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rwood
Member Elite

since 2000-02-29

Posts 3793
Tennessee

0 posted 2001-07-13 07:48 AM

So easy
To hate
To let the dredges of your heart
Spill out in putrid rage
We hurt
WE really hurt sometimes
We are sick inside
From pain
We are all the same
Yet some of us have a way
Of letting the healing
Take place
Before it ever emerges
To the surface
The pools of suffering
Are replaced
By calm seas of love
A sunkissed synergy
Of knowing
Of growing
Of learning
That is the only difference
Between hate and love
How it will evolve
How it will be evoked
With God in your heart
What is bound to be inside
Changes on its way out
If we would just let it
If we would just let him
Sift through the hard parts

BSC

Moderator

Member Elite

since 2000-02-04

Posts 2919
New York, USA

1 posted 2001-07-13 07:52 AM

Oh wow...Amen Regina ~ "If we would just let Him" ~ I'm going to save this little gem, it is a great reminder for me. Thanks, Bonnie

neweyeday
Junior Member

since 2001-07-12

Posts 19

2 posted 2001-07-13 09:13 AM

your offering gave me the image of a jeweler repairing a watch..fixing, polishing, tuning...and then after we are fixed...he wears us on his wrist with pride...

to be restored and then worn with pride by the creator..it is amazing

Thank you

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

3 posted 2001-07-13 05:52 PM

Lovely and touching. Joyce

scout
Member

since 2001-06-16

Posts 175
no place owns me

4 posted 2001-07-13 07:35 PM

God has sifted out so much, and though at times some bad particles get mixed in again... just picks me up and sifts me again (what a true Best Friend)

xscoutx
"Son of man with one blow I am about to take away from you the delight of your eyes. Yet do not lament or weep or shed any tears."-Eze.24:16

Lighthousebob
Member Elite

since 2000-06-14

Posts 4725
California

5 posted 2001-07-14 12:03 PM

This is lovely free verse as your words just seem to flow effortlessly straight from your heart. Yes, God has a very calming affect upon the believer's life as you have very well demonstrated. Bob <><

2dalimit
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since 2000-02-08

Posts 2228
Mississippi coast

6 posted 2001-07-14 06:53 AM

I love the message - If we would just let him

Melton

ShadowRider
Senior Member

since 2001-07-14

Posts 1038
USA

7 posted 2001-07-14 07:28 PM

Hi RWood!    Nicely done description of how to just let the answers
flow to us, not forcing them from a human's touch.

You bring up a good point, that being that the more 'at peace' we are,
the less situations seem to negatively impact us.  Only by knowing and growing
can we reach that state of relaxed welcome of the future!

My best to you, SR
ps...thankx for your nice reply, Rwood....*s*

Stephanos

Member Elite

since 2000-07-31

Posts 3618
Statesboro, GA, USA

8 posted 2001-07-15 12:37 PM

Enjoying the free flow of your pen here. And the message is so needed by all.

Stephen.

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

9 posted 2001-07-15 04:59 PM

This is magnificent, Regina. Oh, it is one I want to share with friends. What a lovely message and creative, powerful way to tell it.

It has me thinking, "If you're strained, get a strainer." I may have to try a poem with that theme, after all, I know the Perfect Strainer, He knows better than anyone the good food to keep and what to wash away.

Your poem would be great on a poster of a flour sifter, don't you think?!

May I share your poem with others?

rwood
Member Elite

since 2000-02-29

Posts 3793
Tennessee

10 posted 2001-07-15 06:58 PM

Thanks everyone! I am rusty, but I have so much going on that it's gonna flow. I appreciate your fellowship in writing. It is an honor to be able to share here.
Sincerely,
Rwood

Dear VAS, of course you can share. I appreciate you and your comments immensely.
Thank you!

With all things considered, why not God?

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

11 posted 2001-07-15 07:22 PM

thank you, rwood! I shall share, it's great, and thanks for the comment on my acrostic

victory is a grand word isn't it!

Songbird
Member Elite

since 1999-12-15

Posts 2184
Missouri

12 posted 2001-07-16 08:35 PM

Every word rings true, and you wrote it so beautifully. What a wonderful world we would be living in if hate was never allowed to grow.

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

13 posted 2001-07-16 10:01 PM

Regina, this is a perfect gem!

(nice to see you!)

I love this one, and resounds with truth!

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