Poetry of Christian Faith

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100, 10-10, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 4/20/2023)

Today we are reading and discussing a poem about what God has offered us and 2 new poems written for today’s podcast.

We’ll start with a poem from God’s Rhyme, on page 106.

JOHN 3:16

“For God so loved the world that He gave His 

only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him 

should not perish but have everlasting life.” (NIV)

God loved us, 

He gave us,

His only Son,

For everyone,

Who believes

In His Son

Should not, 

Will not,

Perish,

But have 

Life

Everlasting.

What could be more poetic,

More comforting than this?

No words of yours or mine

Could convey love like His.

Gave His son,

Whoever believes,

Life everlasting,

There is nothing,

Not a thing,

Left to say.

Except,

Thank you Lord 

For Your love.

Reflection:

So, one day I thought I could make god's love for us sound more poetic, make it sound more . . . whatever that it is in the Bible.  I couldn't and happily admit it.  The work of God in human hands . . .   It should be left in God's hands.

Discussion:

THE PRAYER ROAD

The time has come,

At least for some,

To kneel in prayer

For what is there.

‘tis not the end,

Hearts left to mend,

Once having heard

Through prayer a word.

In the race we run,

Is the shining Son,

Filling us with love

As we look above.

The road we take,

That God did make,

Follow through faith

Knowing His grace.

It is not goodbye,

No question of why.

We did kneel and pray.

He will lead the way,

And in knowing Him,

So we will follow.                                  tcarter, 4/9,10/2023

Discussion:  

NOT PERFECT

Not perfect, but willing.

God continues instilling,

My soul constantly filling.

I look to the skies,

Wipe tears from my eyes,

Answering my whys.

Not perfect on this earth,

Yet I have found my worth,

That began with a birth.

Not perfect today,

So again I pray

I follow God’s way.

I am not perfect in my present life, 

but God is perfect and Jesus will

lead me to perfection.                                (tcarter, 4/11/2023)

Discussion:

As we come to the end of today’s podcast, let us pray.

Dear Heavenly Father, Dave, I thank you for the time You have given us to record these podcasts.  Through this time, we both have experienced growth in our faith and the need for You in our lives.  We hope that we have been able to touch at least a few listeners when they needed to hear what You have done in our lives and the patience You have had with us during this time, and before, in our lives.  We know that this is not the end of our days with You.  We trust in You, knowing that if we are open to Your will for our lives, tomorrow, at its worst, will be better because of You, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.

We pray for those who have listened to a podcast or a few that they feel their presence in their lives as they have given their lives to You through Your Son Jesus.  

You are a mighty God, The one true God, Your love is perfect.  Thank You Father for Your Son, Jesus, and Your Holy Spirit.  Thank You for the blessings you have bestowed on us,

We pray in the name of Jesus.

Amen

And may we remember the words from 2 Corinthians, 12:9; 

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, 

my power is perfect in weakness.”

At the beginning and at the end

And every moment in between,

May our strength be for His strength

So His perfection may be seem.

(from God Still Rhymes, Concluding Prayer)

We pray in the name of Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer.

Amen                                                                                                                                           (2/26/23)

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"If you give Him the times As you live His word rhymes "

"We are the King’s kids and you’ll never get rid of us because we are His with Jesus."

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              If you give

Him the times

As you live

His word rhymes

And don’t forget, “We are the Kings kids and you will never get rid of us for we are His with Jesus.”

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99, 10-9, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 4/13/2023)

Today we will be reading poems about prayer.

The first poem is in God’s Rhyme on pg. 33.

PRAYER

Dear Jesus, how do I pray,

            what do I say?

What words do I speak

            for the peace that I seek?

I give thanks to You

            for all that You do,

for the blessings You are giving

            in this life I am living.

I praise Your blessed name,

            forever & always it is the same.

Yesterday You guided me,

            today You helped me see.

Forgive me for all the wrongs,

keep me singing happy songs.

From temptation set me free

so that in You I can be.

I praise You

I thank You

I worship You

I honor You

Jesus, You set me free,

            now I can see.

When my vision is blurred

            You show me Your word.

As I have been blessed,

            now I pray for the rest,

for my sisters & brothers

            who think they have no other.

For our salvation You are risen,

            for us new life You have given.

Use me as You would

            that others may have what they should.

I praise You

I thank You

I worship You

I honor You

On bended knee or with hands upraised,

            it is Your life that is praised.

And as I give You my life

            You take from me my strife.

You have given me so much;

            joy, life, love & the such.

& all You have taken

            is my life’s burden.

You are all the love 

from Heaven above.

& Jesus, each time I pray 

there is not enough to say.

Except,

            I praise You

                        & Your holy name,

            I thank You 

for what You have done,

            I worship You

                        as my Savior & Lord,

            I honor You

                        as only You deserve,

            & I do Love you,

                        my Jesus, my Lord,

                        my Savior, my friend.

                                                                 Amen

Discussion:

The next poem is in Living In God’s Rhyme on pg. 83.

MY CHANGING PRAYER

Lord help me today

As I go on my way,

For this I do pray.

There is more to pray for,

Those who are ill

That their healing will

Also heal their souls.

There are those who need to be found.

Those who have not heard you sound,

There is a world full of pain

Waiting for your healing rain.

And for me, I pray for your help,

What I think I need for myself.

Then I read from Peter’s first letter

And know that I need to do better.

“Live such good lives among the pagans that,

Though they accuse you of doing wrong,

They may see your good deeds

And glorify God on the day he visits us.”

(1 Peter 2:12)

How do I live

With what the life

That surrounds me

Has to give?

I need more than the help for which I ask

If I am to complete my given task.

I must pray for that I understand

That he will carry me across the sand.

So now I pray in a different way.

I ask that God make me aware

That as I go through the day

If I open the door, he is there.

He wants to share his blessings

But I have to open the door 

So that I may receive more

Of what he has for me.

I pray that God helps me open my heart

As each new day doe s start.

I pray that I am open to receive

So at the day’s end I do not grieve.

Lord, take my life today and is it as you would,

I know that you can do more than I ever could.

I pray that I open the door to allow your spirit

Live within me and that I always hear it.

If I hear you speak

My prayer will be,

It will be complete.

Discussion:

The last poem about prayer is also in Living on God’s Rhyme on pg.85.

THE STORY OF MY PRAYER

Dear Father in Heaven I pray that I live for you today.

Dear God I pray that all I say

Is that your will be done, that I live for your Son,

That with the setting sun, your will has been done.

My heartfelt hope, my desire

Is that I not deserve your ire,

That by your indwelling spirit,

The voice of your words, I hear it.

So why today do I feel defeated?

Why do I know there is a distance

Between you and me, and what I see?

Why do I know it is all because of . . .?

As I am lay my head upon my bed

I feel the fear that you are not near.

The fear that I know is that of what I did sow,

That when I shut the door, I feel your presence no more.

It is time that is wasted,

In a vast waste land that is my mind.

It is blessings that are squandered

As not trying, you I did not find.

Then your word as I pray to repent:

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.

And what does the Lord require of you?

To act justly and to love mercy

and to walk humbly with your god.

Micah 6: 8

As I get ready for sleep, as my soul does weep,

I pray that what I did sow, tomorrow will not grow.

As I get ready for sleep, I pray that my soul you keep,

Keep it from the dust, that I do what I must.

Yes, Lord I pray for your help in living my life

In a way that pleases you and those I meet.

I do pray for your help keeping me from strife,

From falling in the gutter of the crowded city street.

But more than that prayer

I pray that you remove the door,

The one that I keep closing,

That when closed keeps you out.

When that door is closed

My voice is silent

And my hearing deaf,

My sight is blinded.

So I ask Lord that this be my prayer:

But  for me, I watch in hope for the LORD,

I wait for God my Savior;

my God will hear me

Micah 7: 7

Discussion:

As we come to the end of today’s podcast, let us pray.

Dear Heavenly Father we come to you in prayer as we end today’s podcast.  Dave and I thank You for leading us through the day and into tomorrow.  We thank You for all you have led us to and through.

We pray for our listeners and viewers; for their needs, healing and the salvation of those who have not yet accepted the gift of Your grace by faith. 

We pray, Lord, for this world in which we live.  Father, as Christians lead us to proclaiming the gospel where ever we are.  May we do so in a loving  way.  Lead us to the truth of the days we are living in.  

Dear Lord, prepare us and our listeners and viewers for the coming week.  We pray that it is You we live for and You who leads us.  As we walk with you  this week, may it be Your hand clasped around our hand so we may feel the grasp of Your love.

And this week may we remember the words from 2 Corinthians, 12:9; 

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, 

my power is perfect in weakness.”

At the beginning and at the end

And every moment in between,

May our strength be for His strength

So His perfection may be seem.

(from God Still Rhymes, Concluding Prayer)

We pray in the name of Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer.

Amen                                                                                                                                           (2/26/23)

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"If you give Him the times As you live His word rhymes "

"We are the King’s kids and you’ll never get rid of us because we are His with Jesus."

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              If you give

Him the times

As you live

His word rhymes

And don’t forget, “We are the Kings kids and you will never get rid of us for we are His with Jesus.”

Living In God’s Rhyme ©2018 by Tim Carter

God Still Rhymes ©2019 by Tim Carter

God’s Rhyme ©2019 by Tim Carter

98, 10-8, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 4/6/2023)

Today we are reading and discussing 3 poems about Jesus, the Lamb of God, what He has done for us and the blessings that we receive as we receive as we believe that Jesus is the Son of God, lived on the earth as one of us, a life without sin, took the sins of the world upon Himself, as called to by His Father, a death that was the final sacrifice God required for the forgiveness of man’s sins.  If we will believe we will receive everlasting life in Heaven with our Savior.

THE GATHERING LAMB

Page 110 God’s Rhyme

“We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us 

has turned to our own way; and the Lord has 

laid on him the iniquity of us all.  Isaiah 53:6, NIV

The Lamb of God, with God before time,

perfect, as is God, in every way,

before the words were written in lines

Jesus, the unblemished Lamb was there.

Jesus and God, with the Holy Spirit,

indivisible, the Trinity;

so the Lamb of God is also God,

who saves our souls for eternity.

We, living on this earth, a herd of sheep,

we wander, are lost not knowing the cost,

not knowing, we cause a pain so deep

that God sent Jesus to find and save us.

An earthly shepherd has a special one,

one of the herd that seeks the wandering, 

those sheep that are lost, that have gone astray,

returning them home before the day is done.

Our Heavenly Master has sent His Son

to find the lost and to gather the strays,

to bring us home before the end of days.

The Lamb of God, a never ending search.

            Before we knew Him

            He knew who we were,

            He knew our thoughts,

He knew our prayers.

And He knew of our rebellion,

Before, He has always known.

Yet He loves us still

and He always will.

He sent His Son

to be the one

that would seek us out

even as we doubt.

He sent His Son to gather us in,

the unblemished Lamb, the Sacrifice,

to pay the price, to die for our sins

so that with God we are finally put right!

.

Reflection:

The result of Bible study.  The lamb who gathers us in, who died for our sins.

Discussion:

THE LAMB OF GOD

Page 14, Living in Gods Rhyme

“Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, 

the root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open 

the scroll and its seven seals.”

Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, 

standing at the center of the throne . . .

Revelation 5:5-6

As I sat reading of John’s vision

I felt as if I never fully understood

That for eternity God’s decision

Remains forever for my good.

Yes, I have read of the cruelty 

Of his beating on the way to the cross,

Of the agony of his death,

The death of God’s son.

The death of my condemnation.

I know that by God’s grace

I will be with him forever.

I know I will see his face

And feel his loving embrace.

But reading the words of what John saw,

Though they shouldn’t, they rub my wounds raw:

“A Lamb, looking as if it had been slain,”

Knowing it is from my pain.

The resurrected Jesus in human form

Appeared as if he had been reborn,

Perfect in every way.

And with us he will stay.

Though forgiven, the wounds I caused

Are still there, showing his care.

May I never forget his love for me,

The suffering, 

So that with him I will forever be.

7/3/17

Reflection on The Lamb of God

In God’s Rhyme I wrote a poem called “Love” about the pain and suffering Jesus experienced on the way to and on the cross.  When I read the line in Revelation it inspired this poem, I was struck by the Lamb looking like it had been slain.  I know that my sins have been forgiven.  I know that my sins and my straying cause God pain, but I never really thought about how deeply that must affect God.  And then it is ever harder to grasp how much he loves me if the scars are still visible.

Discussion:

THE VEIL TORN, THE PRESENCE OF GOD

Page 140, Living in God’s Rhyme

A Time Before

An when Jesus had cried out again

in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.

At that moment the curtain in the temple

was torn in two from top to bottom.

Matthew 27: 50,51

The veil in the Temple of the Old Testament

Concealed the Holy of Holies, the place

where the Ark of the Covenant 

and God’s presence rested.

One time each year the priest entered

To offer atonement for the sins of God’s people.

Then Today

The veil is taken away.  But whenever

Anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

2 Corinthians 3:16

The veil was torn, God’s presence now shown

To those who believe in his atonement for our sin.

It is now through Jesus that we see the face of God,

That we can live in his presence, that his face is known.

Jesus is the high priest that sits at God’s right hand

Making intercession for us as our prayers we present.

It is through his atonement for our sin that we now stand

Knowing that through his Son, we are always in God’s presence.

If we accept God’s gift,

The grace of his love,

The death of hIs Son

In a way that by us

Could never be done,

We will not see the veil,

We will see only his love.

We now come to God through Jesus

Who lived facing the temptations

We live with each and every day.

He understands our weaknesses.

Now and Forever

Therefore, since we have a great high priest

who has ascended into heaven, Jesus, the Son

of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable

 to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have

one who has been tempted in every way, 

just as we are – yet he did not sin.

Let us then approach God’s throne of grace

with confidence, so that we may receive mercy 

and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Hebrews 4:14-16

It is through Jesus that we are now able to be in God’s presence.

Discussion:

As we come to the end of today’s podcast, let us pray.

Dear Heavenly Father we come to you in prayer as we end today’s podcast.  Dave and I thank You for leading us through the day and into tomorrow.  We thank You for all you have led us to and through.

We pray for our listeners and viewers; for their needs, healing and the salvation of those who have not yet accepted the gift of Your grace by faith. 

We pray, Lord, for this world in which we live.  Father, as Christians lead us to proclaiming the gospel where ever we are.  May we do so in a loving  way.  Lead us to the truth of the days we are living in.  

Dear Lord, prepare us and our listeners and viewers for the coming week.  We pray that it is You we live for and You who leads us.  As we walk with you  this week, may it be Your hand clasped around our hand so we may feel the grasp of Your love.

And this week may we remember the words from 2 Corinthians, 12:9; 

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, 

my power is perfect in weakness.”

At the beginning and at the end

And every moment in between,

May our strength be for His strength

So His perfection may be seem.

(from God Still Rhymes, Concluding Prayer)

We pray in the name of Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer.

Amen                                                                                                                                           (2/26/23)

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Tim and Dave

"If you give Him the times As you live His word rhymes "

"We are the King’s kids and you’ll never get rid of us because we are His with Jesus."

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              If you give

Him the times

As you live

His word rhymes

And don’t forget, “We are the Kings kids and you will never get rid of us for we are His with Jesus.”

Living In God’s Rhyme ©2018 by Tim Carter

God Still Rhymes ©2019 by Tim Carter

God’s Rhyme ©2019 by Tim Carter

97, 10-7, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 3/30/2023) 

Today we will be discussion the call to missions in our lives.  We are called to spread the gospel to the nations.

THE MISSIONARY’S MISSION (Living In God’s Rhyme, pg. 65)

They leave the comfort of home

Where they were raised and grown,

Where seeds of faith were sown,

By those who gave them a home.

With the love for those,

These that God chose

Have a yearning to share

The love of God’s care.

Traveling across continents and seas

To spread his word and plant the seeds,

Prayerfully hoping that their good deeds

Will show more how God’s grace does please.

Where language is a barrier 

His word speaks to all,

No matter the carrier,

More will hear your call.

More will hear your call

Because they, many of them,

Love you and those in need

Of hearing a word, 

Of sharing a good deed.

It is God’s love that leads the missionary.

It is his call that sends them forth,

That sets the missionary on a course.

He has set their hearts on fire

With a spirit full of desire

To help their sisters and brothers

In a way not done by others.

God will bless

Those who help

More who have less,

Those who reach,

Those who teach

The one or more

Who need help.

He will bless evermore.

Pray for those with a heart,

A desire to live apart 

From the comforts of a life,

To live with those in strife.

May their living,

May their giving,

Be the gift,

Give a lift

To the spirit

Of many more adrift,

Perhaps not knowing

That as more do hear it,

The words of works

More will share,

More will care

That it is God’s word

More will be sowing.

Reflection on The Missionary’s Mission

I got the idea for this poem on my way to work .  I had a few good lines that I fortunately remembered to write down when I got to work.  However, when I wrote it, I struggled.  I’m not sure what that means, if anything.  Maybe it was because I was writing about something I know little about.  But upon reflection during the day I realized that we are all called to be missionaries.  Where ever we are we are to share the good news of salvation.  At work, on the street, with friends, and especially at home.  And it all starts with our story.

HIS WORD  MAY IT LEAD US (Living In God’s Rhyme, pg. 63)

Matthew, Mark Luke and John,

Paul, Peter, Timothy and Jude,

Books and letters written 

To show us the way to God’s love,

The love of his sacrifice,

The love of his grace,

The love he has for us,

The human race.

Jesus said,

Believe,

Be baptized

And spread the Gospel.

We should not only pray,

Pray every day,

For those who have not heard

His mighty saving word.

We should speak

So that we reach

Those souls we know

Of the gift we have received

So they will not be deceived.

We need to shout

To the world about

That Jesus saves,

He is what God gave

So the end will be better,

So it will not be bitter.

After Thoughts

As believers we can meet in clusters

So that faith and desire we can muster

That as we leave the room

We do not have a sense of doom

But the faith to share,

Share that we care,

That others hear

What we hold dear

To our hearts

So they may start

To see what they can be

That when with Jesus

They will be free.

Discussion:

A SOLDIER FOR THE LORD (Living In God’s Rhyme, pg. 191)

There is more than the battle to be won

There is more that we are here for.

If we are to follow God’s Son

We do not fight as if it’s a war.

No, our mission is to share his love.

If we love God, we are commanded to love others.

Maybe the battle rages within us.

If we are one with Jesus,

The battle has been won.

We are raised with his Son.

If God is in us, his love we must share.

Through our sharing we show we care,

Not just for others, but for the Father

Who loves us in spite of ourselves.

We must show the love in our heart,

Love that is for all to see.

As the sun rises our days start.

Is love what our day will be?

Love will overcome hate.

If we do not show His love,

What will be the fate

Of those we overlook?

A soldier, marching forward,

Sharing God’s loving word,

Showing his saving grace

To a stranger’s face.

If we are to stand, 

We must follow his command.

Discussion:  A few readings for the Bible

Matthew 24:14 

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Matthew 28:19-20 ESV 

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Mark 13:10 ESV 

And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all nations

Matthew 9:37-38 ESV 

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

As we come to the end of today’s podcast, let us pray.

Dear Heavenly Father we come to you in prayer as we end today’s podcast.  Dave and I thank You for leading us through the day and into tomorrow.  We thank You for all you have led us to and through.

We pray for our listeners and viewers; for their needs, healing and the salvation of those who have not yet accepted the gift of Your grace by faith. 

We pray, Lord, for this world in which we live.  Father, as Christians lead us to proclaiming the gospel where ever we are.  May we do so in a loving  way.  Lead us to the truth of the days we are living in.  

Dear Lord, prepare us and our listeners and viewers for the coming week.  We pray that it is You we live for and You who leads us.  As we walk with you  this week, may it be Your hand clasped around our hand so we may feel the grasp of Your love.

And this week may we remember the words from 2 Corinthians, 12:9; 

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, 

my power is perfect in weakness.”

At the beginning and at the end

And every moment in between,

May our strength be for His strength

So His perfection may be seen.

(from God Still Rhymes, Concluding Prayer)

We pray in the name of Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer.

Amen                                                                                                                                           (2/26/23)

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"If you give Him the times As you live His word rhymes "

"We are the King’s kids and you’ll never get rid of us because we are His with Jesus."

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             If you give

Him the times

As you live

His word rhymes

And don’t forget, “We are the Kings kids and you will never get rid of us for we are His with Jesus.”

Living In God’s Rhyme ©2018 by Tim Carter

God Still Rhymes ©2019 by Tim Carter

God’s Rhyme ©2019 by Tim Carter

96, 10-6, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 3/23/2023)

Today we are going to follow up on Dave’s suggestion to read a specific poem.  This poem has one of my favorite titles, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrowday.  Sometimes I like to play with words and even make my own words.  Yesterday, today and tomorrow are all days of our lives.  And no, I have not watched this soap opera on tv.   I’m not sure how clean I would be after watching an episode.

Ok, enough, I’ll get to reading.  Our first poem is found in Living in God’s Rhyme on page 157.

YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROWDAY

As I write this it is today.

I wrote the one for yesterday

Sometime earlier today.

You will read this tomorrowday.

Yeah, it sounds nonsensical.

Maybe it’s like something from 

A long lost, thankfully, musical

Whose tunes you cannot hum.

For some that is the total sum

Of a week of days ever so weak;

There was yesterday’s yesterday

And then tomorrowday’s tomorrowday.

But we must remember the times

When writing of the week’s rhymes

That spellcheck continues to tell us we that we are wronger

With those red squiggly lines under words that are stronger.

(Writers comment: Man versus machine, God always wins.)

One day tomorrowday will be yesterday.

We cannot worry about whatever day

We find ourselves living in

Whether we lose or we win.

As we face each day we must pray,

Pray aloud that God removes the cloud

Of doubt so we may shout

For the world to hear that we have no fear.

Yes, we will have our coffee,

We will have the lives we live,

But these things become small

When we answer God’s call.

Yesterday I wrote, and today I write

As I will tomorrowday write,

“All I need today is a little Dr. Pepper

And a whole lot of Jesus”

Pray that we may

Stay with him always,

That what we say

May reflect the way

He has saved us,

God’s Son, Jesus.

Discussion:

Not much to say.  It’s how my mind works.  Crazy, I know; the voices in my head are constantly telling me so.

Let’s see what I wrote some other day.  This is found on page 53 of Living In God’s Rhyme.

SUDDEN DAY

The first day of the week,

We worship him in church

As comfort in our lives we seek

Before out the doors we lurch.

Tomorrow begins the weak days,

Those days when we can easily forget

What on Sunday he did say.

As we step in the puddles our feet are wet.

It is me

In the mirror

I do see.

In the morning

There is a warning

In the prayer said

That all I need

Is his word to heed

And I will be led

My soul will be fed

And then I open the door

To the world that wants more.

Each and every day I see

A reflection in the mirror.

But there are so many about

As our lives we live out

That have not heard 

Us speak of his word.

We must care,

We must share,

Let them know

As we sow

The seeds

That will feed

More than five thousand,

More than loaves and fish,

More than they could ever wish

In years beyond a thousand.

We can lead them to eternity.

Away from God’s enmity,

So that when it does arrive

Sudden Day they will survive.

Discussion:

As I was putting together the show notes, this thought fell into  my mind: Every day I pray that I follow God’s way.  What can go wrong as I sing a song of praise to the One He did raise

We’ll end the poetry with one more from Living In God’s Rhyme.  This one is on page 58.

ANOTHER DAY TODAY

Not an unusual day,

But I’m glad it’s over.

There’s not a lot to say

Except the day lost its way

About a third into its hours.

Thankfully it didn’t turn sour.

Driving home, seeing the clouds

And thinking, as usual, aloud,

With the threat of rain

There were patches of blue.

There were more than a few.

It made me think of a refrain

From a song 

From a time long

Beyond the past,

Time that did not last

But is reborn every day

As to the Lord I pray.

Today when I looked at the sky

I knew there was a reason why,

I finally was glad

For the day I had,

Before I saw the blue,

Before I once more knew

That God is always there,

That he always does care.

When I am otherwise 

Occupied with my time,

When I feel the seas rise,

At the end of the day

He always finds a way 

To share with me his rhyme.

There is beauty in every day

And at the right time

He shows me the way,

Every day, all of the time.

Discussion:

When the day starts to lead me astray, God shows me the way.

My final thought about todays poems is, Pray, always.  God is there in prayer.

As we come to the end of today’s podcast, let us pray.

Dear Heavenly Father we come to you in prayer as we end today’s podcast.  Dave and I thank You for leading us through the day and into tomorrow.  We thank You for all you have led us to and through.

We pray for our listeners and viewers; for their needs, healing and the salvation of those who have not yet accepted the gift of Your grace by faith. 

We pray, Lord, for this world in which we live.  Father, as Christians lead us to proclaiming the gospel where ever we are.  May we do so in a loving  way.  Lead us to the truth of the days we are living in.  

Dear Lord, prepare us and our listeners and viewers for the coming week.  We pray that it is You we live for and You who leads us.  As we walk with you  this week, may it be Your hand clasped around our hand so we may feel the grasp of Your love.

And this week may we remember the words from 2 Corinthians, 12:9; 

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, 

my power is perfect in weakness.”

At the beginning and at the end

And every moment in between,

May our strength be for His strength

So His perfection may be seen.

(from God Still Rhymes, Concluding Prayer)

We pray in the name of Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer.

Amen                                                                                                                                           (2/26/23)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         If you give

Him the times

As you live

His word rhymes

 And don’t forget, “We are the Kings kids and you will never get rid of us for we are His with Jesus.”

Living In God’s Rhyme ©2018 by Tim Carter

God Still Rhymes ©2019 by Tim Carter

God’s Rhyme ©2019 by Tim Carter

95, 10-5, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 3/16/23)

Last week I asked for prayers that God would answer a question: Should I read poems I have written and posted on Facebook  about the times we are living in.  My concern was the political content of some of the poems.  And again, I am stating that it is not the politics of today I want to discuss, rather it is the fight of good and evil that overrides all things.

About 3 hours after finishing recording last week’s podcast I went to the computer, got on line and checked our bank statement.  Then a thought came to me while looking at the 3 books on the desk next to a pile of podcast files.  I wondered to myself, are the poems in here and is this what God has led me to.  I picked up Living in God’s Rhyme and was led to 3 poems.   

I love the answers to prayers.

The first poem is found on page 114.

IS THIS THE HUMAN CONDITION

(This is not a question)

Where is God when we need him?

Why has this happened again,

Over and over again?

We were told you were a good God,

A loving God who cares for his people.

Where are you in our times of need!

Before our time of need 

We should take time to read

Of the history of his chosen ones,

His beloved daughters and sons.

In their times of greed

They did not see the need

To honor his glory and heed

His word, words that feed.

It is there for us today.

Did we not know so we cannot say?

Did we not know as we walked away

That you despised our way?

Did we not hear that Jesus came

Not just for the Jew, but also the Gentile?

He came so that with God we could reconcile

So as Jew and Gentile we are all the same.

If we love God and his Son,

No matter what we have done,

His love for us never is never ending.

Our lives forever he will be mending,

If we love him we must follow

With words and prayers not hollow,

We must be true to him who loves us,

Loves us so much he sacrificed Jesus.

There is a reason us rhymes with Jesus.

But we never learned the lesson,

Maybe because we never read

Of God’s anger over the adultery

Of his chosen ones with idols

And false gods, the gods of others

That do no good, but only harm.

Gods of wood and gold, some were so bold

To worship nothing instead of everything,

All that their God had for them.

So where is God today as children are slaughtered,

As lives are abandoned and hope forgotten?

He is everywhere, where are we?

Reflection on Is This The Human Condition

I think that I mentioned before that I had no idea what direction the book I am writing here would lead me. Although I talk of reading God’s word and receiving the words of the poems from God, I am probably the last person, if I were on the outside looking in, that I would think could have that relationship. It has grown since I started writing this book. But the poems continue to surprise and amaze me. I was reading Hosea before writing and I just stopped and wondered at the times God’s chosen people walked away from Him and then when trouble came, well you know what we all do at those times.  Today we are in the same place. I had no idea I would what I would write other than the title

Discussion: 

The next poem is found on page 159

MEANINGLESS WORDS

First came the revulsion,

Followed by the revolution

That was followed by the revolt

That struck like a lightning bolt.

These are but words written on a page,

Knowing that I am certainly no sage.

Who could ever imagine the rage

That is not a performance on a stage?

Just words, what do they mean?

Is it more or less than they seem?

Or maybe it is just a movie scene

Or a restless night time dream.

Did anyone read as if they cared

As meaningless words were shared?

Is there something not written,

Words that need to be spoken?

They live with revolution

As so many live to revolt

Against God’s judgement,

Expecting a deferment.

The lightning bolt will appear in the skies

As those who have lived to deny

Will suddenly have a need to rely

On their creator to hear their cries.

We who have believed will be relieved

Because we received and were not deceived.

There is good and evil, the fruit of the tree.

But the Lord fed our hunger and set us free.

As the world rebelled

Nations were felled,

After which His word prevailed

Until again false words were regaled.

We who believe in Jesus, God’s Son,

At the end our lives will not have to run

From the lives we lived and what we have done,

We will be saved, our redemption has been won.

As others fight against what is right,

They are blind to the light, blind without sight,

They may live, but what they give

Is a meaningless word, because they have not heard.

Too busy in their confusion

Of living for the revolution

They do not hear

That God is near.

As we approach the end

We do not life insurance,

We need life assurance,

The salvation that God sends!

Reflection on Meaningless Words

This poem started after an afternoon of going over words that rhyme in my head.  I had written a poem in the morning and found that joy and satisfaction of writing again.  The first three stanzas came to me as I was watching TV.  I had to get paper and a pencil so I would not forget the words.  I wrote of this problem in a book years ago, the title of which explains everything, I Can’t Remember the Things I Forgot.  It was short with a lot of blank pages.  Ok, back to the poem.  After making a grilled cheese sandwich I asked for guidance and the words to make sense of my thoughts.   This is it, a collaboration between God and me.  But somehow I am sure He was there at the beginning and the whole poem.

Discussion: 

The last poem is found on page 177.

WORDS THAT ARE SHARED

Don’t worry, there is no forecast for a snow flurry

And the judge and the jury are no longer in a hurry

To hear another story with details so gory 

Yes, I am sorry to have found sentences

For my crime, inserting words that rhyme

Sometimes when exercising the mind

In sorting and cleaning one does find

Thoughts that become words to write

Words in lines that together just might

Be more than one may dare to dream

Words that make the reader want to scream

Either scream with joy or anger

Voices that make the sounds

That express without words

Emotions they have found

From the words of one’s thoughts

That others should at all times read

What do you think, what do I think

Do you drink from the glass that I drink

Do your beliefs give you relief

Do my beliefs bring you grief

Or maybe it is the other way

That I grieve at what you say

But we must talk as together we walk

In the life we live, in the love we give

To disagree we must understand

The reasons for another’s stand

Just as when we present our side

We must do so not to divide

Respect one another

Our sister and brother

Whether right or wrong

So we may sing a song

Of peace and brotherhood

Of showing each other the good

Pray that we not lead others astray

Pray that there is truth in all we say

Pray that we will find the way

Pray that together we will stay

Pray that the love of God will engulf us all

Pray that this happens before we fall

Before we fall from grace!

Discussion:

As we come to the end of today’s podcast, let us pray.

Dear Heavenly Father we come to you in prayer as we end today’s podcast.  Dave and I thank You for leading us through the day and into tomorrow.  We thank You for all you have led us to and through.

We pray for our listeners and viewers; for their needs, healing and the salvation of those who have not yet accepted the gift of Your grace by faith. 

We pray, Lord, for this world in which we live.  Father, as Christians lead us to proclaiming the gospel where ever we are.  May we do so in a loving  way.  Lead us to the truth of the days we are living in.  

Dear Lord, prepare us and our listeners and viewers for the coming week.  We pray that it is You we live for and You who leads us.  As we walk with you  this week, may it be Your hand clasped around our hand so we may feel the grasp of Your love.

And this week may we remember the words from 2 Corinthians, 12:9; 

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, 

my power is perfect in weakness.”

At the beginning and at the end

And every moment in between,

May our strength be for His strength

So His perfection may be seen.

(from God Still Rhymes, Concluding Prayer)

We pray in the name of Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer.

Amen                                                                                                                                           (2/26/23)

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Please subscribe to the podcast

Tell all your friends about us and have them tell thier friends,

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Tim and Dave

"If you give Him the times As you live His word rhymes "

"We are the King’s kids and you’ll never get rid of us because we are His with Jesus."

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              If you give

Him the times

As you live

His word rhymes

And don’t forget, “We are the Kings kids and you will never get rid of us for we are His with Jesus.”

Living In God’s Rhyme ©2018 by Tim Carter

God Still Rhymes ©2019 by Tim Carter

God’s Rhyme ©2019 by Tim Carter

94, 10-4, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 3/9/2023)

Today, we will be reading and discussing 4 consecutive poems from God’s Rhyme.  They are found on pages 5 through 11.  My journey to salvation may sound unusual to some.  I first had the desire to know Jesus and understand His love for me through the love Father Larry Dunn shared.  I have shared before, I was raised In the Episcopal Church, was married in the Catholic Church and later converted to Catholicism, and many years later was led by God to leave the Catholic Church and am now attending an Evangelical, bible believing, teaching and professing church.  The following poems are 4 of the first Christian poems I wrote in the later 1970’s. 

MY FRIEND JESUS 

Take my hand 

as we walk this land,

feel the sand

as time drifts away,

hear what I say,

just be what you may

with my friend Jesus.

A little boy, a baby girl;

sometimes the days

like a waterfall swirl

until I feel the sun’s rays

& I know it’s the Son, 

Who, tho blinded to some,

is Who I will follow.

A walk thru a field

& I find I must yield,

give of myself, die to my wants.

I opened the door

& found Him waiting there,

wanting no more

than that breath of fresh air.

I found the way.

As people had said,

it’s not what you say

or the thoughts in your head.

It’s not just the grace of an evening meal.

It’s something you always feel,

something that starts deep in you heart.

Take my hand

& walk with me;

There is so much to be.

Together we can stand,

not just the two of us,

because we are three

with our friend Jesus.

Discussion:

FOR YOU TWO 

Thank you Jesus for loving me,

            for being able to see

            that I am more

            than I think I can be.

When the world

            seems to swirl around

            & sounds are blurred,

somehow your love is heard.

You’ve given me a life;

            a loving wife,

            the sweet joys of a baby girl

            & a little boy.

I have been blessed.

I just need to take time

            to look between the stress

            of a world that wants what is mine.

I know I don’t often tell You,

I’m so often overdue

            in remembering it’s not just the words,

            but more the actions that are heard.

With You tho, I have a new start

            In seeing thru the lies,

            for it’s not just with my eyes,

            but now I see with my heart.

Thank you Jesus

            when I think of us.

For if it’s Your life we’re living,

            we have so many thanks to be giving.

Discussion:

When we started going to Guadalupe we had a two year old son.  Then a daughter, and another, and another, and two more. I wrote a book for one Christmas for the kids, a fictional biography.  At one point I wrote about the discussion between a priest and myself occurring in the hospital hallway as my wife was wheeled toward the delivery room.  The imaginary priest was telling me that before number 4 or was it 5 I had to convert before the baby could be delivered.  After all it is Catholic families that have alot of kids.  

When I finally experienced the joy of Jesus, everything was right.

One thing I noted at this time in my life occurred at work.  I worked outside, surveying.  I noticed the sky was bluer, the clouds whiter and the air clearer.  All around me, nature was at peace and beautifully so.

I BELIEVE IN JESUS

I believe in Jesus

His body & blood shed

that I might live.

I believe in Jesus

knowing what lies ahead

for me in life

He died 

for the times

my eyes

failed

to see Him

in my neighbor

as my Savior

I believe in Jesus

His life, His word

are Truth forever

Yes, I believe in Jesus

and how He served

that I might too.

Discussion:

MY SWEET JESUS

Oh Jesus, sweet Jesus,

I pray that when you lay

me down for my final rest

it is in Your arms, I pray.

But for now, let me live

such that in all I do

in my life is to give

as You have to me.

In this life I am living

may I pass on to others

the way of gentle forgiving

You have given to me.

May the weakness 

in this life

give way to meekness

everlasting with You.

Living here today,

maybe gone tomorrow,

Your word shows me the way,

the path I must follow.

Discussion:

During a second Marriage Encounter weekend I remember sitting in the auditorium of an old convent surrounded by other couples when suddenly I felt a peace within my body that I had never experienced before.  After that weekend the sky was bluer, the air clearer, the snow whiter, life absolutely enjoyable.

As we come to the end of today’s podcast, let us pray.

Dear Heavenly Father we come to you in prayer as we end today’s podcast.  Dave and I thank You for leading us through the day and into tomorrow.  We thank You for all you have led us to and through.

We pray for our listeners and viewers; for their needs, healing and the salvation of those who have not yet accepted the gift of Your grace by faith.  

We pray, Lord, for this world in which we live.  Father, as Christians lead us to proclaiming the gospel where ever we are.  May we do so in a loving  way.  Lead us to the truth of the days we are living in.  

Dear Lord, prepare us and our listeners and viewers for the coming week.  We pray that it is You we live for and You who leads us.  As we walk with you  this week, may it be Your hand clasped around our hand so we may feel the grasp of Your love.

And this week may we remember the words from 2 Corinthians, 12:9; 

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, 

my power is perfect in weakness.”

At the beginning and at the end

And every moment in between,

May our strength be for His strength

So His perfection may be seen.

(from God Still Rhymes, Concluding Prayer)

We pray in the name of Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer.

Amen                                                                                                                                           (2/26/23)

Follow us on the Podopolo podcast app

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Follow is on our website

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You can buy Tim's books at the following websites

god rhyme tim carter | Barnes & Noble® (barnesandnoble.com)

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https://www.lettrapress.com

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Please subscribe to the podcast

Tell all your friends about us and have them tell thier friends,

Thank you for being here, we are blessed that you listened.

Tim and Dave

"If you give Him the times As you live His word rhymes "

"We are the King’s kids and you’ll never get rid of us because we are His with Jesus."

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                If you give

Him the times

As you live

His word rhymes

And don’t forget, “We are the Kings kids and you will never get rid of us for we are His with Jesus.”

Living In God’s Rhyme ©2018 by Tim Carter

God Still Rhymes ©2019 by Tim Carter

God’s Rhyme ©2019 by Tim Carter

93,10-3, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 3/2/2023)

Revised 2/26/2023

Today we will be reading and discussing poems about what God gives us.

AS ONLY YOU CAN  (Living In God’s Rhyme, pg. 116)

I look at the clouds and I wonder aloud

What lies beyond the skies?

What ever can be though looking I cannot see.

I look at the wonder of it all and I hear your call.

Beyond the skies is Heaven above,

Where there are no whys, just your love.

But first we share in this world of ours

For what we care in each day’s hours.

The mountains, the valleys,

The meadows, the deserts,

And the vast deep waters,

They all exist inside of us.

You spoke the earth into existence,

You breathed your breath into man,

Your power knew no resistance.

It was only and is only you who can.

May we live in your glory,

Be a part of your story.

May we every day strive

To have you in our lives.

May we see the splendor,

Of all you do, of who we are

As we shine brighter than the stars

When we let you, Lord, be who you are.

Discussion:

THE WONDER OF GOD’S WAY  (Living In God’s Rhyme, pg. 182)

God’s love is shown and Jesus is known

As the words of King David are heard

Many years after and many years before,

After the creation and before the resurrection.

In times of grace and in time of waste

God’s love for us never falters, never fails.

His is a love we may never understand,

While on this earth we are merely man.

David writes:

the LORD is compassionate and gracious,

slow to anger; abounding in love.

He will not always accuse,

nor will he harbor his anger forever;

 he does not treat us as our sins deserve

or repay us according to our iniquities.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his love for those who fear him;

as far as the east is from the west,

so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

(Psalm 103:7-12)

How can we on this earth understand this love?

We live our lives struggling for love 

While we struggle at times to give our love.

We shake our neighbor’s hands with winter gloves.

If we have fear for the Lord, the awe and respect he deserves,

We have opened the door to our hearts to receive his grace,

If we truly believe and accept this and are not reserved

In our faith, he is faithful to forgive and remember never.

Be thankful that as Isaiah writes of God,

For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

neither are your ways my ways.”

declares the LORD .

As the heavens are higher than the earth,

so are my ways higher than your ways

and my thoughts than your thoughts.

(Isaiah 55:8,9)

Live in awe filled wonder and his voice will not thunder

Because of who he is, as we live, he forgives.

By faith through his grace, we have the gift to forever live

Through the death of his Son, who took upon himself our sin.

Be thankful God is who he is and always will be,

Be thankful God loves you and loves me,

Be thankful God created us in love

So by believing we will see him in heaven above.

God so loves us that he sent his only Son to die for our transgressions.

If his ways were our ways, we would still be dying in those transgressions.

Be thankful and accept his love, the gift of his son

So one day you will be with him when with this world you are done.

Discussion:  As I was putting together the show notes after copying the first two poems and reading the last four lines of the last poem this from Psalm 46:10 came to me: Be still and know that I am God.  I couldn’t help but think the times I have had to tell myself to let go,  God has this, He is in control.  Be still and quietly, patiently wait for Him.  He is always, in al ways there for us.  Be still, listen and wait for God’s blessing.

 Discussion:

WHO AM I?  (God Still Rhymes, pg. 130)

Jesus asked his disciples,

“Who do you say I am”?

Who did they think he was?

And in times of doubt I ask myself,

“Who do I think I am?”

At these times in my life

I know I must reply,

I am reborn,

I am saved,

I am forgiven,

I am redeemed,

I am made holy in his sight,

I am blessed,

I am loved,

I am a child of God!

And there, without words, 

Is the rhyme of who I am,

I am one with God!

Forever in his sight

I am now made right.

Though I may stumble and fall,

My name he will always call,

Always and forever,

He will leave me never.

Yes, I am a child of God.

That is who he says I am.

Discussion:

Dave brings up the last poem in God Still Rhymes on page 131, Concluding Prayer.  We discussing using it as part of our podcast concluding prayer.

CONCLUDING PRAYER

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, 

my power is perfect in weakness.” (2 Cor 12:19)

At the beginning and at the end

And every moment in between,

May our strength be for His strength

So His perfection may be seem.

As we come to the end of today’s podcast, let us pray.

Dear Heavenly Father we come to you in prayer as we end today’s podcast.  Dave and I thank You for leading us through the day and into tomorrow.  We thank You for all you have led us to and through.

We pray for our listeners and viewers; for their needs, healing and the salvation of those who have not yet accepted the gift of Your grace by faith.  

We pray, Lord, for this world in which we live.  Father, as Christians lead us to proclaiming the gospel where ever we are.  May we do so in a loving  way.  Lead us to the truth of the days we are living in.  

Dear Lord, prepare us and our listeners and viewers for the coming week.  We pray that it is You we live for and You who leads us.  As we walk with you  this week, may it be Your hand clasped around our hand so we may feel the grasp of Your love.

We pray in the name of Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer.

Amen                                                                                                                                           (12/1/2022)

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10-2, 10-2, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 2/23/23)

Today we have poems about prayer and a poem competition that I think I lost years ago.

The first poem is unpublished and was written in September of 2020.

AN ANSWER TO PRAYER

I thought I could stop

The up and down hop

Going on in my mind.

Could peace again I find?

Speak up

Shut up

What is right

Not what might

So, I knelt and began to pray.

The answer, “do not betray

Your fellow believers,

Expose the deceivers.”

There are moments

I hear comments

Saying words I’ve written

Should never be hidden.

As my mind started to wander,

I knew it was time to pray.

Tilting my head I looked yonder

And asked God, “what do I say?”

I see the world in a haze,

With so many in a daze,

Not knowing where the truth lays

Too many yays, too few nays.

I said, “Lord, what can be done?”

He answered, “it is simple my son.

Read the book of prophecy.

Not books of philosophy.”

“Today you pray

To know the way.

You already know it,

Now you must share it.”

So, I will continue to write

Of how yesterday and today

Have and still explain tomorrow,

As the “god of this world” brings sorrow. (2 Cor. 4:4)

I was left with this:

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Put on the full armor of God, so you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For your struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. (Ephesians :10-16, NIV)

9/19,20/2021, tcarter

Discussion:

The next poem is also unpublished and was written in August of 2022.

WORDS FROM A PRAYER

Words to write on this night,

I had a thought of what they ought

This night to say, first I must pray.

Dear Father in Heaven above,

I pray this night for words of love,

The words I can share

Expressing Your care.

The words of thanksgiving,

The life I am living,

My tomorrow

Without sorrow.

May the word

I have heard

Be what I write

This blessed night.

In Jesus’ name I pray.

Amen, again this day.

Thank You Lord.

I have adored

The rhymes You are giving

And the life I am living.

May I now be led to share

The blessing of Your loving care.

tcarter, 8/8/2022, 10:49 pm

Discussion:

Now for the competition:  Years ago, I challenged my wife to write a poem in response to one I had written. They are in God Still Rhymes on pages 26 and 27.

Here is mine.

HIS – SUNDAY EVENING

sitting

the chair is

comfortable

as are

the thoughts

of you

remember the times

good and bad

yes

but 

like this chair

they are comfortable

I do

yes

I do 

Love you

I have 

through

the years

my dear

And now hers.

HERS – NOVEMBER 9, 1975

you

blue eyes

my love is

all in you

you

my dear

have in you

all my happiness

cuz my

happiness is you

you

forever

will have my

love

for 

you alone

are my

love

my happiness

my life

you have been

my

God-send

my

husband

Reflection on His – Sunday Evening

Sometimes I’m not sure who the better poet is.  I do know who the better of the two of us is.  As I have loved her, as she has loved me, I have learned.

Discussion:

Now another poem about prayer, one I should start every day praying.  It is in God Still Rhymes on page 27.

MY PRAYER TODAY

Lord, tell me what to pray.

Tell me what I should say.

May your Spirit that is holy

Be at my side, my guide solely.

What I do learn

I do not earn,

But by your grace

I now have faith.

You lead me not astray.

You show me the path to stay.

It is thru your Spirit

That I now can learn it.

Lead me, guide me,

Take my life and set me free.

Discussion:

AS WE CLOSE IN PRAYER, MAY WE CONTINUE IN PRAYER

Dear Heavenly Father we come to you in prayer as we end today’s podcast.  Dave and I thank You for Your leading us through the day and into tomorrow.  We pray that today has been pleasing to You and honors Your glory.

We pray for our listeners and viewers; for their needs, healing and the salvation of those who have not yet accepted the gift of Your grace by faith. 

We pray, Lord, for this world in which we live.  Father, as Christians lead us to proclaiming the gospel where ever we are.  May we do so in a loving  way.  Lead us to the truth of the days we are living in.  We pray for the nation of Ukraine and its people; its leaders and those who are fighting  the invading army of their enemy.   May their faith and determination be an example to the entire world.

Dear Lord, prepare us and our listeners and viewers for the coming week.  We pray that it is You we live for and You who leads us.  As we walk with you  this week, may it be Your hand clasped around our hand so we may feel the grasp of Your love.

We pray in the name of Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer.

Amen             (2/15/23)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  If you give

Him the times

As you live

His word rhymes

And don’t forget, “We are the Kings kids and you will never get rid of us for we are His with Jesus.”

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