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ellie LeJeune
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since 2000-01-10

Posts 4156
King of Prussia, PA USA

0 posted 2001-09-18 07:11 AM

How can it be?

That the sun shines
so bright,
upon this garden
so lush
with beauty and life?

How can it be?

When horror and destruction
fill the nation.
Hearts broken and lives lost?

How can it be?

That God brings such
beauty and life,
yet evil abounds?

His Love and Promise
of new hope
and new life,
are everywhere.

It can only be
that we have faith,
for His gifts
of Love and Wonder
shall
always prevail!

A friend hears the song in my heart, and sings it to me when my memory fails.

sandgrain
Member Elite

since 1999-09-21

Posts 3662
Sycamore, IL, USA

1 posted 2001-09-18 09:16 AM

Ah, yes, doors may close but God will always open a window. This time it's through your touching piece. Thank you.
Rae

Lighthousebob
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since 2000-06-14

Posts 4725
California

2 posted 2001-09-18 09:59 AM

ellie,

It rains on the just and on the unjust just the same.... and so does the sun also shine. We are so fortunate to be a part of this new tomorrow. As your poem implies, perhaps as we have lived through these tragic days, we have gained a greater appreciation for each day that His Love and His Wonders do abound. Beautiful thoughts. God bless. -Bob

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

3 posted 2001-09-18 11:42 AM

Maybe God's people needed to look around and see how wonderful God's world can be. Joyce

BSC

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Member Elite

since 2000-02-04

Posts 2919
New York, USA

4 posted 2001-09-18 11:59 AM

I've wondered the same things many times in the last week Ellie ~ And like you, know it's our faith in God that will help us. This beautiful piece sums that up so well. Thanks for sharing... Bonnie

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

5 posted 2001-09-19 04:35 AM

Ellie~

'How can it be?'

I honestly don't know right now~

I'm trying hard to anchor my faith by spending a lot of time praying for those who are drowning in the waves of sorrow~

Trying times ... trying times~
*Hugs*
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
noles1@totcon.com

BloomingRose
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since 2000-08-09

Posts 3092
Florida

6 posted 2001-09-19 05:19 PM

This assault on our nation's innocent is too terrible to believe. Yet it happened.
God gave man a free will, and some choose to do evil. Their day of reckoning will come.
Faith in God and trusting his love, is what will see us through.

Hugs,
Deb

Honeybee
Member Ascendant

since 1999-12-26

Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA

7 posted 2001-09-19 10:47 PM

Well expressed, Ellie!
I've pondered the same thing!
But, I keep reminding myself that it is not God, but, the devil who causes such pain.
And I try to hold tight to faith and optimism just like you are~

Take care and hugs!

Melissa~

"Poetry is not an opinion expressed...
it is a song that rises from a bleeding
wound...or a smiling mouth"

~Kahlil Gibran~

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

8 posted 2001-09-23 12:46 PM

"His Love and Promise
of new hope
and new life,
are everywhere."

we just have to see it, acknowledge it, and trust in it

I liked this very much

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