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jellybeans
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since 2000-10-13

Posts 2298

0 posted 2005-03-14 02:43 PM

In the pit I wallowed
yes I mud slung
with the best of them.
The fight, feverish, ever so
determined was I to disprove
the ugliness of my
reflection.

After years and years
of discontent, I gave up the fight,
gave up the search.
No one stopped me.
No one cared at all;
my greatest adversary
was and had always been
me.

But it was within
this silent surrender
that redemption found me,
head bowed and ashamed,
unworthy to face my Forgiver.

Teardrops liquefied resistance
into repentance, He lifted my gaze
and drew me close enough
to see the reflection
in His eyes-

I saw Holy in the likeness
therein.

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2005-03-14 02:45 PM

He lifted my gaze
and drew me close ...

~*~

and you quit slinging mud.

Gentle Spirit
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since 2000-10-09

Posts 13989

2 posted 2005-03-14 02:48 PM

I am so glad that I could see the world through your eyes today JB gal....I really, really needed this....

I loved it...
Hugs you....

miscellanea
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since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

3 posted 2005-03-14 10:06 PM

jellybeans,
I enjoy the truth in your writing. You expose inner thoughts so willingly. There is beauty...
miscellanea

Zinsser
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since 2001-02-27

Posts 1641
Calif.

4 posted 2005-03-14 10:09 PM

But it was within
this silent surrender
that redemption found me,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
painful though it is.... on the other side of surrender is the strenght we all are suprised by
beautiful write

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

5 posted 2005-03-14 10:12 PM

So often, we can be our own worst enemy. If God and others can forgive us, so must we ourselves.

You share yourself so openly and never fail to touch a chord deep with me.

EA

Ratleader

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since 2003-01-23

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6 posted 2005-03-15 10:08 AM

Seen in that Mirror, no reflection is ugly....though many are sad.

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suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

7 posted 2005-03-15 05:10 PM

Maybe I couldn't have shown you holy... but you've always epitomized beauty to me. *S*

This is lovely and touching, my friend.

jwesley
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since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

8 posted 2005-03-15 09:33 PM

Reflections ... so enigmatic. So full of lies, weighted down with truth, and above all...so US.

We light the dawn - kill the night, blaze and go out...

So US.

...and then, we go on.

Much, much enjoyed this piece, my friend.

Jimmy

jellybeans
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since 2000-10-13

Posts 2298

9 posted 2005-03-17 09:41 AM

Sunshine, yep, I did…..my life has meaning now

Gentle spirit good, am glad to lift your spirit like you lift so many here

miscellanea thank you, my muse lives deep inside, she seems to know nothing else except my inner thoughts *s*

zensser “on the other side of surrender is the strength” yes, you are right, I find myself stronger and more able with each step

EA thank you, it is good to be able to share my weaknesses and touch others

Rat, yes you are right, though it is beyond comprehension, the way He loves us

suthern, ah lady, you have made me feel beautiful and worth trying more times than I can count, thank you….for your comments, and for you

jwesley, enjoyed your thoughts, its always good to write something that makes people, either think or feel, to be able to do both, I guess, is what we strive for

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

10 posted 2005-03-17 06:47 PM

DearestJellyGal~
This one knows me personally~
It may have elevated itself to third rung on the ladder-of-favorites of yours~

Tender thoughts herein~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram <))><

Email noles1@totcon.com

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

11 posted 2005-03-18 06:25 AM

I do admire your writings JB

J.Samm
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since 2004-01-12

Posts 415
Iloilo City, Philippines

12 posted 2005-03-18 06:39 AM

i am touched...He does amazing things indeed...

a great write!

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

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California

13 posted 2005-03-19 11:47 PM

JB

"my greatest adversary
was and had always been
me."

and your best friend if you let her.

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