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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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,           [...]

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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 [...]

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