SHELLY'S MEDITATIONS & DEVOTIONS

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Evening Meditation & Devotion

MEDITATION: Be strong. Be strong in heart, all you who hope in the Lord. Psalm 31: 34 Watch and keep awake. Stand true to the Lord. Keep on acting like men and be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13 ______________________________________________ DEVOTION: COURAGE Wait for the Lord. Be strong. Let your heart... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thoughts on Poetry Stephen Spender

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do. - Stephen Spender _____________________________________________________ PSALM 71 In thee, O Lord, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame! In thy righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline thy ear to me,... Sign in to see full entry.

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MORNING MEDITATION

MEDITATION: "Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers overflow it; If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised." Song of Solomon 8: 7 "I have loved you with an ever- lasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with loving-kindness." Jeremiah 31: 3 O... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 11, 2008

EVENING MEDITATION & DEVOTION

MEDITATION: O my strength, I will sing praises to Thee; For God is my stronghold, the God who shows me loving-kindness. Psalm 59: 17 ___________________________________ DEVOTION: SING UNTO THE LORD The flowers have already appeared in the land; The time has arrived for pruning the vines, And the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Poetry Corner Langston Hughes

Troubled Waters by Langston Hughes Between us, always, loved one, There lies this troubled water. You are my sky, my shining sun Over troubled water. I journey far to touch your hand. The trip is troubled water. We see yet cannot understand This fateful troubled water. Deep hearts, dear, dream of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thoughts on Poetry Kahlil Gibran

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary. ~Kahlil Gibran From the Quote Garden _________________________________________________________ Psalm 70 Be pleased, O God, to deliver me! O Lord, make haste to help me!? Let them be put to shame and confusion who seek my... Sign in to see full entry.

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MORNING MEDITATION

MEDITATION: " I am the true vine. My Father is the One Who cares for the vine. He takes away any branch in Me that does not give fruit. Any branch that gives fruit, He cuts it back so it will give more fruit. You are made clean by the words I have spoken to you. Get your life from Me and I will live... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 10, 2008

EVENING MEDITATION & DEVOTION

MEDITATION: The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thoughts on Poetry Carl Sandburg

Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away. ~Carl Sandburg, Poetry Considered From the... Sign in to see full entry.

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MORNING MEDITATION

MEDITATION: You have never seen Him but you love Him. You cannot see Him now but you are putting your trust in Him. And you have joy so great that words cannot tell about it. 1 Peter 1: 8 Sign in to see full entry.

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