Sacred Sentiments: Inspirational Poetry Honoring the Trinity

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

1

Poetry Written in Adulthood

LIFE’S TAPESTRY

BURN BRIGHTLY

BORROWED TIME

BROKEN HEARTS

HE CHOSE THE NAILS

LEST WE FORGET

LEAVE THE LIGHT ON

ONLY I

SPEAKNOT

TIME QUICKLY PASSES

THE LILIES OF THE FIELD

LEARNING SEASONS

A NEW DIRECTION

MY VIEWPOINT

RUN THROUGH THE RAIN

TREASURE CHEST

EACH STEP I TAKE

OUT OF THE ASHES

2

Poetry to Reflect Upon

ALTHOUGH

BLINDERS

CIRCLES

SHE

CONDOLENCES

ETERNAL FOCUS

SOFT WHISPERS

ROUND TRIP TICKET

HAVE THINE OWN WAY

THE FACES OF INNOCENTS

HOMECOMING

FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH

GOD’S ANGEL

SPIRIT WRITER

MOVEMENTS

MY PRAYER

HIS HEALING TOUCH

ANOINTED

FORGIVE ME, LORD

LOVE WITHIN

REALIZATION

SOMEONE TODAY

CLOSE YOUR EYES

RESIDENCE

THEY COMEIN HIS NAME

ALL HE ASKS

CONNECTIONS IN HEART

WHAT WOULD I HAVE MISSED

TREASURES

3

Poetry to Warm Your Heart

KNOWING

WE

JUBILEE

WAIT

ONE DAY

EVERY SINGLE DAY

HEALING IN YOUR WINGS

FOCUS

CIRCUMSTANCE

IN GOD ONLY

I AM HE

COME CRY ON MY SHOULDER

HUMAN HANDS

STRUGGLES

NOT KNOWING

REALITY

4

Poetry to Comfort Your Soul

TEACH ME ABOUT SUNSETS

SPREAD SUNSHINE

THE PLAN

ANGELS’ WINGS

EVERY SINGLE TEAR

FOREVER, AND A DAY

RESTORATION

SING ME A SONG

NAKED AND KNOWN

ANGELS

THAT DAY

TO PONDER

ANGELIC PRESENCE

A PROMISE

SOARING

FLY AWAY

YOU ALONE

WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR

UNBORN

NO REGRETS

SUMMER

FALL

5

Poetry Written as a Young Adult

BREAKLOOSE

OUR COMMISSION

CONVERSATION

CROWDED

THE WAY, THE TRUTH & THE

LIFE

GOOD ADVICE

HOLD MY HAND

PROTECTION

SPEAKING UP

SIDE BY SIDE

SORROWNOT

COMFORT

THE LITTLE CHILDREN

SO MUCH MORE

THIS SAME HAND

STEPS TO CALVARY

BRIDGE THE GAP

IAM YOUR ANSWER

RELY ON ME

OVERCOMERS

COME WALK WITH ME

REJOICING

SOWPEACE

I WILL PROVIDE

DARE TO BELIEVE

MIND OF CHRIST

HIS PRESENCE

GIVE ME YOUR SORROWS

SEEK MY KINGDOM

TRUE PEACE OF MIND

LOVE

WISDOM

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU

A GRATEFUL HEART

WARFARE

REALITY

6

Poetry to Praise His Name

GOD’S HELP

EXEMPLIFYING CHRIST

THE GREAT WHITE THRONE

SUFFERING

SEEING CLEARLY

HAVE FAITH IN GOD

AMEN

I WOULDN’T TAKE NOTHING

BEING THANKFUL

CRUCIFIED

NEW LIFE

USE ME

MONEY

BE A HAPPY CHRISTIAN

TURN ON THE LIGHT

THE LITTLE CHILD

IN HIS HANDS

PRIORITIES

HOPE

AWARENESS

SEE-SAWS

A FAITH WALK

A BEAUTIFUL PLACE

SALVATION

PASSING JUDGMENT

EXAMPLES

QUESTIONS

A NEW BEING

EMPATHY

CHRIST CAME

REST

INNER PEACE

STARTING AGAIN

PURPOSE

GOD CALLING

DISCOURAGEMENT

HIDDEN BEAUTY

JESUS

GIVING

MEANINGFUL PURPOSE

WATCHFUL EYES

DETERMINATION

A MANNAMED JESUS

JESUS CHRIST

FAITH

LIFE

PRAISE

VICTORY

TRUSTING GOD

TOUGH GUY

A WELCOMING HAND

WILLINGNESS

SILENCE

TREASURE

TAKE TIME

PARTNERS

CROWN OF LIFE

ETERNAL VALUE

BATTLES

TRUE RICHES

MAGIC

GUIDANCE

FLIGHT OF FAITH

LITTLE THINGS

LEARNING

TRUE GAINS

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Poetry to Honor the Trinity

BRIGHT NEWHOPE

HIS NAME

THE SMILE

LOVE THATLASTS

TRUMPET SOUNDS

THE ROAD

SHARING

SAVING GRACE

TEMPORARY

CRUCIFIED

CONTEMPLATION

LOVE DEFINED

THIS MAN’S LIFE

TRUE FREEDOM

MOMENTS

GOD’S FIRES

VICTORIOUS

CALVARYfSHILL

LESSONS

BEAUTY OF LIVING

PUREST PROOF

CONFIDENCE

A RANSOMED LIFE

YIELDING

SEASONS OF SORROW

HELPING OTHERS

GENUINE GIVING

FOUND

FAITH TRIUMPHANT

TREASURED TIMES

SURRENDER

PURPOSE

CONSCIENCE

A NEW SONG

BECAUSE HE LIVES

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Poetry to Lift Your Spirits

MY GIVEN PORTION

ETERNAL CONFIDENCE

REAL LOVE

STRIFE

A MINUTE OF THANKSGIVING

A DEAF MAN’S CALL TO GOD

A BLIND MAN’S VIEW OF LIFE

A LAME MAN’S WALK WITH GOD

FROM ASHES TO RICHES

EARS TO HEAR

GOLDEN RAINBOW

SOUNDING BRASS

GOSSAMER WINGS

FRIENDS LIKE THESE

THOSE WHO KNOW THE LORD

WILLING PEOPLE

MEMORIES

GOD’S PEOPLE

TRUE FRIENDS

A FRIEND

CHRISTIAN HANDS

FRIEND

SEPARATE WAYS

SACRED EVENT

SPIRITS OF FREEDOM

ILOVE YOU

IN MEMORY OF MY

GRANDFATHER

HUSBANDS AND WIVES

ETERNAL LIFE

DEATH PAYS A VISIT

GOLDEN SHELL

MOTHER

MY LITTLE GIRL

PAPER DOLLS

BUTTERFLIES

ON MOTHER’S DAY

THE LETTER

PARTING COMMENTS

ROSES

PERSONAL

DIAMONDS SEEM FITTING

RACHEL DIANE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HEART OF GOLD

CHRISTMAS PRAYER

SPECIAL WISHES

NEW YEAR’S PRAYER

CROWNING TOUCHES

Epilogue

About the Author

Always in honor of my Saviour, Jesus Christ, His Holy

Spirit who leads and guides me every day of my life and God

Himself, the Author and Finisher of our faith

Preface

I have been a prolific writer for over 30 years now. It all began with God

speaking to my heart one day when I was just 19 years old. From that day

until this, I have written down every single word I have ever heard inside.

Throughout my lifetime, there have come many answers, directions and

guidance from listening to that inner witness. There have also been a

number of books produced from this, something which God promised to

me more than 25 years ago. That if I would be faithful to write, one day I

would be a published writer. That promise has been fulfilled already, and

His Word has never returned unto me void. There have been many, many

lean years, but His Promises have remained, unwavering, unconditional

and everlasting.

I wish to honor God in all that I do, in everything which I write for Him.

I long to comfort the hurting souls who do not feel free to share their

inner pain with others. I long for the words I pen to make a difference to

lives unseen, to people I may never know or even know about. I want my

purpose as a writer to be fulfilled. I want to be a blessing not only to those

in need, but also to the God whom I serve with all of my heart.

I would leave this thought with you. I have struggled my entire life with

deep depression, although being greatly gifted in spiritual matters. Anyone

who feels that God cannot use them or does not hear their heart cries,

believe me, He does!! I am a living example that whatever God has promised to you, no matter how fantastic it may seem or how long it may take

to come into fruition, take my example. It will come to pass, in God’s

time, in His way and with His blessings.

It is my sincere desire that those of you who read are encouraged, com-

forted and given direction which you seek from the Hand of God,

through the words which I have penned over an entire lifetime. May

God’s richest blessings rest upon you, and may you feel His Spirit near to

you always.

Acknowledgements

This page is so easy to write, because I remember so well thirty years ago,

when I was just a young person, new to the Lord and His Ways. I had a

few very close friends, who always believed that it was God moving upon

me and working through me. Their unwavering faith in me, not only as

His servant, but as a writer of His intent, lit a fire within me that time has

not erased. My first Christian mentors were Barbara Easley and Ruth

Sloan. These women served as surrogate mothers to me, bringing me such

inspiration and wisdom about the things of God. Norma Shaw, a woman

of great and unfailing faith, took me under her wing and listened to the

words God gave. She believed that I was called of God, despite my young

age, and she was the most major motivating factor of my early years. Steve

Merrified, also a prayerful woman of God, shared in her belief that God

was using me as His instrument, that I was called to be a writer for Him.

Over time, her own daughter, Morgan Morel, became my staunchest sup-

porter. She married a man, Danny Morel, and together they offered a

strong confidence in me as a gifted writer. Ruth Zimmerman, a woman of

great wisdom, who looked beyond all of my flaws and saw that God’s

Spirit rested upon me in a special way. These people never failed to listen

to my pain and to encourage me in my dreams and purpose for God. I

owe a debt to each of them which I will never be able to repay.

I also worked for a man, Robert Rice, attorney at law, who befriended me

and never doubted that God was implanting me with gifts to eventually

bring me forth as an inspirational writer. His belief in me was based on his

ability to see the potential and graces bestowed upon me. He is a Godly

man, whose influence just cannot be overestimated. My saintly pastor,

Brother H. C. Noah, whose belief in me was unsurpassed and had a major

impact on such a young life. The one thing I wish to convey here, especially, is that your encouragement towards a young person in his vision

and gifts God has imparted unto him cannot ever be overestimated.

Trusting God is the single most important thing that any one of us will

ever do, by our acceptance of Jesus Christ as our own personal Saviour

And the next most valuable, powerful influence we have, is to encourage

our young people to be all that they can be in God, to pursue their

dreams, to refuse to give in to circumstances or society, but to remain

faithful unto God.

I not only believe this through faith. I have actually seen it come to pass in

my lifetime. For this, I will ever be grateful to those who believed in a

young girl without any fortune, fame or notoriety, and who loved me

unconditionally in spite of it all. They saw something in me, which only

God could have imparted unto them. Their faith in me made me who I

am today.

Of course, I must acknowledge my husband and life-partner, Riley Womack. He has put up with me for 35 years and is still here. That says it all, I

think. He has known from the day we met that one day I would be recognized as an inspirational writer. He has supplied the means I needed in

order to write these books. He took my mother into his life as his own,

when she had no where else to turn. He shares my feelings, my fears, my

good days and bad, always believing in me as a writer. He knew this, when

I was just a new Christian, because God’s Spirit signified to him that it

was so. He has never doubted that witness, nor have I.

I also would like to acknowledge those who have made a significant

impact on my life as a fully developed adult. These people came into my

life more than two decades later, but always with the same attitude of confidence and belief in me as God’s instrument. My gratefulness for their

belief in me cannot ever be described. Even as a writer, I find myself at a

loss for words to these people who never wavered in their confidence that

one day, God would prosper all that I had been faithful to write, and open

the doors for me to become a published writer.

Barbara Passino, a Godly woman who crossed my path for a very short

time. Over the years, she has supported me in all my endeavors and been a

consistent encouragement to me that God had created me as a writer of

His words. Brenda P. Sibley, who entered my life right after the loss of my

mother. She taught me that the gifts lying dormant in me were meant to

be used. In attempting to bring healing to her life, she in turn brought

healing to my own. Her godliness and perseverance is an inspiration to all

who know her. Brenda Race, a woman who came into my life just a few

short years ago. She has taught me so much about developing fruits in the

Lord. While being gifted at such a young age, it took decades for me to

grow what few fruits of the Spirit I possess. I still have a very long way to

go. She holds out her hands to me in continual belief and support of me,

not only as a writer, but