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deleeme Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 1766NEW ENGLAND, USA 
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This week the ice storm came our way, The ice itself did not stay-- But left it's reminders everywhere! Bent and broken trees all around, Power lines brought to the ground Our easy, normal lives swept away! It was a time of introspection, Brought to our knees, not by our selection-- Like the trees-brought low by a higher power. It gave a chance for detection, Is our life about Divine Election Or marred from purpose, by imperfection? What irony the crystal beauty, Most damaging to so many a tree, The one's most limber, bent unbroken. But the stout and unyielding did see Appendages down, even whole trees Vanquished by heaven-sent victory. It also made us question what Power, We most rely on, each day-each hour, The lesser Power to darkness brought down. Plunged into darkness, we sought the light, For once we sought things to be made right Hoping for what once we knew, could be ours! Is God trying to teach us a lesson, Meant to bring us to a state of confession, That to His higher Power we might yield? Lest we too, into darkness be cast, A A darkness that forever will last-- (This was only a dry run, and a test!) LORD, heklp me to yield to Thee, The Broken & Undone, let me not be, May You be my true Power Source. Help me e'er to be walking in Thy Light, Seeking to escape sin's darkness of night That humbly, e'er Your Blessings I'll see. [This message has been edited by deleeme (edited 12-17-2000).] |
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ellie LeJeune Member Elite
since 2000-01-10
Posts 4156King of Prussia, PA USA |
David; You have a profound spiritual gift for seeing the lessons in all that surrounds you, and your gift of poetry so beautifully expresses what God is teaching you and then blessing others too. Thank you...Ellie Belief is a truth held in the mind; faith is a fire in the heart. Joseph Fort Newton |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
David, Wonderful reflections my friend. Nature sure is powerful at times!!  LW Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
Yes, He is the light, the only one we need, thank you for a wonderful reminder of that! "If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you." Winnie the Pooh |
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Suzanne Arlene Member
since 2000-10-09
Posts 377Ontario, Canada |
Funny that an ice storm can be so beautiful and so dangerous too. Wonderful poem  Suzanne |
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