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WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

0 posted 1999-10-26 08:33 PM

I wrote this a long time ago and came across it in a mound of paperwork. Let me know what ya all think, as I'm sure you will. LOL

I am not ashamed of my eyes, for these are the eyes the LORD has given me to see HIS creation and HIS children.

I am not ashamed of my ears, for these are the ears the LORD has given me to hear the sounds of HIS creation, HIS truth, and HIS word.

I am not ashamed of my mouth, for it is the mouth the LORD has given me to spread HIS love to others.

I am not ashamed of my hands, for these are the hands the LORD has given me to do HIS work.

I am not ashamed of my arms, for these are the arms the LORD has given me to love others with and to hold and comfort with.

I am not ashamed of my legs, for these are the legs the LORD has given me to carry me where HE wants to go.

I am not ashamed of my feet, for these are the feet the LORD has given me to walk in HIS ways.

I am not ashamed of who I am, because this is the body the LORD has given me to do HIS work while I'm here. If I am ashamed it should be only because of the way that I use the tools that were given me, and that is always changeable. We can change it to be something we are proud of and not ashamed of.

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

1 posted 1999-10-26 08:40 PM

One should never be ashamed of who or what they are, we are all individuals and that's what makes us special

tori
Senior Member

since 1999-06-18

Posts 520
Mechanicsville, Maryland, USA

2 posted 1999-10-26 08:42 PM

This is so true WhtDove... a good one to print out and keep by the full length mirror

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

3 posted 1999-10-26 08:50 PM

This is beautiful, WhtDove. How true.

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Denise

Watcher666
Senior Member

since 1999-10-13

Posts 1606

4 posted 1999-10-26 08:51 PM

Never be ashamed of what or who you are.Liked this one!

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Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you.

Ohme
Senior Member

since 1999-07-17

Posts 816
Texas

5 posted 1999-10-26 08:52 PM

This is very beautiful, WhtDove. We all start our life with whatever God has given us. And God doesn't make mistakes. I'd like this poem if it was so old it had a beard.

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

6 posted 1999-10-26 08:53 PM

I'll let ya all in on a litte background here.
1. Because women seem to suffer from low self esteem, and I am among them.
2. Because my best friend suffers from an awful case of it. I wrote this for her!

Ruth, Tori and Denise thank you so much!

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

7 posted 1999-10-26 08:58 PM

Watcher you snuck in here on me with Ohme. Thanks very much!

LOL Ohme. I appreciate that! So true, we started with what He gave us...we came in with nothing we'll go out with nothing. Bless ya!

Dark Angel
Member Patricius

since 1999-08-04

Posts 10095

8 posted 1999-10-27 02:54 AM

This is really beautiful Angel

(((hugs)))

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What comes from the heart goes to the heart.
Samuel Coleridge

Christopher

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-02

Posts 8296
Purgatorial Incarceration

9 posted 1999-10-27 04:25 AM

Hey now!!!
Sexist remark!!!
(I have a problem with my esteem sometimes too!

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But not TOO often!
Never ashamed, for we can all be only who we are, right?

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

10 posted 1999-10-27 08:32 AM

D.A. thanks girl!

Christopher, I guess men suffer from it too.
Yes, we can be who we are, the point being sometimes people don't realize just what it is that they are. Like my friend for instance. Thanks bud!

Michael

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

11 posted 1999-10-28 08:12 AM

So glad you shared this with us...that old piece of paper has much worth.

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Michael Anderson

Is all that we see or seem
but a dream within a dream?

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

12 posted 1999-10-28 09:57 AM

Thank you very much Michael! That means a lot to me! I felt kinda stupid after I wrote it. Thanks so much!

Munda
Member Elite

since 1999-10-08

Posts 3544
The Hague, The Netherlands

13 posted 1999-10-28 10:20 AM

WhtDove, this is ever so nice and so true. : ) Thanks for sharing this.

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

14 posted 1999-10-28 11:26 AM

Thank you kindly my dear Munda!

RainbowGirl
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since 1999-07-31

Posts 3023
United Kingdom

15 posted 1999-10-28 01:36 PM

WhtDove: I came across this a while back and thought you may enjoy - hope so..

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A friend asked a gentleman how it is that he never married ?

Replied the gentleman, "Well, I guess I just never met the right woman ... I guess I've been looking for the perfect girl."

"Oh, come on now," said the friend, "Surely you have met at least on girl that you wanted to marry."

"Yes, there was one girl .. once. I guess she was the one perfect girl .. the only perfect girl I really ever met. She was just the right everything .. I really mean that she was the perfect girl for me."

"Well, why didn't you marry her," asked the friend.

"She was looking for the perfect man," he said.

HUGS

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You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

16 posted 1999-10-28 04:07 PM

Thanks Rainbow...I did enjoy that! How true it is. I know I can dream of the perfect man, I know I'll never find him...vice versa.

Thanks for sharing that!

Balladeer

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

17 posted 1999-10-28 04:13 PM

Dove, this reminds me of a card I got from my ex once: "NEVER BE ASHAMED OF WHAT YOU ARE - by the way, what are you?" Thanks for bringing back the memory.

Pepper
Member Elite

since 1999-08-19

Posts 3079
Southern Florida

18 posted 1999-10-28 04:14 PM

Very wise and beautiful thoughts here WhtDove.This poem I shall keep.

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A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extrordinaire!

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

19 posted 1999-10-28 05:03 PM

Balladeer if it's a good memory I'm always happy to help. LOL that's a good one! So what are ya? hehe

Pepper I'm flattered. Go for it! Thanks much!

[This message has been edited by WhtDove (edited 10-28-1999).]

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