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Christmas Is Different This Year

Home Family Gifts Light Laughter Trees Same as always Baby Manger Star Shepherds Angels But this year is different The ice in my heart  Has cracked away Lights are brighter Trees prettier The cold outside Won't freeze me Hope and love Keep me warm Baby in a manger Means so much more God's gift to us A tiny baby His only Son Born to die  So that I might live That's why Christmas is different this year Realizing the importance Of God's gift The reason for the season It means so much more When you accept God's gift.

Christmas Lights

Glowing Christmas lights Shine down upon me Warmth, love, and comfort Fill my heart Christmas lights make me happy They cheer me. Twinkling like stars - Brilliant, multicolored stars Memories flood  Of Christmases long past Reflecting of old times Warms my heart The lights remind me Of someone who came A small baby born, The reason we celebrate this day That baby was a light For all the world to see He came here to save me  And He came to save you I love Christmas lights And the joy that they give. I love that small baby And the light that He gives.  

Bad Guy gone Good

Am I the only person who loves a bad guy gone good story? Present me with a tortured bad guy with a twisted past and then show me his redemption. I will melt into a puddle of tears and feelings. He will forever be one of my favorite characters. Why is this redemption story, cliche as it is, so important? Why does it impact me in such a huge way? Why am I always rooting for the bad guy who becomes a hero? Maybe he's an evil vampire who has been rejected all his life, then when he finally finds acceptance with the woman he loves, it changes him. Or perhaps he's a druggie, who only wants to die, but finds a reason to live and comes out of the gutter as a new man. What about a genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist who literally becomes a hero and learns to love and care for more than just himself. Or my favorite: a madman who stole a blue box, ran away from his problems, committed genocide and then committed himself to helping save others. It doesn't matter

A Heart that Loves the Ocean

I watch the waves, Waiting and wistful Wishing the water Would wash me away. The wind pushes me The waves pull me Presenting me with possibilities Its power calls to me The chaos scares me Yet I am comforted Crashing waves are music To my ears The spray of the ocean  Invigorates me Will I miss the sun? The salty air? The smell of the sea? Will they be lost to me? When I sink, Pressed under the crushing waves, The curve of the ocean Embracing me. Precious water Crystal clear Carving a new heart in me - A heart that loves  The crest of the waves, Splashing foam. A heart that loves the ocean.

Give Thanks

When the sun shines bright and the skies are clear, When God is blessing,  Give thanks. When the table is full and also your stomach, When there is a roof over your head, When you and your family are healthy, When your job is stress free, Give thanks. When God performs a miracle, When your friends are close and your enemies far, When life is good, Give thanks. But when skies are dark and the storms come,  When the table is empty with no money to fill it, When you lose your job, When a loved one is taken from this world, When sickness and tragedy come, Give thanks. When God says no, When friends betray you and family abandons you, When terror follows you and sleep will not come, When Heaven is silent, Give thanks. "O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever." 1 Chronicles 16:34

Call of the Ocean

Powerful and terrifying Yet I can't resist its call I want to jump in The waves beg me to Sink  Swim Float Become one Something so scary And also comforting I envy the seas creatures Even the seagulls Their freedom Their intimacy Salt water in my veins Am I a child of the sea? Destined to never return home?
In college, I had to write a speech, using quotes from different poems, books, songs etc to make my own poem. Here's what I wrote. I titled it Hope . I don't remember where I got all the quotes and I didn't write down my sources. Oops! I did tweak it a bit because it didn't make sense. My life was like a moonless night... We see so many ugly things -  Deceits, wrongs and quarrelings When some great sorrow, like a mighty river comes, Flows through your life  with peace destroying power. Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. When ceaseless toil has hushed your song of gladness And clearest things are swept from sight forever From the ashes a fire shall be woken, Hold fast to your dreams, This too shall pass away. A light from the shadows shall spring When you were gone, everything went black. Renewed shall be blade that was broken.  And sings the tune w
15 years ago everything was normal. I was a regular teenage girl, but something happened one Halloween - a friend of mine died. From that moment on everything changed, I saw the world in a different light. For a while I couldn't sleep I couldn't be alone I couldn't be in the dark. All I could see was his face moments after we found him. It was like  I was being haunted  by a ghost. Is it true what they say? That time heals all wounds? Slowly I did heal little by little My heart was back together  but I would never be the same. Some years I'm OK. Halloween breezes by and I don't even notice. But some years, you haunt me. I can't turn around  I can't look at a calendar I can't walk by Halloween decorations  without seeing your face. Why did this happen? You were too young and so was I. And sometimes, when no one is around... I still cry. But then I wipe away my tears and I r
I'll never forget that day when everything went dark. I didn't go blind physically, but emotionally. You fell from the sky, knocking out all my sight. Of course at the time, I didn't realize what had happened. All I knew what there was this man overshadowing everything else. You were so big, so important but so mysterious. You saved my life that day. When you told me the truth of who you were, that you could show me the stars in your blue box, I knew I had to go with you. Who could pass up the opportunity to see all of time and space, everything that ever was? I suppose you knew what would happen to me. You knew you were taking me into darkness. But I was eager and friendly. You needed that - a friend - someone to pull you out of the dark. Everything you showed me was so amazing, one adventure after another. Yet it all paled in comparison with you. You were the shining star, blinding me. But then you sent me away with your blue box - back home, back to life and light. I
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 Jellyfish, jellyfish Oh, to be like you To feel the peace  Of living  Under the sea. To float all day Not a worry or a care Not a moan or a groan  Yet you float Float Float Peacefully under the sea. Maybe you sink to the bottom Or rise to the top You do not toil away the day But float Float Float Under the sea. You look so soft And squishy But that is only a disguise Until someone gets close And then you sting. So maybe we are more alike Jellyfish, jellyfish. On the outside  I appear soft But if you get too close Watch out, I might sting.

The Ocean

Imagine your life is the ocean. Most of your time is spent treading water, trying to keep your head from going under. Storms come and go, but most days you are just struggling to stay afloat. Now imagine every once and a while someone throws you a life preserver. And for a few brief moments, you cling to that. It's your only moment to rest. Those times are so amazing. The remembrance of those moments help you carry on when you are just treading water. You know those moments...when you see the hand of God reach down and touch your life or the lives of people you know. For a few hours or days, that wonderful feeling of knowing that He is in control, that He cares about and loves you, lingers on; you know you've witnessed a miracle. Those moments are your life preservers. And on days when you are just treading water, you can remember and treasure those times. They give you a reason to keep going. And isn't it amazing that most times those life preservers come w

Book Review: The Watchers by Deirdra Eden

It has been a LOOONNGG time since I have posted on this blog, but I am excited to return to the blogging world with a book review. I received an email a few weeks ago about reviewing a new book by Deirdra Eden called The Watchers: Book One, Knight of Light. When I finally received the book a couple weeks later, just a few days shy of the actual release date, I devoured the book in about 2 days. It's not very long, just over 200 pages and it is an easy read. Here's the summary of the book from Deirdra's website, http://www.knightess.com/books.html : All the training in Heaven couldn't prepare me for the war on earth, nor for the love, loss, or loneliness humans feel. There are things worse than death, and every last one of them is hunting people like us. Even though we all feel human at times, we must remember, we are not them, we are their watchers. In England, 1270 A.D., Auriella (pronounced yurr-ee-ella) flees her village after being accused of witchcraft.