Birthday celebration!

REMEMBERING HIS DAY
Granddaughter baked a cake last night
And topped it today with candlelight
Then asked the children to come near
She had a story for them to hear
A story about a Holy birth
When God sent His Son to earth
This is our Savior’s special day
She said, as they bowed heads to pray
There’d be no [...]

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My journal – my life

SLICES OF MY LIFE
In a journal on my table
Beside my favorite pen
You will find revealing verses
Where only lines had been
I’ve filled the pages with the muse
That touches deep inside
And you can read what’s written there
When the book is opened wide
There is verse about my children
And some about my mate
There are even [...]

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A rosebud from God’s Garden

    GOD’S MASTERPIECE             
               (Toni)
 
Heaven’s gate must have opened
And a cherub slipped through
I know, because I’ve seen you
And hugged and kissed you, too
 
You’re quite a little treasure
Perfect in every way
A rosebud from God’s Garden
A flower in my bouquet
 
You’ve cast your spell upon me
And I don’t mind at all
In fact I rather like it
Being charmed by [...]

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A Cinquain for you today

                FULL MOON
 
Full moon
    night’s yellow globe,
        frosting the world in gold,
            infecting lovers with romance …
                God’s gift.
 
8/1/05              Phyllis DeWitt-VanVleck

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Questions from a child

    GOD’S GREAT TAPESTRY
 
My small grandchild came to me
          And leaning up against my knee
Asked, what happens when you die?
          And then, before I gave reply,
 
Why can’t everyone walk, like me?
          Why can’t some people hear or see?
How is it that our God’s the same,
          But religions have a different name?
 
Why do people fuss and [...]

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Right where we live

GOD’S PRECIOUS EARTH
 
I often have a yearning
          To leave my chores behind
To commune with Mother Nature
          And let my tensions unwind
 
To relax before a campfire
          And watch the embers glow
To smell the fragrant piney scent
          As the fire burns low
 
To hear the water whispering
          While caressing the shore
To hear the chorused night sounds
          From nature’s [...]

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