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Today we are starting with the poems for Chapter 2 of God Still Rhymes. It is titled Just a Thought with a note that says, not long to read, not that long to write. Chapter 2 can be found on pages 11 - 19.
I Wonder What
I wonder what does this mean
Snow falling in a summer scene
Leaves falling from autumn trees
From the wind of a spring rain breeze
Life, so many questions
Strife, not so many answers
Like a surgeon’s dull knife
Saving an alcoholic’s wife
Discussion:
Won’t Be In the Book
When I die
Where will I lay
On the judgement day
What will I say
It will be too late to pray
In the great by and by
Reflection on Won’t Be In the Book
It is how God works. The title was to mean that this poem won’t be in the next book. But with God, it means if you haven’t said the prayer of salvation, you won’t be in the Book.
Discussion:
Rest
When life has taken your best,
Take a step back, but don’t look around.
Do not be disturbed by the sound
For all you ever need can be found.
All you will ever need, in God’s rest.
Discussion:
Love Reborn
Your love is like a warm glove
In winter’s storms.
Your hand protects me
Against life’s storms.
When I feel tattered and torn
You remind me I’ve been reborn.
Discussion:
The Words Of
The words of action,
Our actions silently speak,
Silently telling the story
Of who we are
Beneath the stars of night
And the shining sun of day.
I pray that all we don’t say
Tells the world of God’s
Almighty Glory.
May our actions
Guide our words
So that reactions
Reflect what others
Seeing have heard.
Discussion:
In My Pessimism
In my pessimism there is hope.
Knowing what God’s word says
Relieves my fears,
Wipes away the tears,
Knowing what the world faces
The places that will burn.
Yes, there is pessimism
In knowing.
But more, there is hope
Knowing that there is time,
Time for more to turn.
Blinded by sight,
There is time that
They may be made right.
Hope is always there,
Always through prayer.
Discussion:
Our Loss at the Cross
The cross,
not for our loss.
The pain
for what we gain.
We can withstand
if we do stand,
not as the world sees us,
but through the eyes of Jesus.
As he was raised
we sing with hands upraised
that he might be praised
til the ends of the day.
Discussion:
Through his Eyes
His eyes are on me.
Oh, it might be.
Yeah. I pray that what he, that, what he does see
is not what I will be,
but who I am
to the great I am.
Tim Carter
Living in God’s Rhyme Podcast
6/30/22
We’ll end with a poem from Living in God’s Rhyme. It is 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...
