0fs7OweQnfwOn6xhEBc2Igl8b3NU1Au-wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h226/worship.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q-KQTIwFmsc/X90sLX4DmoI/AAAAAAAAI8w/OBLpQv55XOk9hH_bQk0rcSQbPz3MTDH2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s206/CVCC.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="153" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q-KQTIwFmsc/X90sLX4DmoI/AAAAAAAAI8w/OBLpQv55XOk9hH_bQk0rcSQbPz3MTDH2QCLcBGAsYHQ/w297-h400/CVCC.jpg" width="297" /></a></i></div><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /></i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Hebrews
10:25 Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging
one another, and all the more as you see the day drawing near. <o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">And I am not sure what I should do<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">But I know I must protect<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Not let this affect<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">What God has ordained<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">For a world bent and stained. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Government
mandate, a journey very far.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">A
tent or a cave…we’ll accept. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-owZJ6JUAySY/X90tVn8MTfI/AAAAAAAAI9A/g8SnON3fjUc1Hr9RU6TyyNwI254YTYQ0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s275/Joseph.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-owZJ6JUAySY/X90tVn8MTfI/AAAAAAAAI9A/g8SnON3fjUc1Hr9RU6TyyNwI254YTYQ0QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/Joseph.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QNwMIrxPvKE/X90thfwZ4yI/AAAAAAAAI9E/4OOlA5fP3TsLVz3ccfzA-IuQICShuYNLwCLcBGAsYHQ/s267/Joseph%2B2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="189" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QNwMIrxPvKE/X90thfwZ4yI/AAAAAAAAI9E/4OOlA5fP3TsLVz3ccfzA-IuQICShuYNLwCLcBGAsYHQ/w283-h400/Joseph%2B2.jpg" width="283" /></a></i></div><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /><br /></i><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Matthew
1:23-24 “the virgin will conceive and give birth to a Son, and they will call
Him Immanuel, (which means “God with us”). When Joseph woke up, he did what the
angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife…<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">When Hope arrives will we even take notice? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">The debate rages on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Nothing new under the sun.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">But with the Son<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">All things infected become undone. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Christ
still reigns; then and now. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">He
is my Good and healing Shepherd. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aNrWo51rt2k/X90wLonoNJI/AAAAAAAAI9Y/l8HkNDDaRDkw3nN0YCOq6g1BhHQ6OeK0wCLcBGAsYHQ/s612/burdens.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="612" height="303" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aNrWo51rt2k/X90wLonoNJI/AAAAAAAAI9Y/l8HkNDDaRDkw3nN0YCOq6g1BhHQ6OeK0wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h303/burdens.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tnstYgoYqpc/X90wY6_fJhI/AAAAAAAAI9c/HG5E2feXZpMMgYFPu2bkRvuf18C6k_kagCLcBGAsYHQ/s246/shepherd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="205" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tnstYgoYqpc/X90wY6_fJhI/AAAAAAAAI9c/HG5E2feXZpMMgYFPu2bkRvuf18C6k_kagCLcBGAsYHQ/w333-h400/shepherd.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Deuteronomy
31:8 the Lord Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave
you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Ashes rain down, smoke fills the skies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Red states, blue states<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">No conventions or debates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">A virus still burns to the left and right<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Do we know with God, we win this fight? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">What,
we can’t sing a praise?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Grab
your lawn chairs.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uM0UMGWeH-4/X90wvbJL6XI/AAAAAAAAI9o/bNQuSieVRT8pb8qbMGPgZJWIcp7dl71hQCLcBGAsYHQ/s206/lawn%2Bchairs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="206" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uM0UMGWeH-4/X90wvbJL6XI/AAAAAAAAI9o/bNQuSieVRT8pb8qbMGPgZJWIcp7dl71hQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/lawn%2Bchairs.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Psalm
147:1 Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is
pleasant and a song of praise is fitting.<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>James
5:13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him
sing prais</b>e. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">2020: Muted or perfect vision?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Stay at home or Home Bound?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Feeling lost or new focus found?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Zoom gloom or <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Creativity bloom? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">“For I know the plans I have for you…” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Be Safe, Be Saved. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Romans
10: 9-10 “that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in
your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with
your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that
you confess and are saved.” <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y_0bQf6FJWQ/X90xvNFTu0I/AAAAAAAAI90/ZtssqhhTFhAjRsAY1LlAjkAZbL_xmm_lACLcBGAsYHQ/s225/Romans%2B10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y_0bQf6FJWQ/X90xvNFTu0I/AAAAAAAAI90/ZtssqhhTFhAjRsAY1LlAjkAZbL_xmm_lACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Romans%2B10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IdHd9RBqTdc/X90yZTrhRuI/AAAAAAAAI98/29Qi5EyUXfItx7BwSkC9-Fmu5jrIUlrNQCLcBGAsYHQ/s275/believe%2Bwith%2Byour%2Bheart.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IdHd9RBqTdc/X90yZTrhRuI/AAAAAAAAI98/29Qi5EyUXfItx7BwSkC9-Fmu5jrIUlrNQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h266/believe%2Bwith%2Byour%2Bheart.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.worthylinks.com">Worthy Links - Christian Search Engine</a></div>Coleene VanTilburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16153981780178388015noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604266370834259107.post-39088234326495147752020-11-28T17:34:00.002-08:002020-12-02T22:56:16.691-08:00Silence Gifts <p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Inspired by the author, Ann Voscamp ( "A Thousand Gifts"), as well as Scripture, a friend from a</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> group I fellowship with on a regular basis posts a prompt for every day in the
month of November for us to reflect on this time of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">I Thessalonians 5:16-18 “ Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all
circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Here is today's prompt: Name three gifts found in silence. The
three things below were my response. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The flutter of a
butterfly wing. The Holy Spirit’s direction. Silence in and of itself. </b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Thought I’d write
more on my blog today. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Have you ever
heard it? A butterfly wing—the movement of air and delicate powdery wings
overhead? When I sit alongside my butterfly garden, especially in the spring
when there are frequently more than one butterfly, I can hear it. It is a sound
of freedom, of rebirth, of meeting a goal, a purposeful fulfillment of the master plan in do diligence of a greater will, magnificent metamorphic creation! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pje7BdeUasI/X8LvVj1HyLI/AAAAAAAAI44/SOpoKFrYArkjbaOcWIDi91fAq4vqzlZdgCLcBGAsYHQ/s355/sound%2Bof%2Bbutterfly%2Bwings.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="142" data-original-width="355" height="206" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pje7BdeUasI/X8LvVj1HyLI/AAAAAAAAI44/SOpoKFrYArkjbaOcWIDi91fAq4vqzlZdgCLcBGAsYHQ/w442-h206/sound%2Bof%2Bbutterfly%2Bwings.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Sometimes the Holy
Spirit’s voice is very obvious and loud and we celebrate in corporate worship
and song. But, sometimes, the voice of the Spirit is gentle in our quiet hearts, in our pleading and privileged prayers or in between the lines of God’s Word—a personal
revealing direction to go ahead or most of the time, to wait and to trust. There
is a strength that comes from this silence. Trusting in Him has its own sound; it
is a sigh, a release of anxiety, a movement of debris so we can sit comfortably
under the Rock, shut the doors of the Fortress from the world’s thoughts and
ideas minus a sovereign God. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pOwZXDs3tAE/X8Lxlz5B6yI/AAAAAAAAI5E/KdPncGkmyswzPnF1CsE_wH_4pvYtsyDnQCLcBGAsYHQ/s275/silence%2B1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="256" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pOwZXDs3tAE/X8Lxlz5B6yI/AAAAAAAAI5E/KdPncGkmyswzPnF1CsE_wH_4pvYtsyDnQCLcBGAsYHQ/w385-h256/silence%2B1.jpg" width="385" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jUc9Iu1LAxc/X8LxlxxqXLI/AAAAAAAAI5I/qhbAxeK70dwa9gFrW0X40M7Zyi2-Hw-dwCLcBGAsYHQ/s360/silence%2B3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="360" height="217" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jUc9Iu1LAxc/X8LxlxxqXLI/AAAAAAAAI5I/qhbAxeK70dwa9gFrW0X40M7Zyi2-Hw-dwCLcBGAsYHQ/w478-h217/silence%2B3.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Sometimes, silence
is a lonely feeling. One can miss the noise of a loved one gone, or working
from home instead of the office, or just when there are no words to justify a
wrong action or deep hurt. But silence can bring a reflection, an insight we
may not have heard in the world’s rumble and continued banter of perceived
truth. Silence in itself is a gift, because it is just that--noticed. We can
use our other senses to take in more—stand in awe at the sight of God’s beauty
in Creation, appreciate more of the tangible gifts we use every day and blessed by, that we
can touch and share with others-- a soft cheek of a toddler, the pie dough
coming together in our palms, the ding of a notification from a friend who
shares how your story led them to see… hear God in a new way. We can taste the satisfaction, the swallowing and
digesting of God’s Holy Plan and most importantly, the fullness in submission,
the surrender to that plan in trust. The air around us fills our lungs and we
breathe and smell the difference between what is rotten and what is righteous.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Gifts in silence
are not silent. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">They are loud
explosions of love in our hearts that God is Good and that He loves us in our
loud messy days and in our quiet humble moments. In silence is where are
strength is increased. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Psalm 62:5-6 "My soul, wait in silence for
God only, for my hope is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my
stronghold; I shall not be shaken."<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">And isn’t it just like
God to grant me grace upon amazing grace as I finish these last few words, that
my stereo is now playing a classic Christmas song by Bing Crosby, “Silent
Night.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Gifts in silence
are Holy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, Hear His Voice in the
silence of your own soul my friends. It is a beautiful moment going into all of eternity. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">All is calm, all
is bright. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E3XS1exsjrA/X8L5HglPjeI/AAAAAAAAI5g/XDMYEnrSdjsFTzvsEbd_YZSsZiAnPVaCACLcBGAsYHQ/s324/silent%2Bnight.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="324" height="199" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E3XS1exsjrA/X8L5HglPjeI/AAAAAAAAI5g/XDMYEnrSdjsFTzvsEbd_YZSsZiAnPVaCACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h199/silent%2Bnight.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><br /></span></p>Peace, Coleene <o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><br /></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.worthylinks.com">Worthy Links - Christian Search Engine</a></div>Coleene VanTilburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16153981780178388015noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604266370834259107.post-81824510937064686632020-10-13T20:56:00.064-07:002020-10-14T15:19:39.661-07:00VanHalen/Nash Collaboration, RIP<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-71i_FnE7I8M/X4d5NpblJFI/AAAAAAAAI10/65nTtmgYqr8BgHStLW_uL5OOyya6aO5FgCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/Eddy%2BVan%2BHalen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="800" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-71i_FnE7I8M/X4d5NpblJFI/AAAAAAAAI10/65nTtmgYqr8BgHStLW_uL5OOyya6aO5FgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Eddy%2BVan%2BHalen.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D6TAbeEyjow/X4d5VwPHa5I/AAAAAAAAI14/BQ7ymj2ntlQr2n_4Yk3cHZVXvcbDQhrSwCLcBGAsYHQ/s504/Johnny%2BNash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="504" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D6TAbeEyjow/X4d5VwPHa5I/AAAAAAAAI14/BQ7ymj2ntlQr2n_4Yk3cHZVXvcbDQhrSwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Johnny%2BNash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />I get up and nothin' gets me down.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I can see clearly now, the rain has gone,<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">You got it tough; I've seen the toughest around.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I can see all obstacles in my way.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And I know, baby, just how you feel,</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">You got to roll with the punches and get to what's real.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It's gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiny day. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ah, can't you see me standin' here, I got my back against the record machine</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I think I can make it now, the pain is gone.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I ain't the worst that you seen.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">All of the bad feelings have disappeared.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Ah, can't you see what I mean?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Here is that rainbow I've been prayin' for.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Might as well jump! (jump) </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It's gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiny day. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ah, might as well jump! (jump)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Baby, how you been?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">You say you can't know; </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">You won't know until you begin</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshiny day. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">RIP Eddy Van Halen </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">1/26/1955 ~ 10/6/2020</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">RIP Johnny Nash</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">8/19/1940 ~ 10/6/2020</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Songs: "Jump," released by Van Halen, December 21,1983 </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">"I Can See Clearly Now," released by Johnny Nash, on June 23,1972</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SwYN7mTi6HM" width="320" youtube-src-id="SwYN7mTi6HM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Psalm 9:2 (MSG) "I'm whistling, laughing, and jumping for joy; I am singing Your song, High God." </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NkwJ-g0iJ6w" width="320" youtube-src-id="NkwJ-g0iJ6w"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">John 1:5 (NIV) "The Light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.worthylinks.com">Worthy Links - Christian Search Engine</a></div>Coleene VanTilburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16153981780178388015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604266370834259107.post-36964788052801706142020-06-05T20:38:00.000-07:002020-06-06T17:17:21.122-07:00Reflections on How to be Better <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This week encompassed personally for me a conundrum of emotions, a great triumph seeing a dream realized and great sadness as I watched another dream unravel, the latter, a dream sought by many Americans, most notably quoted from the great Civil Rights advocate and inspirational leader of our nation in his day, the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This dream:that one day...all men will have equal opportunity and be known by their character, not their skin color. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I studied race relations in college, took an interest in that very thing. I would not be the "P" word, ...prejudice. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I thought I was OK. Both of my sons embraced friendships of diversity and the boys all frequented my home quite often. We played sports together, worshipped together, worked together.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Yet this week, I paused an examined my own thoughts, reflected inward, had a few dialogues with others and prayed. I prayed not just for the family of George Floyd, and the horrific incident that resparked an already simmering fire, but I needed to muster up humility to recognize my own bends away from God's truth, for I am the only one I can change first. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">There is a prayer one needs to say at times like these, taken from Scripture, </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">"Lord, ...see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me to the everlasting way. (Psalm 139:24). </span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I thought about our country, our world and all who have spoken out in poetry, music, essays, creative ways to express pain or challenge us in our own thinking. Compiling a few here, I challenge you to reflect as well. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>"As if it harm'd me, giving others the same chances and rights as myself--as if it were not indispensable to my own rights that others possess the same." Walt Whitman, Great American Poet. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Lord, have I harmed anyone with my words? </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Lord, Am I doing enough, am I understanding? </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">After all, Scripture tells us, that Love is action. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">I John 3:18-19 "Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. We shall know by this that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Lord, help me be Love in action, bring me opportunity and may I be obedient to Your direction. Use me as an instrument of Your truth. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Lord, How do I see people? Do I see them as You do? Always? </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Tupac Shakur, in his rap and poetry spoke from his pain and challenged us. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>"You see you wouldn't ask why the rose that grew from the concrete had damaged petals. On the contrary, we would all celebrate its tenacity. We would all love its will to reach the sun. Well, we are the roses, this is the concrete, and these are my damaged petals." </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">While gathering my thoughts and quotes, I took a break outside and captured this butterfly.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Do you see its compromised, tattered wing? </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Can you still see its beauty? The hope? Did it emerge from its chrysalis just for a doomed destiny or will it fly? I believe it will fly for I care, and I want to believe in the good we were created for. It brought me joy, thus it served a great purpose already. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Lord, you gave me a voice. Help me to use it for Your Glory and speak up for injustices. Give me courage Lord to do that very thing. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Proverbs 31:8-9 (NIV) "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy." </span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Father God, </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">guide me in my freedoms to be fair and just and loving, a good listener as well as responding in Your wisdom. </span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Are we talking or are we listening? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">One of my favorite scriptures, <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Micah 6:8 "He has told you, O man, what is good and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?<i>" </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>Nelson Mandela said it well, "For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">So did the Apostle Paul:<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"> Galatians 5:1 "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><i>Lord, I humbly ask to continue to free me from my own thoughts that weigh me down and help me to be a chain-breaker for others. </i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Ps</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">alm 119:45 I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Such a gift of grace we have received, yet may we never use that gift to inflict ungraceful actions onto another. Forgive me Lord of that sin in my heart. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><i>Help me Lord to obey and serve You best in Your greatest commandment, "Love your neighbor as yourself." </i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Galatians 5:13-14 You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>"I do my best counting on you counting on me." </b></span><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;">~Maya Angelou, American Poet Laureate </b><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Let us count on each other, hold each other up, but let it begin with you and me God.</span></span><br />
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This world is taking notice, considering one another. </div>
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Maybe...</div>
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Because, we have to.</div>
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We've been mandated...</div>
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and separated into essential groups. </div>
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Isolated. </div>
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And some essentials have emptied off </div>
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Our familiar shelves, bare</div>
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Surfaces exposed,</div>
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Surfaces wiped clean</div>
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Again and again.</div>
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To be cleansed is a good thing.</div>
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Humanity rises up to meet the challenge</div>
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And we're doing things, amazing things</div>
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in our pajama bottoms</div>
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With wild, untamed hair</div>
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And wild, semi-tamed kiddos at our feet. </div>
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New words and catch phrases in our vocabulary</div>
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Begin to define who we are</div>
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Right now--but not forever, right? </div>
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Quarantine-fifteen, Zoom meeting, </div>
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Flatten the curve, </div>
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Face masks</div>
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and...Asymtomatic.</div>
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I've got it...</div>
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I just don't know,</div>
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Testing.</div>
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Shelter in place, containment,</div>
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Social distancing,</div>
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Tic-Toc...</div>
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Tick-Tock</div>
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Furlough, Layoff,</div>
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Depression, recession</div>
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Can't get a deep breath...</div>
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Just breathe. </div>
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I've been tested--</div>
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Tested and Tried, </div>
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Tired of it all. </div>
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Are we praying more?</div>
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More or less, I hope, yes. </div>
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Are we living more?</div>
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One might say no, while another</div>
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might say, -- might have missed her first word,</div>
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That cousin reunion on Zoom,</div>
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The hummingbird nest...</div>
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The new organizational skills aquired,</div>
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The amazing desserts and bread baking</div>
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Filling the air with an aroma one can remember.</div>
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The garden planted this Spring,</div>
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The artist discovered within.</div>
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The metaphors are endless</div>
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And this virus, relentless.</div>
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Now one can deny that this time</div>
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Will leave a picture on our heart canvas.</div>
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Are we, as humanity still open?</div>
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Is the meaning of our lives cancelled?</div>
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Or can we take what we've learned, what we've lost, </div>
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And make the best of it and appreciate so much more? </div>
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White roses seem to illuminate in the dark</div>
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But one needs to take the time to see them, really look,</div>
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Open the Good Book.</div>
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Celebrations, graduations</div>
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Weddings and Reunions</div>
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Plays and concerts</div>
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Baseball, Olympians... </div>
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Vacations,</div>
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Commmunion</div>
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We were created to fellowship with one another,</div>
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Cheer each other on--</div>
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Break Bread</div>
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Make memories,</div>
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Remember.</div>
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Six feet apart</div>
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But never our heart.</div>
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Be kind, Be the kind that makes a difference. </div>
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Paint a rock and rock</div>
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Those Yoga pants.</div>
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Smile at your Grocery clerk</div>
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Leave a soda for the Amazon guy </div>
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Cover those rants. Disinfect your mind. </div>
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Breathe and take notice of our stay-at-home, </div>
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Wild hair days as a time we discovered </div>
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So much more. </div>
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Yes, we've lost<br />
But what we gain can<br />
Make a difference in<br />
you, me...<br />
Eternity.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My friend Darren Rivera has discovered acrylics on canvas. This is a painting of the<br />
Chain Bridge in Budapest, Hungary. He is a gifted musician leading us in worship every week,<br />
but learning and stretching in COVID-19 time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is me! I need a haircut!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is the second batch of essential health workers painted rocks I created.<br />
A crew of 15 for Emergency room nurse Tanya West (daughter of our bff, Blake) <br />
at InterCommunity Hospital, Covina.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">White roses "illuminated" at night,<br />
HOPE IN THE DARKNESS </td></tr>
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Coleene VanTilburg<br />
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Journal Entries<o:p></o:p></div>
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My Imperfect Love<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lord, my young heart bows before You.<o:p></o:p></div>
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How can I be Your servant, be obedient?<o:p></o:p></div>
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I sometimes think of only myself.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lord, this is not how I should love You?<o:p></o:p></div>
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I long to feel Your presence, be in the immediate.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lord, I want Your Way. Teach me, show me how to love.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am imperfect, incapable of loving You as I should.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My prayers seem like the noisy marketplace at times. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Yet, I feel my faith in You stirring me up to know You.<o:p></o:p></div>
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You can move mountains Lord, move my heart <o:p></o:p></div>
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towards Your perfect will; may I see the signs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My imperfect love bows at the Face of Perfect Love.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I Corinthians 13:1-3<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I speak in the tongues of men and of
angels, but I have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I
have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and If I
have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If
I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not
love, I gain nothing. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Lord, how can this be? I love her, my betrothed one.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She tells me of such a thing…of a betrayal, yet I must
respect her, still honor her.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Love…this love and hope I feel, now…I don’t know Lord. I am
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Father God, I know You are perfect. Your will for me must be perfect
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thing, to bear this heartbreak. I cannot refuse.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Love cannot be perfect unless I am obedient and dismiss my
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Help me to keep loving as You love us.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Oh God. I promise to still be her protector. Help me Lord believe
in Your plan,<o:p></o:p></div>
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never my own schemes or what others intend or seek against
You for harm. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Give me patience and strength as I prepare for a journey.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We are learning to love, yet help me Lord love more when I
can.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I rejoice in life and hope and that You give dreams of
revelation to the humble. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Amen <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I Corinthians 13: 4-7 Love is
patient and kind, love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It
does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; It does not
rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things,
believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Love grows inside of me. I do not know why I am chosen.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am imperfect, still
a virgin, not knowing yet the life as a wife. <o:p></o:p></div>
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My betrothed, Joseph, he is most gentle and seeks Your will
as well. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thank you for this man who loves me so perfectly and chose
to keep honoring me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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You, Father God, will make a way for us, in this growing life. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I only know in part, yet this Messiah, this baby I am
carrying knows in full. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Father, I am to raise up a son, not just any son, but the
Holy and Perfect Son of God. This baby--Oh, I cannot begin to understand such
mysteries, God with us. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This Perfect Child is to come and be our Savior! One day, I
will know fully Your Perfect Love and plan as I have read in the Holy Scriptures.
But for now, help me take what I know in part and be all I can be for Mary and
this child. I have faith plus,<o:p></o:p></div>
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You have restored my hope and love abides near, in a womb, in our hearts. Thy will be done. <o:p></o:p></div>
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She bounces gently on
the donkey as we make our way on this long journey. It's time for the census. Great is Your love Lord, for Mary,
more than I could ever give to her. Greater still, <o:p></o:p></div>
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Your love for us, to send this perfect child in this Holy
Way. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I will keep stepping in faith and wait on Your Light as You
guide us to Glory. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Here we lay waiting Lord, and Joy is my fill.<o:p></o:p></div>
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His name shall be Jesus, Hallelujah and Amen. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Lord, I feel the pangs of birth. I am Your child, and...You, The
Messiah comes to free me,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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to Love
Perfectly Your Creation. You have given me favor in my young age <o:p></o:p></div>
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when I only wanted to serve You in my imperfect ways. I have
been called Blessed One. Joseph and I remain hopeful in all this secrecy and
divine appearances and protection. You are fulfilling the prophetic Word;<o:p></o:p></div>
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in and
through us we wage<br />
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our love, though flawed. Your perfection will lead us in
Faith and Hope.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I look upon Your
perfect face, and forever I will love You.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Perfect Love. We
believe. Your plan is good<o:p></o:p></div>
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You are the Only Way,
the Perfect Love for all mankind. <o:p></o:p></div>
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You are my son, but You are my King. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Help us now Lord to worship You and raise You as we should. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I hold You, I behold You, my son, My Lord, Amen. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I Corinthians 13:13 “So now
faith, hope and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">John 19: 26-27 “Woman,
behold your son, Son, behold your mother.” <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">John 3:16<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“For God so loved the World that He gave of
His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him, will not perish but have
everlasting life.” <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">John 1:14 “ And the
Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us and we beheld His glory, the glory as
of the only Begotten of the Father, full of Grace and Truth.” <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p> Considerably yours, Coleene </o:p></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Christmas 2019<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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weather and soak up the afternoon rays, tending to my growing garden. I might
just take a few pictures and zoom into nature and the wonder of it all, cell phone camera in hand. It’s
quiet time, reflection time, assessment time. Yes, I do have a few projects to
tackle, creative things I wish to explore and conversations to have. Summer
for me brings refreshment, like a refill of a tall iced tea, a diving in to the
pool of goodness and remembrance of what God has done, the opening up even more
so of the sunflower petals revealing more seeds for His purposes, a little exploring possibly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Summer, a sanctuary season of hope, a peaceful
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Texas buddy who I’d like to think is so anxious to talk with me, confuses the
time difference. Weren’t you suppose to call at 9? Your time or my time? We
giggle. That’s OK, because…actually, I am super excited to chit-chat with her! We talk about life stuff, the good and the difficult, past and present, justice
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reflect or lead to Your Glory. Mow me over, Lord, with Your grace and goodness
and show me how to best maintain my Spirit towards Your sovereign plan. I long
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<b>I stepped into the hospital chapel, alone. </b><br />
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<b>But God?</b> A burden pushed from every side. It weighed so heavily within my spirit, yet my body barely functioned in its numb state. A thousand pounds might fall into my lap and I wouldn't have felt it. Only one exception, my lungs ached trying to breathe.<br />
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I couldn't put words together in my mind, yet...I knew God interpreted my confusion, my desperate pleas, the anguish in every teardrop. My head hung in a sacred place where many had come before me in this same state, some knowing hope, some...maybe not. There remained nothing I could do, and everything I could do as I inhaled in pain and exhaled in promise.<br />
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<b>I learn of my son, Tim's death. He was so tired. </b><br />
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Tears of surrender and anguish moved with the fluid prayers, both conscious and underlying. Time. Stop. Rewind, so I won't forget anything. Outside, his father and others paced, did their own petitioning. He heard the words first. I did not. My husband's eyes conveyed a sudden truth no one wanted to recognize.<br />
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<i>Let this tsunami pull back, disintegrate, evaporate as if nothing broke the dam of reality. </i><br />
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In that moment, no utterances surfaced, held under by the pieces of many shattered hearts. God, in all His glorious love and grace, never felt so real and so worthy of all my worship until that very moment.<br />
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Twelve years have passed and I am different. Different from that very second and transformed over time. All these collective moments both anchor me and set me free. Learning to find peace in both places, the Lord God sets the course and I must trust Him.<br />
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Like the tides, faithful and true, covering up and pulling back to reveal treasures, the tide pools of tears and memory shells provide discovery and a deeper devotion...in both the wading...(<i>the waiting)</i> and the deep, my story.<br />
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<i>I want to, I need to, I must voyage through Your perfect Will, Lord. </i><br />
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You, Lord, in Your great love for me, For Timmy, are so intentional. As I write these thoughts, pour out my praise and prayers, I press in, buckle tight the grace gift life vest. It wraps around me in perfection and comfort and I see the generous deck hands You have provided to sail along with me. They, as well, are intentional, devoted, my own miracles.<br />
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I might have stayed under the heavy tarp of despair and grief..., the grommets of regret and isolation held fast to the what ifs, the should haves, BUT GOD...<br />
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I allowed, directed my self to feel His Spirit as all the deck hands prayed, continue to pray and honor our Creator and Giver of life. I billowed up, caught by the Wind and I began to sail through the waters only You charted for me, a personal, intentional course.<br />
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I dock in beautiful Ports of Calling and walk along shores where grace ripples so gently and so amazingly. Hope unpacks the grief and restores this vessel for myself, for others. A certain horizon awaits me, the full sail Glory of the Lord in my own return Home but until then, I will speak of, serve and worship The Lord of Promise whose Love is intentional for every one of us.<br />
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<i><b>Psalm 27: 13-14 </b></i><br />
<i><b>I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.Wait for the Lord; be strong and let your heart take courage; yes, wait on the Lord. </b></i><br />
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Grace is Amazing<br />
Heaven is Real<br />
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I watch, holding my breath<o:p></o:p></div>
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Feeling both pain and overcoming joy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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His tiny features and newborn skin bond to my soul,<o:p></o:p></div>
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As I hold him so close, forever mine.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I ponder motherhood, an honorary role,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Intentional blessedness<o:p></o:p></div>
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So much to learn…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bank gothic";">I watch as an angel
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<span style="font-family: "bank gothic";">In the garden’s
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<span style="font-family: "bank gothic";">His magnificence
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<span style="font-family: "bank gothic";">He speaks words of
purpose, a Holy Plan to be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bank gothic";">I bow in awe and
wonder as He speaks of Coming Light.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bank gothic";">How God…why me?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bank gothic";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then I hear him call me Favored
One, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bank gothic";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary, so shall it be. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I watch as he grows and discovers,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Curiosity catapults and words articulate.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Motherhood is fun and hard, many surprises and delights. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Settled into somewhat routine<o:p></o:p></div>
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Jotting down memories, maybe some highlights.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The reality of life sets in<o:p></o:p></div>
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Detours appear, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grace
guiding us down the hard road <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then I
hear Him whisper…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will
help carry your load. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bank gothic";">I watch Him grow in
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<span style="font-family: "bank gothic";">In favor with God
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<span style="font-family: "bank gothic";">Already set to do
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<span style="font-family: "bank gothic";">At the Temple, he stayed
too long<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've experienced humanity along this path</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In gratitude and grief, longing and hoping,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">knowing and obeying. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've never walked alone. Never.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Father's plan all along, to do His Will</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today marked the start of a different trek,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One prepared from the very beginning</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When the roads started to diverge.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our efforts in place, the Hope for a cure,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A promise-- if one believes.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Father's Plan all along, free will.</span></i><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I knew this time, again, inevitable wounds.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Fear was not an option; it lies, deceives.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We met in the desert, those wilderness places.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It tried walking me to the edge.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I scoff at the ignorance for I see fear's fate.</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My Father's Plan all along, forever to reign.</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The weight held my feet</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As if captured in an animal trap.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With each movement,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Especially the first open-eyed breath of morning light</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I knew what must be done.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'd walk with the burdens, all of them.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With the mocking--loud and the memory crown, piercing.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The silent ones hurt more, those who say but never do,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Who know, yet seek the temporary.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I walk for all. I love for all.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Father's Plan all along, to give it all over to Him.</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With bloodied feet numb</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I shed grief's loss to gain righteousness.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Right thinking</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Right doing</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Right living under and through His Grace.</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Father's Plan all along, Resurrection.</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The burden heavy in my human weakness</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yet there are those who help me carry</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I arrive and Grace begins.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The promises of Hope plugs in to dance</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To the music of victory, to the symphony of purpose.</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Father's plan all along, Merciful Redemption</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Campaign gathers the disciples,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The afflicted, the faithful,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Who walk with me. We grow together,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Learn and listen, pray, Oh, the prayers!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We remember the why and the who.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Father's Plan all along, Greater Love.</span></i><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Past, present and future converge.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hope arises from the intersection,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Where arms stretch out, chests heave,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Legs strain to lift and open lungs</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Until its done and history changes.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Father's Plan all along, that He makes One Way.</span></i><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here, death is remembered</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But life peers into Eternity</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For all those who give of themselves,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Surrender their own will,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And I am redirected to Heaven.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Father's Plan all along, Communion. </span></i><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Peace pours back down</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And True Believers receive the gifts.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hearts and feet walk side by side along the Way</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Forever changed, forever comforted, forever loved,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Forever knowing, His Plan all along...Glory</span><br />
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In the very beginning Aspiring Writers’ Forum or A.W.F. as
we like to call ourselves, formed a bond amongst the members who transformed
the table on Wednesday nights, sharing our thoughts in written word, our days
in anecdotal stories and our hopes in words and imagined dreams of the glory
and grace surrounding us. Our friend, Sarah Hutson sat amongst us in those
first couple of years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a genuine
wit, she always made us laugh. <o:p></o:p></div>
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When I think of Sarah, I think of a spunky, young, single
mom, with a huge heart for her family, her job, and especially her son, Gavin.
She possessed many talents involving theater art, something she thought she
might pursue as a career, but God led her down another path, one she also succeeded
in, encompassing both her intellect, her loving spirit and “family.” Employed
as a social worker, specifically, she walked children and hopeful couples through
the foster and adoption process, a gift of patience, insight and long hours,
she saw the fruition of many hopes and dreams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Sarah did all this fighting cancer, fighting for her own
life, her own future but in that she trusted God wholeheartedly, as she herself
proclaimed her adoption into God’s family. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In early summer, God gave me an impromptu way to serve
Sarah, and I am so blessed to have had the opportunity to give her a ride home
from church one warm Sunday afternoon. We talked a lot and it wasn’t idle
chit-chat. I asked her a few questions I just wanted to know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt comfortable enough around her to
inquire and she shared in transparency, she shared humbly, she shared with her
hopes and dreams still attached. My heart swelled in thankfulness for this
dear, strong woman, my friend, who in her frail and painful state, encouraged
me, made me laugh and believe even more that God’s plans are good and that
light shines in and through the darkness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As I pulled up to her house, I held her hand and we prayed together, one
last time. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In those first few months of AWF, we did a crazy thing. (Somehow,
I think Sarah helped move this idea forward). Putting together stories of
unique perspectives from the Christmas Story, an Advent book came together. A
collaborative effort, Sarah contributed three stories. I chose to share one of
them here, “The Shepherdess.” I am reminded of my friend, a shepherdess in her
own way, leading lost little lambs to forever families, telling cheerful and
funny stories while waiting and watching in darkness over those things she
loved so dearly. Thank you Sarah, for pointing out the glorious lights in
heaven with your shining courageous Spirit and for inspiring us all with your
faithful, unrelenting hope in a Greater Shepherd who comforts us now in our
tears and our memories. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In love and gratitude, Rest in Peace my friend,</div>
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Considerably yours, </div>
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Coleene VanTilburg <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Shepherdess<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By Sarah Hutson<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Angels, that’s what she heard. That’s what awakened Deborah
and her family. Even her unborn child seemed alert and moving. At first, she
thought she was dreaming, but when she looked around she saw other shepherds
waking from their huddled groups and staring at the sky. A sky alive with color
and movement that swirled together to form heavenly figures. The sky filled
with the messengers of heaven. The air itself crackled around Deborah and an
unseen force drew her and her loved ones to their feet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Be not afraid,” the angels said. “Unto you a Savior is
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“We are mere shepherds, the lowest of the village,” Deborah
said to her husband. “Why would a Savior be born for us? What right do we have
to worship at His feet?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Her husband drew her close, “I too am afraid; but they have
told us to go to the Child and bear witness of His birth. I do not understand
why we have been chosen, but I will obey.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The call of the angels overcame the fears of her mind, and
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They were told to follow the star, but they were led by
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child move and she rubbed her stomach lovingly. It was then that she realized
this young girl’s Child was born to save her children. He was born to save the
world, now and for all the generations to come. The weight of that realization
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Christmas Poem, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Take us to amazing places
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 14.0pt;">So we run, run with the
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Striving, winning and
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Marked now by scars, knee
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 14.0pt;">A sip of thirst-quenching
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 14.0pt;">From the world’s deadly
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 14.0pt;">He heals the infection,
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Your decision, His Hope for
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 14.0pt;">He disconnects, removes all
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Spiritual therapy is
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And every tongue will
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<span style="font-family: "arial narrow"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Find Him today and walk in
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For one, his ashes rested in a beautiful crafted wooden box, I am sure he made himself, since he did that. The attendees sang more than appropriate hymns together, "Be Thou My Vision," and "Amazing Grace." The other, a viewing, his shrouded body flanked by a collage of pictures and a spray of beautiful red roses.<br />
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One was a Sheriff's Deputy, the other a Chiropractor by profession, both involved and committed to serving their community and people without compromise.<br />
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One received a diagnosis of cancer in April and lost the battle in a few short months.<br />
One suffered for several years with failing health.<br />
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Honored by many of his friends, pastors, colleagues and family, Ron, my cousin, received a passionate display of memorial speeches and a tribute to his heroism. We felt in awe of what he accomplished and gave. A "casket guard" represented by the Sheriff Dept., --in this case, an urn guard, each fully uniformed officer stood their allotted time next to the table where his ashes rested, in ceremonial respect and honor.<br />
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A service prepared by a minister he never knew, Walter, my friend from high school probably smiled from heaven as the minister shared from the Book of Genesis, his heart wanting to give us hope. Walter never wanted attention, always caring more about what you were up to. Leaving that room, we proceeded up a long hill, a procession following the hearse to where the burial ceremony continued, over-looking the valley he grew up and served his patients in. Arriving there, several more friends from high school enlarged the crowd. Below his dug grave, the burial section of children. Their headstones recently decorated for the fall season, aglow with marigolds pumpkins, mums...it gave that tangible melancholy--a feeling of hope lost. A choir of angelic voices, I'd like to think, welcomed my friend to his heavenly Home. In that we remember that God is the Giver of Eternal Hope.<br />
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Yes, both memorials were different, yet in death, we are all at level ground. Eternity and our legacy lifts us up because of our love for God, demonstrated in service and kindness to others. Their memory etches a hope eulogy in our own interactions, for us to remember who they were to us forever in the tombstones of our hearts. It should inspire us to do something with that dash in our life's journey, the dash that holds a lifetime of who we are in Christ and to this broken world.<br />
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May 3, 1954 ~ .... That dash represents my legacy. What will it be, what will yours be?<br />
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My cousin, Ron, my friend, Walter...their dashes, their selfless lives touched me and many others. I want to share two stories as I remember them, being told at each service.<br />
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Ron, trekked to Mt Everest in the Himalayan mountains of Tibet. An extraordinary athlete, this accomplishment is no ordinary endeavor. As you may have seen in documentaries or news stories, when climbing Mt. Everest, one is accompanied by local mountain guide called a Sherpa. Ron, being a friendly, very talkative man, struck up a conversation with one Sherpa on the journey. A topic came up about goals and dreams, an obvious, easy topic since Ron at that moment made a big check on that bucket list. The Sherpa ( with the help of translators), expressed to Ron that his goal in life was to be an "ancestor." In his culture, to achieve that, he needed to own property, a parcel of land. I don't know the details of how Ron made that happen, but he gifted his Sherpa after the climb with the amount he needed in his country, to make that purchase and achieve his dream, to become an "ancestor."<br />
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At the graveside service of my friend, Walter, as mentioned earlier, many more appeared on the hill, fellow classmates of mine and Walter's from high school long ago. While the pastor said a few more words, there remained some missing statements about the man, Walter. These friends from high school, were quick to give Walter the praise and honor he deserved, share their anecdotes and love. One story I wish to share here. <br />
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Just out of high school and entering junior college in the fall, Debbie and her friend needed jobs. Seeing an opportunity to work in a factory, the excitement and impulsive urge created by the need for sustenance, made them eager to get hired. Hearing of this, Walter was not too certain this sounded like a good thing. Not in the best part of town, Walter insisted that he pick up both girls and drive them to the factory to do the paperwork. He then arranged to take them as well, their first day, which he did. Did I mention they were working graveyard shift? Not only did he take them, he waited in the parking lot all night for them to finish their shift and make sure they got home safe. After a few days, the girls realized Walter's wisdom and quit. Who does that?--waits all night long, sacrificing their own time to make sure their friends remain safe? Walter did. As I got to know him more in our adult years, he shared one of his greatest joys, attending church at the Salvation Army, here in Ontario. A humble place and somewhere he knew he could serve God quietly and kindly, he did that and I saw that joy, that Holy Spirit within him when he talked about that experience. Walt also poured his life into his girlfriend's son, helping him to achieve his goals of entering the Armed Services. That became very evident when meeting Brandon at Walter's service. Walter loved deeply and unselfishly, a legacy filtered now into this young man for his own future.<br />
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No one knows the time, the place, the when or the where, the how...What I do know is the who.<br />
Who will be impacted by my legacy? What kind of legacy am I leaving, presenting? Does it reflect the God I serve? Am I making a difference for the Kingdom? Am I bold enough to climb a "Mt. Everest" of negativity, culture changes and untruths? Can I persevere when the world and craziness permeates every facet of life? Can I continue to write and give testimony of the legacy of Grace? Only in His strength, I can.<br />
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Both my cousin and my friend pursued righteousness, right living. Both believed with all their hearts in the One True God and His purposes, to love God and love one another. Every day we make a choice--to live defeated or to live empowered. Trials come, but God promises that He walks with us through them and in that our faith strengthens, our legacy grows. In this Thanksgiving season, let's start with gratitude. Thank you God for the gift of Ron and Walter in my life. A grateful heart heals a broken heart etched with too many disappointments and sorrow. Heaven gains saints every moment. How can we invest in lives resulting in an eternal difference, a legacy rewarded in His perfect timing and providence? Be Still and Know.<br />
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Many listened to him in those wee hours when the hospital is quieter and some try sleeping. That's when he seemed to ramp up the dialogue, and that chosen attentive night nurse came into his room only to stay awhile longer, listening, as some nurses did so well, a skill not requiring a college course. Tim, my sick son, met several of those along his journey to find the cure and/or the doctor who'd make him his priority. </div>
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<i></i>It first showed up many years prior, at the age of 11 or 12 I think. This unknown sharp distraction for Tim, nagged and puzzled many and they (professionals) could not quite put their finger on it, give a diagnosis for that certain pain he had in his neck. <i>A pain in the neck...</i>to name what aggravated him, what caused his crying out. Finally, almost 3 weeks and many tests, by default and a favor from a friend, we went to another county, a new hospital where an ultra- sound detected it. That Blood Clot...almost gone by this time, lodged in an artery in his neck, the carotid of all places. </div>
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We dealt with his chronic kidney condition and other issues through the years. Then, at 19, legs swinging from his kidney doctor's table, he described his chest pain, telling the doctor that he thinks a blood clot invaded his lungs. He TELLS the doctor because he knows this pain. </div>
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From that day on, Tim's blood tests became weekly and a new prescription, a blood thinner, became another part of his medical regimen. He'd be in and out of the hospital the next 6 years. </div>
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Tim met a new doctor, one that wanted to take another look at his problem with blood clots. A genetic factor for clotting became the topic of discussion, something called Protein C deficiency. Tim discontinued the blood thinner meds for a brief time in order to get an accurate blood test. The findings indicated he DID "have some sort of genetic predisposition to clotting," said this doctor. Others were still not so sure. </div>
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He died physically, a horrible way, broken, bleeding and unable to breathe oxygen into his lungs on his own. But a spiritual death never occurs because of the blood of Christ and in that, my son lives forever and we will see him again. </div>
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Ten years later, here we are. Healed? Yes. Comforted by Amazing Grace? Yes. Knowing a sovereign and Holy God in a deeper and very personal way? Yes. Wanting to tell his story and my story...God's story all the time? Yes. </div>
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Three clots wait in the on deck circle behind Ted, my husband's, knee. Two others already traveled up to his lungs. It all comes flooding back, the pain, the fear, the questions and the silent stares/prayers of my heart. </div>
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In his gentle and caring heart, the doctor looked over at me, leaned in and said these words..."I want to know your son's story." </div>
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<i>I've been telling his story, our story for 10 years now. </i></div>
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I knew he meant medically, but so much more filled up that space between us in those few seconds---never just one thing. <i>Breathe... </i>I feel the spiritual, His Presence. An egg of my womb and my husband's seed created from love for love, if only for a season, but always, always for a reason. </div>
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<i>The Blood</i>...it has power! <i>The Blood</i>, it overcomes, <i>the words of our testimony.</i>..they will supersede! Peace passes over me, <i>through me, like a blood flow, </i>that peace I know from God that He heard my heart cries even when I wasn't even officially praying. <i>I want to know your son's story</i>...God is so good. </div>
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The next day I am telling this story to my dearest friend. God clears my head once again and shows me His Light. Tim may have received his news too late, but Ted did not. Even after 10 years and moving past, Tim presented his father, his brother, his cousins, his uncle...all of them a gift. Genetics usually happen the other way around, the father relays a flaw, a mutation to the child. But our son, 10 years past his arrival in heaven, lets his dad know, so his dad can live, be prepared, OVERCOME!</div>
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<i>Power in the Blood, because love lives on and testimony and story needs to keep flowing and demon clots need to dissolve. Strength and resolve sometimes come from the fight, but the spiritual battle belongs to the Lord. Now we know we can overcome. </i></div>
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And we will. Thank you Timmy for fighting a good hard fight. You didn't have all the answers but that never stopped you from trying to find them. You were on a good road, on the edge of a break through, maybe not a cure but some answers, even way past your time. You never knew for certain, but we know now. Thank you for pointing the way, even 10 years later and letting us know God is always in control. Thank You God for loving us, grace poured out and received for those who believe in the power of Your blood.</div>
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I slept in a waiting room; yeah, I did that, over night and into the next morning, and the next, not even realizing time did not wait. </div>
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I heaved big sighs and prayers, sobbed uncontrollably, stared at walls and people. </div>
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<i>The waiting room is now the trauma ward...</i></div>
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I felt the life blood drain from my head through my stomach in a hallway, outside a waiting room, in a hospital. </div>
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Ten years later, she walked me back to see my husband, prone on the bed with wheels that soon moved to a different room, a surgical room. <i>...a room of blood, cutting and repairing.</i> We chit-chatted; I'm trying my best to calm his nerves. The nurse, we found out, with her cute Eastern European accent, knew a friend of ours from the same ol' country. </div>
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What a small world. </div>
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<i>The world is small and full of waiting and wondering rooms. </i></div>
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Prepped and ready, the nursing staff moved my husband as I walked alongside. He headed for his surgery. Conscious and fully aware of his destination, that difference seemed to make a difference...<i>this time. </i>We said our good-byes. </div>
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<i>The other time... I kissed his cheek, wiped his forehead, my fingers combed through his hair. </i><i>I watched as my son's bed with his comatose body pushed through the middle of those double doors, which opened way too easy, for all to disappear behind them. Then I waited. </i></div>
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The nurse walked me back to the waiting room. She asked, "Are you okay?" </div>
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<i>I hadn't said a word...how could she know? </i></div>
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"Yeah, I'm fine...just some memories of another time when my son died in surgery."</div>
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<i>I didn't mean to say that much.</i></div>
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Curious, she prodded for more and I obliged. I really didn't want to. </div>
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<i>But, I did. </i></div>
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I resumed my position in the chair in the waiting room. My sister and brother-in-law were there too. </div>
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We managed small talk to pass the time and keep the thoughts at bay. But really, I am thinking of you, son, and waiting and grace and growth, of trusting and You and us--<i>all of us in this small world, this waiting room in Your bigger world. </i></div>
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My brother-in-law noticed it first. Outside the glass doors across the hall and outside a glass wall, it hits the window over and over to get through. He nudged my sister and she relayed what she sees as my back is opposite the wall. </div>
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A butterfly is trying hard to get inside...make himself known...be seen by those waiting. I turned 90 degrees and looked out. I see it, a large yellow and black Tiger Swallowtail, two stories up, in the trees, flying into and against the glass window. I grabbed my phone without saying a word, walked out the glass door and entered the hallway. I tried to find my camera button and focus. </div>
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It met me there for those few seconds as I fumbled with my phone. Then it flew up in the trees again, swooped down on the other end of the window wall. I hoped it would come back, but it completed its mission, delivered to me the remembrance of His grace, His promises. <i></i></div>
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My only picture, a memory shot, and then there are two witnesses. </div>
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Those who wait in waiting rooms become witnesses of life and grace and love. <i>Do they realize it? </i></div>
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I am reminded of a story of two disciples walking to a town called Emmaus, about 7 miles out of Jerusalem. Their conversation maybe contained small talk, but they also spoke of their Messiah, His recent crucifixion and their fear, their broken hearts, their memories. A third man appeared on the road and conversed with them as they walked, speaking of the promises of the Scriptures. They continued the conversation, a bit amazed at the words of this man. Arriving in town, the three began to eat together, the stranger breaking bread and blessing his friends...</div>
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<i>Luke 24:30-31 "And it came about that when He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight." </i></div>
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The day before my husband's surgery, I broke bread, took of the cup, in an intimate gathering of four special friends. Our desire, to understand our own brokenness more and be the Good because of it.<i><br /></i></div>
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<i>He became broken for us to make us whole and good. </i></div>
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A butterfly comes to offer me communion. A remembrance of the good that came out of my broken self in the grief, the waiting, the seeing and the transforming. </div>
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As I re-enter the waiting room, in that moment, I am filled with His love for me. In His amazing grace, my eyes and heart once again widen, open, and I trust Him even more in that moment, for He is good. I sat at an angle, seeking the angel messenger, wanting to see and taste the Communion again. I know I can take that with me anywhere at any time. In my humble need for Him, He lovingly makes Himself known.<br />
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In a few more minutes, that pass so quickly for I am elated, the nurse tells me it is done, my husband is in recovery and the doctor will make his way to talk to me in a near by private room. </div>
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A recovery room, a place where we receive our breath again and the reminder that we survived with mercy and a new perspective. We gladly take the instructions to build our strength and then, we reunite with those we love. And though I do not physically eat of the bread and wine, I feel the Communion in that room, a room now filled with a prayer of Thanksgiving. </div>
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A butterfly waits for his directions and I am sure makes his appearance outside someone's hospital room, maybe a new mother, holding her precious newborn in her arms, or a nurse needing revival after a 12-hour shift, or...</div>
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To the graduating Class of 2017, Congratulations! </div>
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To the Hopefuls, I'd like to share these words from the New Testament, Philippians 4: 8. the Apostle Paul's advice and wisdom for his day, applicable to this day. </div>
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Emotions, evident this week on faces of grief and shock at the tragic death of two young soccer coaches and two other young lives, to exhilaration and pride at graduation, to thankfulness and anticipation for the next years after retiring from a long and satisfactory career in teaching, swing from one side to the other. </div>
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Life is measured in moments, some sad, some happy, some overwhelming, some celebratory, some unforgettable, some lodged in our memory forever. At 18 years of age, awareness of these very feelings may give us a tinge of fear and excitement for the future, anticipating more of life. In this day, this time, I take from Scripture these words from the Apostle Paul in Ephesians 4 as sound advice, goals to work towards. I pray for you, faith in the journey. </div>
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We feel, provide empathy, compassion, stand tall in pride, satisfaction and gratefulness. Our truth settles in. Some things are good, some things are not, some things are very hard, some things we just take for granted, some things fill us with hope and joy! The Apostle Paul tells us to dwell---to dream on the Truth, to seek it. Life is also fleeting, unpredictable. Try not to take anything for granted but live as if everything is a wonderful gift, even if it is only with you a short time. Be Truth among the false realities of so many. Rise above. </div>
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Congratulations graduates of 2017. I hope you received your diploma with pride and I honor you for your achievement. My hope and prayer for you is that you use the rights and freedoms you possess as a citizen of this great country, in an honorable and respectful way in return. God gave us minds to think for ourselves, to seek truth and justice and to live by those very same principles in accord with one another, even those we may disagree with. Honor those around you and respect others. Build relationships and in that, people will hopefully respect you for your own passions. In that, God enlarges your surroundings and places you in opportunities to make Him known. Learning to trust in God comes from taking those tiny faithful steps. Integrity is who you are when no one is looking. Keep the faith. </div>
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Discernment--something I ask God for every day, to know which direction, which word, what is true, what is honorable, what is the right thing---and most importantly, what is not. God also gives us people in our lives to dialogue with, to help us discover the right way. God's Word is infallible and true. God is good and righteous. Everyone makes mistakes, chooses wrong, has regrets. Forgiveness is right, trying again is right. It brings us closer to God, the One who makes all things right. Keep trying and learning. Strive to be right. God covers all our wrongs. Be that same grace for others. Believe it for yourself. </div>
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Allow God to filter you. You will know what to leave behind, who to leave behind, who to add, what to add, how to grow. Start fresh, new every day with a grateful heart, and a prayer to be worthy of His love. He sees us as pure through the blood of Christ. If we live defeated by our problems and situations, that does not reflect the Light within us. Plant your feet in one place, don't straddle, be double-minded. You won't please everyone, learn to see eternally. The enemy is real. Keep vigilant. Be in the the world as His follower but not of the world. Allow God to do your battling. Victorious now and forever, your belief brings you in the winner's circle. What is filtered out can now be used for His glory, your story. Fly above the crowd and seek the right sustenance. Purity is healthy living. Live Pure. </div>
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Every day I am greeted by one of my special needs students, "Hi pretty!" Greeting all the girls, women on campus that way, I know how it makes me feel, that I am glad to be there, that she loves me and knows she is loved. Gardening, a passion of mine, I see the lovely in every new unfolding bud or swell of a fruit. It starts as a seed planted, and then nurtured to grow and give back. To be lovely is not about the external, but the internal, what our thoughts are, again, what we are dwelling on, dreaming of. Fill your mind with thoughts of love, of kindness, of service. To pray for one another--that is a lovely thing. To pray for those against you, that is even more lovely. God smiles and nods, "My beloved, I adore you and promise to never leave you nor forsake you." Isn't that just lovely? </div>
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What do you associate with, fill your mind with, hang out with? There are a bunch of apps that will give opinions on things, Yelp for instance. Even our local community Facebook pages stream with experiences good and not so good, neighborhoods to watch out for, teams to pick for your kids and schools to attend, churches that are friendly. Maybe the high school experiences and choices left some notches, some scars, some things you think can't be erased. Good reputations and character are built over time. Choosing to follow God, He transforms more than just the heart, but can and does erase the past and make all things new. Be someone reputable. Encourage one another in that same goal. We are all a work in progress. </div>
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Everyone wants to hear those words, "Good job!" God tells us to do our work as if we are working for the Lord, and actually we are. Everyone likes to be appreciated, thanked and given good feedback and comments. Constructive criticism, correction and positive suggestions all help us to grow. Be wise in listening and considering and then always pray and ask to be mentored, sponsored, taught, discipled. That is the way towards excellence. No one starts at the top. No one climbs up the mountain by themselves. Praise Your Maker and give thanks to those that walk beside you. Humbleness and gratefulness go together, an example of a leader and a difference maker is one who recognizes the importance of teamwork. Spend time in worship. Alone time with God finds excellence in the making. Prayer changes you. Worship anoints you and glorifies God. Draw near and He will draw near to you. (James 4:8).</div>
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Finally, in verse 9 of Philippians 4, the Apostle Paul tells us, "the things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things and the God of peace shall be with you." In that, I wish you peace, dear graduates, peace in your heart and to be a peacemaker in word and deed, for in that, true success comes and multiplies out, one life at a time to a whole new generation of hopefuls. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">January
found us viewing the screen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">A
Star Wars chapter, and my own video scene.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">I
recorded my testimony, A Sojourner’s story,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">To
encourage the faithful, all for His Glory.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">A
billion dollar winner chosen in our town!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">It
wasn’t us, though riches abound.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Thirty-nine
years married, dinner we ate <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">At
a new fancy place we thought great.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Oh
those songs of harmony, we know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">My
own song of Amazing Grace<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Continues
to unfold at Wednesday’s writing place. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">On
Valentine’s Day I wrote a random post<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">A
message to Timmy, I miss him the most…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">But
You, God, gave me messages so clear,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">A
day I’ll remember of hearts and angels near. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">The
one white rose blooms again on the day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">We
mark 9 years of Tim’s journey away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">March
moves in and spring is planted,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Basketball
games, local champions granted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Mid
month March found me quite ill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Bronchitis
kicked me hard against my will.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Easter
and hope arose in the dawn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">As
Grandpa’s tulips poke up from the lawn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">A
movie, “Miracles from Heaven” took in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">With
two favorite friends, a faithful win.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">After
the show, a hydrangea purchased,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Butterfly
photo, my own miracle resurgence.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">April
comes quickly as I prepare the garden;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">A
whimsical birdbath tweets for a remodelin’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the paints and brush supply,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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7 of my Writers’ group ended in celebration,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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You Lord, I know are my steady Rock.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of past successes and chronic diseased lives,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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arrived and to the beach I do head<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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daytrip with another, my special friend, Mel<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "apple chancery"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Now
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Orlando, Brussels and Nice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For three summers now, writing a memoir called "Grace Upon Amazing Grace," filled my afternoons with memories, tears, music, amazement, God's Word, and a lot prayerful perseverance to complete this work of love. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well, I finished it on Wednesday night. Yeah God! Although I am working still a bit on the epilogue, that too, may change a bit as I ponder this whole process.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Someone said to me recently, there are three types of people: those who dream a dream or envision an idea, but when they start to dabble in it, or do a little research, or even receive some negativity or obstacles, they give up.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Next, is the person who completes the first part of a dream, like actually write the book, but they stop there because the process of editing, choosing a publisher, marketing, branding, etc., presents too much work, too much decision making, just too much additional effort. They are satisfied with writing the book...just for the sake of writing a book. It remains in a file on their computer.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The third person seems to know that writing a book is a whole lot more than plot developments, effective dialogue, research, grammar, "...and they lived happily after ever."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's a whole lot more than critiques, edits, harder edits and formatting...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's the MORE they really dream of, the "contract," the reviews, the UPS truck driving up to their porch delivering the first 100 copies, the book signings, the movie deals.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">WHAT!!!!! ????</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No movie deals! But yes, I do believe I am this third person, on the lower scale of things anyways. I dream now of moving forward to the next phase, slowly, considerably and wisely, with my eye on the Lord because none of this is about my glory, my fame, my agenda. I've told a very personal story because God told me to. He will continue to direct me.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> ~~~</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It started out as a tiny egg of an idea, hatching into a squirmy caterpillar , words crawling across the pages, a little at a time. Growing and being nurtured by the goodness of the Lord, the word count and chapters increasing. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I could let the obstacles, the multiple distractions, the financial, the unbelievers and naysayers, those flying-monkey demons... try to get me down, pull me from my sustaining grace, but I won't because God gave me a passion and a talent, a suit of armour and maybe... just a little stubborn streak. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Please view video:</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/coleene.vantilburg/videos/10208327414317594/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">https://www.facebook.com/coleene.vantilburg/videos/10208327414317594/</span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Blessed with many close friends, praying warriors, invested family, (hubby and son) who support this effort and contributed as well, I am not alone. They dream with me and I feel it, I appreciate it so much. Community and encouragement always sees a bigger picture and possibilities than doing stuff alone--truly a team effort!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <b><i>"Fly! I will give you grace!" It was done at the cross. </i></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today Lord, I take what You have asked of me, to take my experiences and write a beautiful story of great loss, yes, but also one of greater grace and Hope. All 41 chapters and 54,000 words give or take... I hold it for a few seconds, giving thanks, rejoicing in this dual effort, seeng the beauty of it all, finished and tangible before my eyes. I am truly overwhelmed. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now I walk the road of faith, through the enclosures and obstacles that just might come before me, but You Lord will make a way. I continue to move through and past grief and see the supernatural miracles You have made in the ashes, the lives you've allowed me to touch with our story already. Today and always, may I give thanksgiving to all those who made this journey God honoring, possible, and especially Lord, to You, the Giver of all things good.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I release this memoir, "Grace Upon Amazing Grace," my work of love for my son, Timothy, and His memory. I release it for God's continued orchestration in and through the next level, the metamorphisis of words on a computer document, to words on pages of a book, published. I release it for the Glory of the great God I serve. May You, Lord, be lifted into hearts and hands of those who grieve, but also to those who long to know Your peace in the depths of their own heart-breaking circumstances. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">His Word and presence in my life through the Holy Spirit gave me the strength and peace to rise above earthly circumstances, to write the words of the miraculous healing through grief, to believe in GREATER THINGS! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Coleene VanTilburg </i></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.worthylinks.com">Worthy Links - Christian Search Engine</a></div>Coleene VanTilburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16153981780178388015noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8604266370834259107.post-47289600509399876952016-06-13T18:07:00.000-07:002016-06-14T13:14:06.699-07:00Working Heart-ily <br />
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Vocation: Special Ed Collaborative Aide, Ayala High School, Chino Hills, CA.<br />
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It's been awhile since I've written a blog post here. Don't worry, I've had many "considerable thoughts." I've posted on my other blog, shared shorter contemplations on social media and maybe just been a little too busy these last 6 months.<br />
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Summer break is now upon me. I've considered what to do...no, it was never considered, it's more in the imperative! ---Rest, Refresh and WRITE!<br />
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<i><b>Something to ponder...what are you doing this summer? </b></i><br />
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Many photos within my phone take up needed space, as my device keeps telling me--it is feeling FULL. So, here's a photo-blog and hopefully, some inspiration for your own considerable thoughts.<br />
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The school year started out with an unknown assignment as a one-on-one aide. I found myself placed with a student who never showed up until late October. By then, another position opened up in that same classroom. I applied and got the job. I now work with a teacher, several other support staff like myself, in a population of high schoolers with very special needs, one of which is communication. This environment has taught me a lot through observation, interaction and dialogue with the more experienced. I have fallen in love with the kids, esteem my co-workers and just truly look forward to going to work each day. Enjoying the culture of high school and all it entails--football games, rallies, plays, presentations, interactions and challenges, I am blessed to work at a great high school with wonderful people.<br />
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<i><b>Have you considered the blessings your employment brings, other than paychecks?</b></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Philippians 2: 1-3 If therefore there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.</span> </span><br />
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<i><b>Are you part of a team? What does that look like for you? </b></i><br />
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He is 15 and a freshman this year. He has a thick head of dark wavy hair and a smile that lights up a room. He loves to watch things fall to the ground and cheers for himself as he goes on the lift of the bus. He has my heart.<br />
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<i><b>Is there someone or something who just "has your heart?"</b></i><br />
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A gathering spot for our Thursday outings, English Springs Park gets us outdoors and enjoying the lake and its many attractions. We went a few times this year. It's a great place to take pictures, move to the music you create, walk, build strength, enjoy nature and swing your feet to touch the clouds.<br />
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<i><b>Have you enjoyed a picnic lunch with some friends lately? </b></i><br />
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There is something to be said about order, balance, linear design, color and grouping like items. <br />
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Our ASL kids (American Sign Language) include our class in their annual Variety Show. During 2nd period, they joined our kids in teaching them sign and to dance to the song, "I Like to Move It, Move It" from the Pixar movie, Madagascar. Here are a few practice shots.<br />
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Bowling, another popular activity of learning and playful competition became one of MY favorite outings. A strike never marked my scoreboard, but I can say I did achieve a couple of spares. The kids beat me--always by a long-shot! But then again, I've never claimed to be the sporty-type, more the "stay-the-heck-away-from-a-ball" type. There's always, always hope.<br />
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<i><b>Have you tried anything new lately, challenged yourself or have something on your bucket list you're anxious to cross off---maybe sky diving? </b></i><br />
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Christmas time. The beauty and message of love for all is so visual. Decorating the tree with snowflakes and giving our friend and school receptionist Mrs. Sue more reasons to smile; we delight in the Season of Sparkle and Light.<br />
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We're 6 months in. Consider your new year's resolution if you made one. Better yet, a new summertime goal. Whatever you choose to do, do it well and love one another in the process. </div>
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