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abbe
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0 posted 2003-04-12 08:05 AM



i curl my fingers
around this hope
amazed at how small it has become
and wonder if
i go back to square one
i will find solutions
for what is now

i know the answer
is not in yesterday
but in what tomorrow promises
and i clasp my memories
tinged with my small hope
and find peace in knowing
that it is not God in his heaven
but God in me that counts

with this small hope
i have the calm
to revisit square one,
smile today
and greet whatever tomorrow brings

my tiny faith is my serenity
my center
not in events as they unfold
nor the people clattering through my world
but in the reality that God in me
is always enough

© Copyright 2003 anne earle - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2003-04-12 10:59 AM


This is wonderful writing.  Jloyce
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2 posted 2003-04-12 12:19 PM


You are so right, the fact that he lives in you will always see you through and bring hope.  Nicely worded.


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3 posted 2003-04-12 04:50 PM




(sigh) God Bless You, sweet friend, He lives in all as a sparrow in the birdhouses of our souls and will warble always and help us to see the spring blessings bestowed upon us! (big hugggsssssss) This is fabulous, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Anne, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton


"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

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abbe
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4 posted 2003-04-13 08:43 AM


thank you for your responses.

my family is going through a difficult time and God gave me this assurange... He is sufficient and will give grace, protection, and resolution.  He is always enough.

and... i appreciate your prayers for us at this time...

SPIRIT
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5 posted 2003-04-16 10:23 PM


I'm impressed - deeply moving write.
Lighthousebob
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6 posted 2003-04-18 05:46 PM


As you have referenced small hope and tiny faith here in your poem, I am strongly reminded of how having faith but as small as a mustard seed has the peculiar ability to move mountains. I have no problem believing that your perceived small hope and tiny faith will be and is already more than sufficient to bring you and your family successfully through whatever current circumstance that you may be going through and have asked for prayer to resolve. My favorite line of your poem is:

"that it is not God in his heaven
but God in me that counts"


This line alone speaks to me of faith beyond tiny or small and confirms in my spirit that you, my friend, have a most awesome hope and faith as well as a wonderful personal relationship with your God who can most definitely move any mountain that may stand in your way. (Amen)

God bless you.

-Bob



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7 posted 2003-04-19 10:49 PM


God in me that counts - isn't this comforting to know.  Well said.

Jesus lives in my heart!
Sheri Welna
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8 posted 2003-05-16 12:17 PM


Just wanted to say I love this!
LayItDown
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9 posted 2003-05-17 09:32 PM


abbe,

I think your "tiny faith" is bigger than you think.  Little things have a way of growing up.  Genuine humility will some times cause us to be the last to know we are moving on.

Love,
LayItDown

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