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    Arise
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    Ebook114 pages33 minutes

    Arise

    By Rosalind Duke

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    About this ebook

    When you’re alone,

    When you’re lost,

    Grieving or desolate,

    I reach out my hand

    To love, to care,

    Because I’ve been there.

    A little book which includes reflections and

    encouragements for the Christian walk,

    through poems and prayers and how the

    Holy Spirit can speak in ordinary, everyday
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPB Software
    Release dateJun 1, 2014
    ISBN9781909685062
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      Arise - Rosalind Duke

      Abe’s Thoughts

      1996

      The sky is very bright

      Tonight,

      With stars,

      Nestling in the deep dark blue.

      The chill,

      With creeping

      Fingers,

      Is gnawing at my ancient bones.

      I wonder if I am alone

      With thoughts

      Just such as mine,

      Or if someone

      Has thought before,

      A plan,

      A promise

      That’s divine.

      I sense the stars

      Are speaking now,

      Like individuals as yet unborn,

      But still are watching

      As I trudge

      My weary way;

      A myriad

      Strewn

      Across the sky

      By some unseen hand.

      I will plod onward

      To my new home,

      To my long

      Promised

      Land.

      Advent

      1996

      The candle from the altar flame

      Was lit.

      From the light on the table

      Of sacrifice

      We remember His death.

      Light comes

      Out of darkness,

      Bright,

      Transforming,

      Changing

      Our lives.

      Now.

      Another Communion

      2013

      The flash of light

      Touches the cup

      As I drink

      From the blood of Christ.

      May Your light

      Keep my heart

      In peace,

      Your peace,

      That passes all understanding,

      And may the bread

      Of Your Covenant,

      Bind me to You.

      Amen.

      Arms

      1997

      When you struggle

      At every turn

      And fight to hold your head up

      Above the flood

      That rages round,

      Hold on, hold on.

      When you fight for life

      On every side,

      And no one is there for you,

      Stand,

      And remain standing.

      Do not fall.

      Hold on, hold on with your hand.

      For He is there

      At every turn,

      Holding you with His hand.

      He will not let you sink.

      He will not let you fall,

      For He surrounds you

      In the shelter of His arms.

      At the End of the Day

      1996

      At the end of the day,

      There may be nothing left

      Of me,

      But the essence of me,

      All else gone,

      Destroyed

      By the onslaughts

      Of evil and hate,

      The unquenchable

      Anger,

      And the bitterness of wrath.

      At the end of the day

      There may be nothing left,

      Except,

      Like a glistening orb,

      A teardrop

      On the face

      Of God.

      You may say,

      What was her life worth?

      Did she achieve anything?

      What did she gain?

      But I tell you this my friend,

      No one

      Can take away

      What has been burnished in me

      Through pain.

      It has been God

      Who is holding me here.

      God, who is holding me

      With His hand.

      Holding me

      In my affliction,

      In this deep pit

      Of pain.

      Only He knows the answer.

      Only He knows why?

      But I know that

      He is holding me,

      In His arm,

      In His hand,

      In His care.

      God can’t

      Always give us an answer,

      Or the reason why.

      But I tell you this

      My friend,

      He can look in my eyes

      And say

      ‘I’ve been there.’

      So I’m not alone

      In this pit of despair,

      Although to the world

      Outside

      It

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