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VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2001-05-21 09:52 AM

inspired by yesterday's Sunday message

Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit
Virginia Salter

for they surely seek a foundation
one upon which to build
their hearts,
their lives,
their love,

a beauty of attitude
in what might be
how one might see
the glory
of its presence

it lies beneath the turmoil,
the waves life brings,
in tides,
in undertows,
in torpedoes of destruction

it is as a Nautilus
submersed, shielded,
powerful, deeply strong
and yet...
ripples wake,
trickles show
those who look will surely know

your steadfast faith is spiritually based
it will endure
past gold and myrrh,
past clock and voice
you’ve made your choice

and all will see
just who you be
though tears do spill
that in His will
is fast where you’ll remain

©May 20, 2001

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

1 posted 2001-05-21 09:54 AM

Amen.
Sermon on the mount
given to us with His love
though undeserving

Live for love. Without love, you don't live.

[This message has been edited by Interloper (edited 05-21-2001).]

A Whisper's Caress
Senior Member

since 2000-11-03

Posts 791
on the horizon of a fairytale

2 posted 2001-05-21 11:29 AM

this is really beautiful

May your dreams always dance to the rhythm of a lover's heartbeat...

kaile

Member Ascendant

since 2000-02-06

Posts 5146
singapore

3 posted 2001-05-24 09:50 PM

i'm glad you directed me to this piece...personally, i think this was one of your best pieces i have the opportunity to read so far...

while this one is different from your usual original images-packed pieces, somehow i found this soothing and charming....

i liked the phrase "beauty of attitude" a lot and may i ask what is Nautilus

and don't give up writing....i think you might have touched more people than you would realise

[This message has been edited by faterider (edited 05-24-2001).]

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

4 posted 2001-05-24 09:58 PM

The Nautilus was under Captain Nemo's command in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne. It was a submarine, in fact it is a submarine in this century, for real. Well, as far as I know/recall it hasn't been sunk.

So happy you enjoyed this one, too, faterider.

kaile

Member Ascendant

since 2000-02-06

Posts 5146
singapore

5 posted 2001-05-27 12:42 PM

thank you for your explanation...may i add that the reason why i liked this so much is because this reads like a bedtime story a mother might read to her child...very soothing

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

6 posted 2001-05-27 03:12 PM

I really got a lot out of this, thank you for posting.

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee

Watersign6
Senior Member

since 2001-05-25

Posts 823
Hurricane,WV

7 posted 2001-05-27 05:33 PM

enjoyed it much,keep writing

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