Little Poems Of Faith: A Poem A Day For 34 Days

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Copyright (text and drawings):  Alison Lawrence

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Dedication: To my readers 

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Day One

I know You are with me,

and that You love me.

It is enough.

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Day Two

Thank You Father;

You are so good to me:

I can breathe again 

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Day Three

Jesus' joy

is gold, sparkling, happy -

I'm sorry I can't describe it

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Day Four

It is good to be

in that still place:

the centre of God's will

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Day Five

Dark days come

when I wander away

and get too busy

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Day Six

Worry demands my time;

he is pushy and loud.

I am evicting him.

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Day Seven

You are enough.

Billboards entice, adverts shout -

I drive on by

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Day Eight

There is little I need.

I am a simple soul

living in Your love

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Day Nine

I'm a failure.

I don't have any answers.

But You lift my head

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Day Ten

I'm sorry Lord,

for losing the plot again.

I thought I had a story

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Day Eleven

Only by Your Spirit

can I live

and find my way

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Day Twelve

Gentle breezes

of Your love.

Contentment

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Day Thirteen

Reeds are swaying,

storybook ducks nestle

close to God at the river

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Day Fourteen

Sparkles of sunshine

flash on the ocean.

Your love is vast

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Day Fifteen

God teaches patience

in the questions of a child

and rambling conversation

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Day Sixteen

Reading gemstones

and stringing pearls together

in my Bible 

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Day Seventeen

Mass produced

on second hand paper.

More valuable than gold!

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Day Eighteen

Each word is a ruby,

a sapphire, a diamond,

or a rose

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Day Nineteen

Going to church

is like stumbling on a clearing

in the jungle

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Day Twenty

Why church?

Is it not archaic?

No. Not going is more archaic still.

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Day Twenty-One

Church is...

family, faith, friends,

healing, hope, and glimpse of Heaven

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Day Twenty-Two

Church is...

singing, serving, sacrifice,

soaking in His Word

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Day Twenty-Three

Isn't it legalistic to go to church? They ask

[Smiling]

I go because I love Him

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Day Twenty-Four

Is the path to your church

well worn and fondly taken?

Or hard to find, rocky, and forsaken?

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Day Twenty-Five

Obeying our Saviour every day,

Obeying our Saviour

'til He takes us away

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Day Twenty-Six

Do not love the world;

it is a tempting lure

dressed up in feathers and fancies

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Day Twenty-Seven

I want to live a simple life,

a life that says, "I do,"

to only loving You

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Day Twenty-Eight

Back to the cross

to absorb His grace:

back to the cross to see His face

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Day Twenty-Nine

I have wandered off the path;

but I will return;

to the love of my heart 

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Day Thirty

Father, Thank You

for not rejecting me;

for taking me in

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Day Thirty-One

No rejection e-mails

for those who come to Him:

only, welcome, please enter in

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Day Thirty-Two

In just a little while,

our worries will fall away,

and we will live in love's eternal day

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Dat Thirty-Three

Hurry to enter in,

doors are closing:

it is nearly night

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Day Thirty-Four

Go to the streets calling,

warn all who will hear:

the Lord's return is drawing near

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With love and prayers

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