tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59522173235804427672024-03-14T05:12:36.743-05:00Flickers of a Faithful FireFlyHisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.comBlogger1921125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-53096531335653132122022-09-09T09:00:00.048-05:002022-09-09T09:00:00.235-05:00Lifemark - A Film From Executive Producers Kirk Cameron and The Kendrick Brothers<p> I was recently blessed by Graf-Martin Communications to be able to prescreen <b>Lifemark - A Film From Executive Producers Kirk Cameron and The Kendrick Brothers.</b> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bZI9ziz8Azw" width="489" youtube-src-id="bZI9ziz8Azw"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><blockquote><span style="color: #2b00fe;">From the movie’s website: “David’s comfortable world is turned upside down when his birthmother unexpectedly reaches out to him, longing to meet the 18-year-old son she’s only held once. With the encouragement of his adoptive parents, David embarks on a journey of discovery that leads to a staggering truth from his past."</span></blockquote><p>I was wary at first, for I have found some of the Kendrick Brother films a bit heavy handed for non-believers. I need not have worried!</p><p>The Christian faith was central to the film, but in a soft and more believable way. </p><p>Strong truths were presented in a way that struck the heart but didn't slap you in the face.</p><p>I would recommend to believers and non-believers alike. Catch it while you can. Opening today.</p><p>Graf-Martin offered me a pre-screening. Th views I have shared are my own.</p><p></p><p><br /></p>HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-91038162657902918692021-02-15T09:03:00.004-06:002021-02-15T09:03:30.799-06:00dumbstruck<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrO4EiW2f4E6wtPQBa2W2JtB5oWDxKcZbTwqWO6CeluEDTNpPChniLX3JR2g8VqytDPv_Hor7fHylUhwLKXWqsn54T7cph3TJ7auE_zgz62IprPuORQ0sZBTIopI7rF08C6a0R33AHciA/s2043/more+frost+12-15-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2043" data-original-width="1940" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrO4EiW2f4E6wtPQBa2W2JtB5oWDxKcZbTwqWO6CeluEDTNpPChniLX3JR2g8VqytDPv_Hor7fHylUhwLKXWqsn54T7cph3TJ7auE_zgz62IprPuORQ0sZBTIopI7rF08C6a0R33AHciA/w380-h400/more+frost+12-15-12.jpg" width="380" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">I am here</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">merely dumbstruck</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">for a season, but</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">holding space</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">for words return</span></p>HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-7006197775917154072020-01-13T12:56:00.000-06:002020-01-13T12:56:11.103-06:00no excuses left<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">a dog for my feet</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">under the desk I listed as a need</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">laptop, coffee, water</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Bible, journals, highlighters and pens</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">a good chair for my aching back</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">sun through the window</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">even on this cold winter's day</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">I have feathered my nest</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">my excuses have vanished</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">and yet....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">words play hide and seek</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">just a breath away</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">patience, He whispers</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">patience</span></div>
<br />HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-35972078612261417362019-12-16T12:41:00.000-06:002019-12-16T12:41:22.482-06:00the melody<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">my muscles, joints</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">do not agree with the cold</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">every fibre aching</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">as I cried out</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">this is how the Lord responded</span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>when the pain sings</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>listen to the melody</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>and find Me there</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>in the low notes</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>the long wails</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>staccato beat</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>you will hear My voice</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>draw your strength</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>from My presence</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>do not allow the pain</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>to speak words of exclusion</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>or disqualification</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>you are always welcome</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>in the secret place</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>come away</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>abide in Me</i></b></span></div>
HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-32190374539984734052019-12-09T12:54:00.000-06:002019-12-09T12:54:02.501-06:00season change<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">multiple trips to the yard</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">now frosted, Kona the puppy</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">quickly self-trained</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">but her whimpers at the door</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">call for quick response</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">cold settles in to the deepest</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">pain in my bones</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">still, I can appreciate</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">beauty, snow burdened branches</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">painted skies</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">and the hush</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">of a season that comes</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">wanted or not</span></div>
HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-57606096655140286782019-11-04T16:45:00.001-06:002019-11-04T16:45:34.955-06:00Kona finds a home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">today is the last day these walls</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">will be merely a house</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">tomorrow our long awaited addition</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">will transform our living space</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">into a true home</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">as our now eight week old puppy</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">completes our family</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">we have food, treats, toys</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">blankets, collar and leash</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">a crate for her to snuggle in to</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">and spaces in our hearts</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">that she will soon fill to overflowing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">meet </span><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;"><b>Kona</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">and stay tuned for updates</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">as she grows into herself</span></div>
<br />HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-22657098904872435042019-10-25T16:48:00.000-05:002019-10-25T16:48:45.941-05:00a finger on it<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">I can't quite put a finger on it</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">to quote an old cliche</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">I carry the emotions</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">given to me, full force by my Creator</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">often swept away</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">cresting waves then</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">crashing, gulping water instead </span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">of air, my head submerged</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">He gives me hills</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">and valleys, both</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">to be savoured</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">physical pain, shifts</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">surprising me, in new </span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">locations, disguises</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">tones and echos, almost</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">symphonic in fullness</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">always its finger on me</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">unrelenting grip, does this</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">hurt? how about here?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">He gives me hills </span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">and valleys, both</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">but dwells <i>with</i> me</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">up there and down here</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;"> </span><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">yes, I will hold you up and retain you </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">with My [victorious] right hand of rightness and justice.</span></b></div>
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<br />HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-13488843820987345972019-10-09T21:57:00.000-05:002019-10-09T21:57:20.081-05:00too too soon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">the beginning of 2014</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">January through April, perhaps a bit of May</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">winter slipped under the doors</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">painted pictures on the windows</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">while we were lost in dreams</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">of a life hotter, fuller in Africa</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">and in August that same year</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">we left the prairies below us as we flew away</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">there were visits back</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">2016, 2018 but always summer</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">never did I miss the ice</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">the bitter winds</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">or the snow, no</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">not at all</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">yet, today I find myself here</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">the sky dull</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">constant cloud cover </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">dripping rain and yes,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">snow, early October</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">shivering deep beneath my skin</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">winter hardly begun</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">the long season of fleece</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">down, woolly socks and hot tea</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">is upon me and the thought</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">of hibernation tantalizes</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">new snow tires on the vehicle</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">but oh, if I had my way</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">I'd remain inside</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">until Spring's thaw</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">months and months from here</span></div>
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<br />HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-75562846111820280282019-09-30T15:04:00.000-05:002019-09-30T15:04:25.158-05:00open heart<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">my trip to the mountains</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">resounded with gasps</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">"wows" and tears</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">beauty opening my heart </span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">to unexpected wonder</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">having seen</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">I cannot un-see</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">having felt</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">I cannot un-feel</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">what God has done</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">what God can do</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">around, in</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">and even through me</span></div>
<br />HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-74324681737356572152019-09-25T16:59:00.000-05:002019-09-25T17:01:34.689-05:00still<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">the worries of the world</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> rush over me</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">power pounding</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">attempting to distract</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">but I find safety</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">in the Rock</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">that holds me fast</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">solid in the chaos</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">this is what He teaches</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">this is what I'm learning</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">be still</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">know</span></div>
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HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-13493444492348785752019-09-19T09:56:00.000-05:002019-09-19T09:56:00.495-05:00The Girl Behind the Red Rope by Ted and Rachelle Dekker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ted Dekker and Rachelle Dekker are the father/daughter duo that co-authored the most nerve rattling novel I have read in a long time, <b>The Girl Behind the Red Rope</b>.<br />
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The hills of Tennessee is the hiding place for an extreme, religious community that believes that following impossibly strict rules will keep them faultless, pure and ready for the world to come. Doubters, wanderers and strangers can not be tolerated. Life is lived within a perimeter marked by a red rope.<br />
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In this fear based world, it becomes impossible to tell the wolves from the sheep, the darkness from true light.<br />
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I read the book aloud to my husband as we travelled long hours cross country. There were many times we were sad to have to take refuelling breaks, so caught up were we in the story.<br />
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If you'd like a calm easy read, pass on this book; but if you want to be challenged, baffled and engaged, don't miss <b>The Girl Behind the Red Rope</b>.<br />
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An advanced reader edition of this book has been provided courtesy of Graf-Martin Communications. All opinions are my own.HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-63999895059898351172019-09-17T21:26:00.003-05:002019-09-17T21:26:52.309-05:00breathless<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">I have been silent here</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">for good reason</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">awed by His creation</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">now that my breath is back</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">words will return</span></div>
HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-59746805341550928602019-08-26T14:50:00.001-05:002019-08-26T14:50:33.924-05:00Overcomer - a review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: blue;">I was blessed to view an advance screening of <b>Overcomer</b>, the new film by the Kendrick brothers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The outer shell of the story is about high school sports: a coach, football players, a young female runner and their families. But the deeper story that weaves through the entire film is about where each one finds their identity. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">As one who has learned the lesson of needing to find my identity in Christ, I found myself nodding in agreement throughout the movie.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Those who found Fireproof, Courageous and other Kendrick films a bit heavy handed with their sharing of faith will probably stumble over the same here. I would hope however that people can watch this with open minds and open hearts, allowing the truth of the message to touch them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Screening link has been provided courtesy of Sony Entertainment Releasing Canada and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.</span><br />
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HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-12359018232642913082019-08-21T17:07:00.001-05:002019-08-21T17:07:29.745-05:00ever a door<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">there is ever a door</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">ahead, open</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">or closed, asking</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">what will we do here?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">will we stand, stubborn</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">afraid to knock</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">or touch, or push</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">will we crawl under, squeeze</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">through, jump high</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">hurdling over</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">will we peek through</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">and uncertain</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">turn </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">to face </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">another door</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">another time, </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">another </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">place</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">there is ever </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">a door ahead</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><b>Strive to enter by the narrow door</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><b>[force yourselves through it], </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><b>for many, I tell you, will try to enter </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><b>and will not be able.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><b><a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke13:24&version=NIV;AMPC;MSG;NLT;NKJV" target="_blank">Luke 13:24 Amplified</a></b></span></span></div>
HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-74344235819724030332019-08-19T10:53:00.002-05:002019-08-19T10:53:42.202-05:00thick clouds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">friends dear to us</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">have had their hearts exploded by tragic loss</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">clouds dark have settled over us all</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">in my quiet time with the Lord this morning</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">He spoke these words</span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><i>in Africa funeral houses fill with wailing cries</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><i>this, when there are no words</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><i>they do not fear the depth of mourning</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><i>this makes sense to you now</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><i>your people, your village is shaken</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><i>I hear cries that they think they should suppress</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><i>there is no need, no reason </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><i>to be strong</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><i>I Am the strength for all</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><i>stand together in your weakness</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><i>those who already have answers</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><b><i>did not hear them from Me</i></b></span></div>
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HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-32193706776885405012019-07-29T11:47:00.002-05:002019-07-29T11:47:43.606-05:00around the curve<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">I have been frozen in my brokenness</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">dry, splintered, fragile</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">the road ahead and behind</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">rocky, rutted, slippery</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">hard to see signposts</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">in clouds of dust</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">my steps are small, painful</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">both in body and heart</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">yet surely the refreshing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">the eruption of new life</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">is waiting, ever waiting</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">just around the next curve</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">For I will [fully] satisfy the weary soul, </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">and I will replenish every languishing and sorrowful person.</span></b></div>
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<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah31:25&version=NIV;AMPC;MSG;NLT;NKJV" target="_blank">Jeremiah 31:25 Amplified</a></div>
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<br />HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-90939732121168770082019-07-13T09:36:00.001-05:002019-07-13T09:36:33.752-05:00short hop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">tra</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">vel day</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">that's usually tiring to even think about</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">but this is a short hop</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">mere hours</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">not the multiple days</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">to or from Africa</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">no meals or movies</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">no free snacks</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">2-1/2 hours for our first flight</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">1 hour for the next</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">as always</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">we're in His clouds</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">in His hands</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">no better place</span></div>
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HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-8875239140300643122019-07-10T17:09:00.003-05:002019-07-11T07:08:34.469-05:00slow to change<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">the seasons are slow to change</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">this year, uncertain</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">samples of heat, retreat</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">as cool returns</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">two weeks into July</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">and summer has no foothold</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">this blood, thinned</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">by African years, shivers</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">I see the shrugs, hear</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">the snickers, loud</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">from those already awash</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">in sweat and complaints</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">leaves me wondering</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">will I ever be warm</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">will I ever be home</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">again</span></div>
<br />HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-13413545711621753172019-07-03T14:36:00.002-05:002019-07-03T14:36:35.300-05:00excavating<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">there's a leak in the water line on our street</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">water is shut off until the problem can be solved</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">this morning the heavy equipment rolled in</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">sometimes the only way to fix an issue</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">is to excavate, dig deep</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">a noisy, dirty process</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">exposing hidden things</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">buried so long ago</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">you don't remember</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">would prefer to forget, but</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">there is no longer any choice</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">if you want to stop the bleeding</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">the only way to healing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">is down, opening new paths</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">to freedom</span></div>
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<br />HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-62038648471225159692019-06-21T17:05:00.000-05:002019-06-21T17:05:33.694-05:00pinks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">the glory of pink, bright</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">bold or muted</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">shedding joy, without</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">conscious thought</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">contagious, breaking </span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">the pain of the day</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">shouting </span><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">life</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">life</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">life</span></div>
<br />HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-78680096357774119972019-06-17T14:23:00.002-05:002019-06-17T14:23:45.614-05:00tease<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">summer teases, laughing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">joyous colour riot</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">life explodes</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">then stills</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">cool winds fall</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">farmers fret</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">and I, unaccustomed</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">to such weather</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">drape a shawl</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">around aching bones</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">believing surely one day</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">soon, heat will come</span></div>
<br />HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-84219951311224390602019-06-11T13:41:00.000-05:002019-06-11T13:41:32.654-05:00not nomads<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">hours run into days</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">days into weeks</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">we move along, driven</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">by rhythms uncountable</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">surely it is time</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">to settle, pause</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">end these nomadic seasons</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">yet the Lord reminds me</span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><b>your true home is in Me</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><b>but I do give your earthly body</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><b>a place to settle</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><b>a base of operations</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><b>a centre from which to reach out</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><b>your most important job is love</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><b>before all, in all and above all</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><b>love Me first</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><b>without Me you will not have</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><b>the ability or capacity</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><b>to love those I place before you</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i><b>allow My love to work through you</b></i></span></div>
<br />HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-45772030584759582522019-06-05T11:09:00.002-05:002019-06-05T11:09:33.821-05:00awake with me<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">sleepy morning</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">after a night of discomfort</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">coffee steaming in my hand</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">I listened for words from the Lord</span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>I Am with you in your pain, never are you alone</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>the aching in the dark, when the world sleeps?</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>I Am awake with you.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>My promise is true to never leave or forsake you</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>even when you don't understand, or believe</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>and cry out "where are you?"</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>Here, always, knowing what I know.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>Be still, little one, give Me the pain.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b><i>It's what I can bear when you cannot.</i></b></span></div>
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<br />HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-64062182857111832022019-05-28T18:02:00.000-05:002019-05-28T18:02:22.227-05:00writing room<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">sitting on our veranda in Zambia</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">thinking about new life back in Canada</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">reading writer's books on writing</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">dreaming, I jotted down the following:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">what do I need in my writing space</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">a window</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">coffee mug - often full</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">water</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">computer</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">pens and highlighters (not sure why if I'm not using paper)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">journals (answer to above)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">comfy work chair</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">comfy reading chair</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">favourite bible</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">books</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">dog</span></li>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">in this house, as we settle</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">no matter how temporary</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">I have all but the dog</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">in time, in time</span>HisFireFlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10846956916583286916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952217323580442767.post-2391137349917600852019-05-24T16:00:00.000-05:002019-05-24T16:00:23.500-05:00dry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">May draws quickly to an end</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">the ground is dry, cries</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">for the nourishment of rain</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">farmers fret, gardeners</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">itch to plant, flats of flowers</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">packets of seed, wait</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">surely there is a time</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">for new life</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">so too my spirit thirsts</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">for promised refreshment</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">let it rain, let it pour</span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">soak us again </span></div>
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">until joy overflows</span></div>
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