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Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10
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Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2018-12-23 07:29 AM


My apple
fell the furthest
from my family tree.
Still, somehow,
Ward and June Cleaver
managed to be proud of me.
I know now that
forgiveness was the key.
With my own children too,
I understand that’s
what love has you do.
So when they go astray doesn’t
get stuck inside of you.
Because you know their apples
fell close and rang true.
Reminds me of the Son of Man
A golden apple born to us,
incarnate God’s forgiveness,
that only He can.
That love is the Spirit of Christmas
when  we celebrate
the birth of the babe
that came to liberate
us from sin’s fate.

LGR(C)12/23/18



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nakdthoughts
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Between the Lines
1 posted 2018-12-23 10:38 AM


Perfect for this season.
jwesley
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since 2000-04-30
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Spring, Texas
2 posted 2018-12-23 12:46 PM


Agree with Maureen, my friend.

Merry Christmas to you!

j.

augustsky
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Posts 828
midwest US
3 posted 2018-12-24 01:57 AM


You're a Wise & Warm lady L.
& I do believe reading this will help me
work harder on my forgiveness-skills.

Have yourself a Merry Christmas..

Sky~

~Don't Quit Your Day Dream~

Paul Wilson
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4 posted 2018-12-24 08:48 PM


Lori...Enjoyed very much. Thanks for sharing...Paul

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere
5 posted 2018-12-26 05:19 AM


Thank you all for writing and commenting on this. Christmas has a way of taking me back to my childhood roots with the church. Hope you all had a blessed Christmas. ~L
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