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Saturday, October 18, 2008

Blog Action Day 2008 - poverty - Poetry Where You Live

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In writing about poverty on Blog Action Day, I hope those who came to my site found something hopeful in the 25 poems I posted. Below is a l...

Pumpkin trees, Cranberry trees, Canary trees

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At the far end of the manicured lawn, the field really, rolling up toward the horizon line, up above the fringe by the stonewall the road I ...

A Rain of Color

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A rain of color, the leaves of the maples, different kinds, red, sugar, swamp, all torquing, canting, twisting, inexorably, to the warmi...
Thursday, October 16, 2008

After That Day

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Our lives scripted guided by an unseen hand ordered in ways we don’t know after that day, our first date sharing our stories, our lives join...

My Life Changed

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First date Standing in your kitchen conversation, listening, sharing so natural, so easy a connection, total so sure of us, so soon a courts...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Doing Justice – Blog Action Day

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Our lives, measured by our actions did we do justice in our time were those hungry fed, those thirsty given drink whether we welcomed a ...

What will They Say about Poverty? – Blog Action Day

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What will they say? Obama? McCain? about the state of poverty, here? around the world? what would they do? to make a difference? to change t...

Words Alone – Blog Action Day

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Words alone, even lofty, holy words will not change the state of poverty By word alone, no one will be fed, unless it is the word of God....

Clay on the Wheel

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My life, clay on the wheel feeling the touch of the potter molding, reshaping, changing me constantly pliable, moist, never yet fired, h...

Far Higher than Me

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The psalmist reminds me God is far higher than me I tremble, am in awe at the wonder of Him Though I know only in part can understand only s...

Not Our Earth – Blog Action Day

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Not our earth, the Lord’s not our world, the creator’s Ours over which to have dominion responsibility, stewards, caretakers, gardeners for ...

More Than Enough – Blog Action Day

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There is more than enough, more than enough food, water to sustain the planet, that poverty, that hunger would vanish from the face of the e...

Poverty – Blog Action Day

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Poverty, the lack of drinking water, famine, starvation, uninsured children, dying, a pandemic of diseases with known cures these are all...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

A Widow’s Gift - Blog Action Day

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A widow’s gift, our of love out of the depth of her faith more pleasing to God than all the others, all the powerful, the pious, the rich, n...

Do More Than Dream - Blog Action Day

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We dream of a world without pain without poverty, without hunger a just and loving world we dream of a place for us in your kingdom what are...

Dorcas Preaching - Blog Action Day

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We should remember, her story, her acts of faith out of her poverty, her little, meager resources she offers lessons for us all a way to liv...
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Our Brother’s Keeper - Blog Action Day

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As old as the first pair, the first brothers, a question, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” A test of our world, of man, throughout the scripture ...

Autumnal Harvest - Blog Action Day

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Out of the bounty, the wealth of our land a harvest each season, food for the millions gathered and stored, shipped around the world Do we s...

One Meal - Blog Action Day

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The Book of Acts, the Acts of the Apostles valuable lessons for this age, this time in our lives these uncertain, troubled times, maybe c...

Family Style - Blog Action Day

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As they lived, so we eat from one pot, each given a portion as they need, their daily bread a common prayer, a place set for all our offerin...

Our Family’s Table - Blog Action Day

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Our Family’s Table our small part, a place set, all are welcome, no charge, Ready for the feast, the banquet Christ in our midst, sitting wi...

Finding Christ - Blog Action Day

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Finding Christ, in the poor, in those in poverty, in their needs, an opportunity for us, each of us, to see Christ, in them to reach out to ...

Her Offering - Blog Action Day

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She had but Meager humble coins She brought them to Your holy altar given for You, Lord, from out of her love out of her poverty she gave al...

Out of Our Abundance - Blog Action Day

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A day to think about, to ponder to see the world, ourselves differently thinking about the world anew with the eyes of Christ Too often...

She was Poor - Blog Action Day

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Dorcas, laying on the bed, still rising at his call, his urging Walking again, to live again, her ministry to fulfill She was poor, a widow;...

A Burgundy Bramble - Blog Action Day

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A vine, a burgundy bramble blackberry bushes, tall, in the fall sun shiny burgundy, yellow, green leaves standing tall, as if for our ple...

Walking Because They Do - Blog Action Day

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We gather, in groups large and small, to share a few hours, a few dollars to walk, as they must, for food, for water for solidarity with ...

Walking With Them - Blog Action Day

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Choosing to walk, the six-mile course of a beautiful, brilliant fall afternoon Very different than the daily struggle, walking they do, to f...

Holding Her Hand - Blog Action Day

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Wanting so much to walk, for them, so they would have something to eat, some clean water to drink, that those in need would have no want; th...

For his steadfast love endures forever

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For everything in creation for the wonder of creation we give thanks to God For his steadfast love endures forever For the history of the pe...

Give us your tired, your poor

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The hope of America, in the words of liberty the hope of a new life, in freedom “Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearnin...

The Fruits of Our Labor

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We prayed together, to the creator, the source of all we have, offering “the fruit of our labor”; but the words themselves were discordant s...
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Blog Action Day 2008 – Poverty

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I am joining my voice with over 9,000 bloggers around the world, all speaking out on poverty on the same day, Blog Action Day 2008 – October...

God’s Faithfulness

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In the cadence of the Psalm the people remember the creation, the exodus battles, the provision of God God’s faithfulness, God’s power In th...

Wanting to be filled

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Empty, wanting to be filled ever wanting your spirit fill me Lord, with you love The Gospel speaks of being filled, the desire, the hunger, ...
Monday, October 13, 2008

To Be Filled

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Hungry, thirsting, empty blessed because of their faith, their quest for a righteousness to be filled by the spirit wanting to be filled, em...

Empty

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Striving, hungering, longing empty, thirsting after righteousness they were filled by the spirit, holy, pure on a journey, serving the commu...
Sunday, October 12, 2008

On Them Their Hands Were Laid

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For a calling, set apart, to serve the disciples on them the hands of the apostles were laid, they were anointed appointed to minister to th...

Commissioned by the Saints

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Not by God directly, by the twelve, commissioned by the saints, seven, like them chosen, righteous, spirit-filled called to serve the commun...

Laity Sunday

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A message for the children, for the congregation woven in simple terms, stitched in more theological discourse about those called, the first...

All Ministers

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A simple clear message by a show of hands in the sanctuary all of us, young and old, called to minister to do the work of the clergy all of ...

The Fruits of Our Labor

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We prayed together, to the creator, the source of all we have, offering “the fruit of our labor”; but the words themselves were discordant s...

Long After the Bog

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Walking around the parkway, cut through the wooded place long after this land was a lake, long after the bog the peat, the sphagnum moss, lo...
Saturday, October 11, 2008

Fired Up for Christ on Monday

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One of the messages on the screen that we are so fired up for Christ sitting safely, reverently, in the pews on Sunday If only we could be f...
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Sharing Our Witness

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Sharing our witness, so hard sometimes so much of what we are called to do in big ways and small, we must witness both in words and more in ...

Sharing Faith

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Sharing faith, that which we believe should be as easy as sharing a joke a personal story, life’s challenges and joys We stumble and keep hi...

A Piece of Chalk

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An unbroken piece of chalk rolling on the auditorium floor a symbol, an invitation, a means to witness to bear witness to the truth of God s...

Invisible Christians

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The video’s message, a challenge a call to be something different not longer invisible Christians, only seen in the pews on Sunday, Standing...

Blog Action Day 2008 - poverty

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For those with blogs, websites, etc., please consider joining Blog Action Day this Wednesday, October 15, 2008, when around the world on the...

This Should Keep Us All Thinking

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Someone I care very deeply about passed this video clip on to me. Even if it isn't a true story, it's message is true. We need to st...
Monday, October 06, 2008

A Golden Cross

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High above the bell tower, the stained glass the entrance of the church, open, welcoming a blazing, golden cross, a beacon in the morning su...

A Sugar Maple

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Reds and oranges, yellows and greens the fall colors of the sugar maple adorning the front lawn of the church ripening leaves, fall fruits s...

Commissioned, Charged, Appointed

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All of us, like the apostles commissioned to make disciples to spread the good news charged to be Christ’s witnesses to speak of his life, o...
Sunday, October 05, 2008

We are All His Witnesses

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Nor merely the first twelve all of us commissioned, appointed, charged to be His witnesses, to tell of his great love consciously, going out...

A Statement

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Who we are, what we pray how we hope, why we are gathered as God's own, to praise, to pray, to study and to serve here and beyond, in co...

At the Rail Received

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We kneeled, at the rail received the bread, the wine the body, the blood, sharing the communion meal, at God’s table, the Lord’s sharing the...

Coming to Your Table

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Lord, today we each, we all coming to Your table Your meal to share, all around the world in communion, all believers come humbly to Your ta...

A Single Table

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Wherever we are, around the globe in plenty, in famine, in war, in strife, in fall’s bounty, in peace we come together to sit a single table...

Of the Vine

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As we kneel, come to your table may we be mindful to be of the vine in the world but not of the world part of your family, Lord, with you in...
Saturday, October 04, 2008

Sharing His Bread, His Cup

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An offering, on the table, the altar of faith sharing His bread, His cup, all of us around the work, pilgrims, witnesses sharing the body, t...

Around the Table

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Young and old, black, brown, yellow, red, and white; Jew and Gentile We all come together, humbly, reverently, in awe All around the table o...

One Table

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All are called to the one table the table of remembrance Many colors, many voices, some hungry, some in pain, all around one table, this day...

Witnesses, Being Sent

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All of us witnesses, being sent, appointed to be the voices, so faith can be heard good news spread out, into the world to be Christ’s witne...

An Answer in the Clouds

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Her prayers, questions for the creator the unseen power, sitting still, staring at the clouds watching for a sign, talking with God An answe...

The Grace of Clouds

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God’s grace, the grace of clouds the master’s message, revealed in life when we ask, He will answer with the grace of clouds, the faith of a...

Appointed

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Like Peter, Paul We are appointed commissioned by the same Spirit the Holy Spirit of God living, growing within us to spread the same messag...

Changing My Focus

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My life, my study, my ministry, my all, changed forever, instantly my faith transformed, revealed all I was, all I am, loss, until Christ ga...

All is Loss

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All of the work, the story, the steps of my life, my path all is loss. For I was separated, fighting with God, not listening to his spirit, ...

All I Have Gained – Loss

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All my heritage, my lineage, my works all my life, my training, all of it, my pedigree. my proofs of righteousness All my gain, my life, los...
Thursday, October 02, 2008

Christ's Witnesses

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To the ends of the earth, bearing witness, being Christ's witness what he said, what he did, in his life sharing the truth, the power, t...

We will receive Power

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We are waiting as they were ready, waiting, trusting, living in community for the fulfillment of this promise that we will receive power, th...

Like Them

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Like them, we too, waiting on the Lord, on God for that divine appointment, that moment when power, authority, emboldened we share the love,...

Wait, Trust

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You cannot know, when God’s time will be Wait, trust in the Lord, for there is a time coming when you will be empowered, given authority ...
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Christian Cats

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Feline counselors, therapists Christian cats, ministering to my disquiet helping me study the scripture, between the petting, the pur...

A Love Story

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Her story, her dream a love story, being written in the words of the path the journey of their lives, apart coming together, as if connectin...

Agape Cafe - Coffeehouse - Wesley United Methodist Church - 10/3/08 - 8:00pm

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God of Grace

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The God of grace, agape love the same, eternal, God of the law, covenant, of the commandments a way of life, fulfilled in Christ by grac...
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The Opposite Way

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So sure, anointed for that purpose sanctioned and bless to route them out He was a zealot, crusader to stamp out these rabble But he was to ...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008

With All Your Heart

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With all your heart, all our hearts trust in the Lord He is faithful, so must we his promises worthy his path true, his call for us somethin...

Trust in the Lord

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We are to trust in the Lord the one almighty God, transcendent, unchangeable forgiving, covenantal always there, when we fail, when we stumb...

Immutable – haiku

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Constant, unchanging I am the one Lord, Your God forever, Amen September 30, 2008 Malachi 3:6

Looking Down

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Looking down, at these hands hands that can sew, stitch together the scraps of cloth, the bits of thread to make clothes for them Looki...

Scraps of Cloth

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Scraps of cloth, needle, thread ordinary things, her tools combined in her ministry meeting needs, of the poor, widows following Christ, bei...
Monday, September 29, 2008

With Her Needle, Her Thread

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with her needle, her thread making tunics, other clothes for the widows, the poor serving, using her gifts her ordinary gifts revealing Chri...

With Her Hands

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With her hands, she served she ministered to those in need sewing clothing for the poor following the command of Christ eyes opened to the l...

Seeing the Poor

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She gained new sight new eyes, seeing the poor through eyes opened by Christ his message revealing the least of these, those who she could h...
Sunday, September 28, 2008

Offering My All

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All of my body, physical, spiritual a sacrifice to God returning the gift of my life, the precision of the universe laws of nature, of life ...

By His Healing

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The stories in the Book of Acts of the people becoming believers over and over, by his healing His healing in the name of Christ; his healin...

Overlooking the Mediterranean

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From the port of Joppa, down below the cliffs the place Jonah left, trying to escape to the sea before his fish story, this land on the Medi...

A Deer, A Gazelle

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Her name means deer, gazelle; while a widow her spirit leaping jumping, bounding as her name Giving of herself, with love, with joy doing wo...

Dorcas Preaching

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Up from the pages, from the town of Joppa the port, overlooking the Mediterranean a disciple shared her witness, her response to the saving ...

Healed by Christ’s Name

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In his belief, in the power, the authority his voice raising, calling on Christ, in his name alone over and over, in miraculous acts, He hea...

All Turned to the Lord

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By his miracle, in the name of Christ all believed, all turned to the Lord a whole city, the entire populace believed together, by the heali...

To the Least

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From out of her poverty, out of her gifts the least found clothes, caring, warmth Her hands, aged, widowed hands sewing the clothe, the garm...

My Gifts – Dorcas Preaching

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I can’t do much; little money I have no husband to provide, no sons, just a little. My gifts so ordinary. I can sew, needle and thread do I ...

Scattering joy like seeds

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Scattering joy like seeds, this is how I feel, sharing the words these gifts I am given by the Lord the poems of praise, of hope, of joy mes...

Who are Your Heroes?

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He spoke of Jesus, his humble life, of the fisherman Peter, of Paul, falling off his horse But he read of Dorcas, Tabitha, her works for the...

Fishers of Men – haiku – 4 – v2

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Leaving the shore, nets all they ever knew for him to spread the good news September 28, 2008 January 22, 2008 Matthew 4:12-23 edited to get...

Strive for His Kingdom

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Focus on God and the rest will fall into place We need not fear, struggle, provide for our daily bread, about clothes Do not worry little fl...

Reaching for Us

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God, reaching out, reaching for us for our hearts, our lives for us to turn to him to him alone to follow his will reaching for us, arms ope...