Inspirational Stories and Poems

I am free of, Quotes

content — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:00:56 +0000

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The Man in the Glass

content — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:00:31 +0000

When you get what you want in your struggle for self And the world makes you king for a day, Just go to a mirror and look at yourself, And see what that man has to say.

For it isn’t your father or mother or wife, Who judgement upon you must pass; The fellow

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Bug Spray #5

content — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:00:43 +0000

Our wedding was on October 14, 1966. But our marriage began three weeks later. We were dressed up and on our way to the swankiest restaurant in town. We had saved all week for the big splurge.

One problem–my bride was wearing the most horrible perfume ever manufactured. Smelled like a mixture of mustard

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Trapped

content — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:00:28 +0000

I’m trapped, trapped inside myself, I want to get out, get out and be free. I don’t want to live in my shell, But I’m scared, scared to take away my mask.

Friends are forever letting me down, No matter how close they are. They are there if I have a problem, But

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Somewhere There’s A Rainbow

content — Thu, 31 May 2012 10:00:26 +0000

Even when storm-clouds Are filling the air, We know there’s a rainbow Just waiting somewhere, And when the storm’s over Our rainbow will be Shining brightly in glory For both you and me.

Trea Suggs Davis Used with Permission

Genesis 38, vs. 1-10 with Betty

betty — Thu, 31 May 2012 05:01:43 +0000

Judah and Tamar

1 At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam named Hirah. 2 There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her and made love to her; 3 she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, who

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When you can’t talk with your loved ones anymore…

betty — Thu, 31 May 2012 01:41:17 +0000

Because we can’t visit anymore

With loved ones who go on before,

An empty place dwells in our hearts,

Never to be filled when they depart.

It makes our sadness hard to bear

To know there are things we’ll no more share,

And to think of things we cannot say

To that dear one

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Go to heaven, Quotes

content — Thu, 31 May 2012 01:00:45 +0000

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An Artistic Couple

betty — Thu, 31 May 2012 00:48:30 +0000

A young couple I know have convinced me that two artistic people should never marry. In every couple there should be at least one of the two who is of a practical frame of mind and is willing to do little non-artistic things like dishes, laundry, sweeping—you know what I mean—all those little chores

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A Prayer a Minute

betty — Thu, 31 May 2012 00:23:03 +0000

There is so much to pray about, I had to find a way

To say each of those needed prayers every single day;

So it came about that my prayers are said

When certain thoughts come in my head.

If I think of you and know your need,

On your behalf to God I

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I hope you find…

content — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:00:54 +0000

“I hope you come to find that which gives life a deep meaning for you. Something worth living for - maybe even worth dying for something that energizes you, enthuses you, enables you to keep moving ahead. I can’t tell you what it might be ~ that’s for you to find, to choose, to

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Give a man a fire, Quotes

content — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:00:44 +0000

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I Hope

content — Wed, 30 May 2012 12:00:58 +0000

I hope that I will always be for each person what he or she needs me to be. I hope that each person’s death will diminish me, but that fear of my own will never diminish my joy of life. I hope that my love for those whom I like will never lessen my

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The Night Before Christmas – An African Christmas Story

content — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:00:02 +0000

It was the night before Christmas and I was very sad because my family life had been severely disrupted and I was sure that Christmas would never come. There was none of the usual joy and anticipation that I always felt during the Christmas season. I was eight years old but in the past

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When I Said

content — Wed, 30 May 2012 10:00:43 +0000

When I said to the Lord “I am so short of where you want me to be.” He gently answered “That’s okay. That’s all the farther you and I can walk together.”

When I said to the Lord “I don’t know who I am.” He gently answered “That’s okay. I know who you are.”

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Genesis 37, vs. 23-36 with Betty

betty — Wed, 30 May 2012 05:01:23 +0000

23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the richly ornamented robe he was wearing— 24 and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.

25 As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up

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Ever notice how what, Quote

content — Wed, 30 May 2012 01:00:48 +0000

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What If

content — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:00:35 +0000

What if God couldn’t take the time to bless us today because we couldn’t take the time to thank Him yesterday?

What if God decided to stop leading us tomorrow because we didn’t follow Him today?

What if we never saw another flower bloom because we grumbled when God sent the rain?

What if

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Creativity is knowing how, Quotes

content — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:00:04 +0000

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The Fall

content — Tue, 29 May 2012 12:00:03 +0000

LONG AGO IN A LAND FAR AWAY and unlike any you’ve ever seen, there lived a wise man named Shaddai. Shaddai was a large man with a tender heart. He had bright blue eyes and a long, thick beard. When He laughed, which is something He did often, His cheeks would lift until His

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Sometime

content — Tue, 29 May 2012 11:00:18 +0000

somtime when all life’s lessons have been learned and sun and stars forever more have set the things which our weak judgements here have spurned the things o’er which we grieved with lashes wet will flash before us out of life’s dark night as stars shine most in deeper tints of blue, and we

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Out of Harm’s Way

content — Tue, 29 May 2012 10:00:42 +0000

So there we were. Fifty 10 year old boys. In the Minnesota of mid-winter cold, packed on a school bus, heading for the big downtown YMCA. We were going swimming.

In can still sense the excitement, the “can hardly wait” anticipation. These were the days of owning the world, of being.

And we arrive

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Genesis 37, vs. 12-22 with Betty

betty — Tue, 29 May 2012 05:01:32 +0000

Joseph Sold by His Brothers

12 Now his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem, 13 and Israel said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send you to them.”

“Very well,” he replied.

14 So he said to him,

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Be careful about reading

content — Tue, 29 May 2012 01:00:48 +0000

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Missed Chance

content — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:00:25 +0000

A massive flood hit a small town near the Mississippi River. One levy in the river had broke, causing the flooding to occur while another levy was predicted to break in the hour.

A man who owned a house along the river stood on the roof of his house as water had engulfed the

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A ladys imagination

content — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:00:00 +0000

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In Whose Hands

content — Mon, 28 May 2012 12:00:12 +0000

A basketball in my hands is worth about $19. A basketball in Michael Jordan’s hands is worth about $33 million.

It depends whose hands it’s in.

A baseball in my hands is worth about $6. A baseball in Mark Mcguire’s hands is worth $19 million.

It depends whose hands it’s in.

A tennis racket

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Imagine That

content — Mon, 28 May 2012 11:00:36 +0000

Imagine that there were no hunger And everyone had something to eat Imagine that there were no prejudice, And everyone was treated sweet Imagine that all the children had a place to play, Imagine all of their problems just faded away, Imagine that there were no diseases, And everyone lived to grow old. Imagine

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His Mysterious Ways

content — Mon, 28 May 2012 10:00:49 +0000

Jobs were hard to find in New York City in 1930. Just 19, I was fresh off the boat from Sweden and didnt speak any English.

When I’d boarded the train in my hometown of Karlskrona, Sweden, a woman next to me had asked, Where are you going?

America, I said. To make a

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Genesis 37, vs. 1- 11 with Betty

betty — Mon, 28 May 2012 05:01:06 +0000

Joseph’s Dreams

1 Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.

2 This is the account of Jacob’s family line.

Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought

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Going up or Going Down?

betty — Sun, 27 May 2012 23:49:15 +0000

One of my young relatives has been in trouble all of her adult life for drugs and for theft. She has also gone from one “love” relationship to another. In the past year, however, she has lived with her aging parents and has behaved very well. I was dismayed when I learned she had

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Heaven’s Grocery Store

content — Sun, 27 May 2012 13:00:22 +0000

I was walking down life’s highway a long time ago. One day I saw a sign that read `Heaven Grocery Store’.

As I got a little closer, the door came wide open, And when I came to myself, I was standing inside.

I saw a host of angels. They were standing everywhere. One handed

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If God should go on strike

content — Sun, 27 May 2012 12:00:47 +0000

How is it that God above Has never gone on strike Because he was not treated fair In things He didn’t like.

If only once He’d given up, And said, ‘That’s it, I’m through! I’ve had enough of those on earth, So this is what I’ll do;

I’ll give my orders to the sun

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Would you like to meet the king?

content — Sun, 27 May 2012 11:00:59 +0000

There once was a little boy who wanted to meet the king. He set off, walking across the beautiful countryside towards the king’s castle. He walked and walked, thinking of all the wonderful things that he and the king would talk about, and he imagined how beautiful the castle was. He was just a

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Wanting God

content — Sun, 27 May 2012 10:00:48 +0000

A hermit was meditating by a river when a young man interrupted him. “Master, I wish to become your disciple,” said the man. “Why?” replied the hermit. The young man thought for a moment. “Because I want to find God.”

The master jumped up, grabbed him by the scruff of his neck, dragged him

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Genesis 36, vs. 31-42 with Betty

betty — Sun, 27 May 2012 05:01:20 +0000

The Rulers of Edom

31 These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned:

32 Bela son of Beor became king of Edom. His city was named Dinhabah.

33 When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeded him as king.

34 When Jobab died, Husham from the land

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The Healing

betty — Sat, 26 May 2012 14:10:57 +0000

As I write this, it’s springtime and I’m thinking about new beginnings. A long time ago, I experienced a new beginning myself.

It was over forty years ago that I was on the “outs” with most of my friends and everyone in my family because, at the time, I was making a lot of

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Ghost Cat

betty — Sat, 26 May 2012 14:04:32 +0000

Over the years, several cats decided to be ours for a while before moving on. When we had one dropping by to be fed, we always bought cat food and fed on a regular schedule. A couple of our guests let us pet them from time to time. One was willing to come into

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Be Well, Here or There (a prayer for a critically ill friend)

betty — Sat, 26 May 2012 13:37:14 +0000

Because that’s all that I could do,

Today I said a prayer for you.

I thought about when Jesus came

And cured all those who called His name;

And wished that He were here today

To also cure you in that way.

If you could only touch His hand

Or just His robe, He’d

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The Other Grandma

betty — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:41:57 +0000

We were grandmothers together to two of the nicest grandkids anybody ever had. It makes great comedy on television for the two grandmothers to engage in rivalry, but that never happened with us. We both babysat—sometimes on the same day—passing those wonderful children between us with her sometimes coming to get them from me

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The Tiger, the Man and God

content — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:42 +0000

A man was being chased by a tiger. He ran as hard as he could until he was at the edge of a cliff with the tiger in hot pursuit. The man looked over the edge of the cliff and saw a branch growing out of the side of the cliff a few feet

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The Touch of Your Father

content — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:00:34 +0000

Laying aside your burdens for anotehr day Everything in the world goes your way. Singing a sweet melody He put in your heart Seeing an adventurous world with so many places to start.

Silence Brings a moment of peace In a world where time does not cease A glimpse of sparkling light Just praying

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A Tandem Ride With God

content — Sat, 26 May 2012 11:00:22 +0000

I used to think of God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I did wrong, so as to know whether I merited heaven or hell when I die. He was out there, sort of like a president. I recognized His picture when I saw it, but I didn’t really know

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Speaking of God

content — Sat, 26 May 2012 10:00:25 +0000

“Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description.”

“Then how does one speak of God?”

“Through Silence.”

“Why, then, do you speak in words?”

At that the Master laughed uproarously. He said, “When I speak, you mustn’t listen to the words, my dear. Listen to the Silence.”

Genesis 36, vs. 16-30 with Betty

betty — Sat, 26 May 2012 05:01:29 +0000

The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, 16 Korah,[a] Gatam and Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in Edom; they were grandsons of Adah.

17 The sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the chiefs descended from Reuel in Edom;

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Women and cats will, Quotes

content — Sat, 26 May 2012 01:00:32 +0000

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Lost with God

content — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:00:45 +0000

My Lord, God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually

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Why would a child, Quote

content — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:00:22 +0000

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And the Lord said GO!

content — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:00:43 +0000

And the Lord said GO! And I said who me? And He said Yes You. And I said But I’m not ready yet And there is studying to be done. I’ve got this part-time job. You know how tight my schedule is. And He said You’re Stalling.

Again the Lord said GO! And I

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Like the Morning Dew

content — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:00:18 +0000

Like the morning dew on grass my gladness will quickly pass If I do not turn to You

Thoughts of negativity will reign and feelings of agonizing pain If I look toward you, Satan cannot hook my mind

You are the most lovely and kind. Always waiting for me to intertwine with your delicious

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