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    My Rainbow of God's Love
    My Rainbow of God's Love
    My Rainbow of God's Love
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    My Rainbow of God's Love

    By Jennilee Heramb Smith

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    An inspirational gift of God at age sixty-two, when life seemed not worth living.

    God gave me inspirational poetry at age sixty-two, when life didnt seem worth living, for inspiration, guidance, and comfort for me and others.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInspiring Voices
    Release dateMar 9, 2015
    ISBN9781462411108
    My Rainbow of God's Love
    Author

    Jennilee Heramb Smith

    Almost twenty-five years ago, when God revealed the words for my first poem, “Tears in the Night,” I didn’t dream He would give me more than enough poems for this, my seventh book, including: “Need a Rainbow in your Cloud?” “Sharing my Rainbow of Faith” “God’s Rainbow Covenant” “Rainbow beyond the Cross” “My Rainbow Walk with God” “Indiana Rainbow” “My Rainbow of God’s Love” Why should God pick me for this honor? There are many more worthy than me, one of thirteen children with two sets of twins. Dad worked at the paper mill, and we eked out a living off the sixty-nine-acre farm he inherited. I attended Youngstown Grade School and then graduated from Honey Creek High School in 1945. I started at Indiana State Teachers College but didn’t know what I wanted to be. I married a soldier returning from World War II. We raised five children and lost twin boys who were born too soon. I divorced after twenty-three years and remained single for seven years. Then I met a Christian man who needed a wife on his dairy farm in Bloomer, Wisconsin. That marriage lasted seven years. Despairing, I sought a fuller life with God. The poetry began two years later in March 1988. Pastor Timblin encouraged me to publish my poems so they wouldn’t be lost. With his encouragement, I gathered information as to how and did it. What a blessing to see each book published. What a journey this has been! “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our afflictions, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation which we ourselves are consoled by God” (II Cor. 1:3-4 NRSV).

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      My Rainbow of God's Love - Jennilee Heramb Smith

      Copyright © 2015 Jennilee Heramb Smith.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Inspiring Voices

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4624-1109-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4624-1110-8 (e)

      Inspiring Voices rev. date: 02/24/2015

      Contents

      1.   Happy Birthday

      2.   A Summer Rain

      3.   Life’s Adventure of Graduation

      4.   Love’s Dream

      5.   Life’s Dream

      6.   Life’s Ravelled Seam

      7.   Starting Again – Alone

      8.   Now and Then

      9.   God’s Timing

      10.   The Funeral

      11.   Which?

      12.   Have a Time of Need?

      13.   God’s Words Bring Peace

      14.   Inspiration

      15.   Beauty in Poetry

      16.   Poems, a Blessing

      17.   Writing for God

      18.   Tears, a Blessing

      19.   God’s Grace

      20.   God Guides

      21.   My Rainbow

      22.   Remembered

      23.   Tears Necessary

      24.   Jesus Wept

      25.   Gambling, I Think Not!

      26.   Money Is Fickle!

      27.   Paradox

      28.   Spring 1999

      29.   Spring Is Coming

      30.   Jennilee at 81

      31.   Summer on the Farm

      32.   The Fence Row

      33.   The Leaves of Fall

      34.   A Winter’s Day

      35.   Jesus’ Love I Feel

      36.   Intertwined

      37.   The Healer of Broken Hearts

      38.   Heart Cry

      39.   Follow the Son

      40.   God’s Wind

      41.   Conversion

      42.   Sin is Sin

      43.   Walk with Christ

      44.   The Need for Hope

      45.   Happenings in Three’s

      46.   The Best Is Yet to Come

      47.   His Circle of Love

      48.   Joy and Happiness

      49.   Affection

      50.   God Hugs

      51.   Walk with God

      52.   Rejoice in the Lord

      53.   Valentines Pass God’s Love On

      54.   St. Patrick

      55.   Easter

      56.   Bicknell Labor Day Parade

      57.   Thanksgiving Every Day

      58.   A Tiny Baby Was Born

      59.   What If He Hadn’t Come?

      60.   World Events

      61.   Hot Cross Bun

      62.   Wisecracks?

      63.   The Golden Anniversary

      64.   Herbs Now and Then

      65.   The Mystery of the Mirror

      66.   Pleasures to Treasure

      67.   One of Life’s Ironies

      68.   2006

      69.   Falcons Are Here or One of God’s Miracles

      70.   The Elevator

      71.   Puzzling

      72.   On Being a Mother

      73.   Peddle Park Rocks

      74.   Just Swinging

      75.   Anyone Can Pray

      76.   God is Still Our Boss

      77.   Another Valley to Cross

      78.   A Comma Or A Period

      79.   Life is Fragile

      80.   My Cadillac Walker

      81.   Abraham, My Favorite

      82.   John Paved the Way

      83.   Just Take My Hand

      84.   True Love – The Song of Solomon

      85.   Written in Stone

      86.   Matthew 27

      87.   UMW Jurisdictional Quadrenium 1992

      88.   United Methodist Women’s Assembly 1994

      89.   Wisconsin Annual Conference 1994

      90.   Judge Not

      91.   The People Pleaser

      92.   What More Can I say

      93.   Suffering, a Part of Life

      94.   Rejected

      95.   Jesus Showed a Better Way

      96.   Aspiration Realized

      97.   The Rainbow of God’s Love

      98.   God’s Blessing Store

      99.   His Praises Sing

      100.   Now I Lay

      101.   In His Circle

      Gratefully

      dedicated to

      God

               for His timely inspiration

      Rev. Carson Timblin

               who encouraged me to publish

      Mary Lou Elwood

               who typed my first poems

      Kay Abbott

               who typed poems for this book

      Almost 25 years ago when God revealed the words for my first poem, Tears in the Night, I didn’t dream He would give me more than enough poems to fill this my seventh book. From

      Need a Rainbow in Your Cloud?

      Sharing My Rainbow of Faith

      God’s Rainbow Covenant

      Rainbow Beyond the Cross

      My Rainbow Walk with God

      Indiana Rainbow

               and now

      My Rainbow of God’s Love.

      Why should God pick me for this honor? There are many more worthy than me, one of thirteen children with two sets of twins. Dad worked at the Paper Mill, and we eked out a living off the 69-acre farm he inherited. I attended Youngstown Grade School and then graduated from Honey Creek High School in 1945. I started at Indiana State Teachers College but didn’t know what I wanted to be, always feeling alone in a crowd. I married a soldier returning from WW II. We raised five children and lost twin boys born too soon. I divorced after 23 years, remained single for seven years, then met a Christian man who needed a wife on his dairy farm in Bloomer, Wisconsin. I divorced again after seven years. After seeking to have a fuller life with God, the poetry began two years after in March 1988.

      Pastor Timblin encouraged me to publish my poems so they wouldn’t be lost. With his encouragement, I gathered information as to how and did it. What a blessing to see each book published. I am 86 years old now and feel I’m nearing

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