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    The Wyatt Proverbs: Exhortations in Poetry
    The Wyatt Proverbs: Exhortations in Poetry
    The Wyatt Proverbs: Exhortations in Poetry
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    The Wyatt Proverbs: Exhortations in Poetry

    By Mel Wyatt

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    From the late seventies until 1996, while I was involved in Bible teaching and building for the church and church school, the Lord was putting poetry in my mind, often nearly a complete poem in rhyme and verse and almost always exhortative in naturethat is, dealing with the Christian view as opposed to worlds and considering how we should live as Christians. I would write the words on pages of a tablet as the thoughts manifested and perhaps share them with the pastor or friends as the occasion arrived. Latersometimes years laterI would read or hear a Bible passage that seemed to fit the poetic thought that was given, and I would write and index it with the poem. The authors notes following the Bible verses were generated from the thought that the poem seemed to invoke. After I procured a computer, the task of organization was completed and produced this final anthology, with the exception of the last poem, which was written after seeing the movie The Passion of Christ.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateMay 8, 2014
    ISBN9781490834221
    The Wyatt Proverbs: Exhortations in Poetry
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    Mel Wyatt

    Mel Wyatt is a Christian, having been confirmed and baptized in an army chapel during the Korean War in 1953. He completed twenty-two years of service, twenty of which were in the Army Intelligence Branch, and retired as a Chief Warrant Officer. After his army retirement, he pursued his Christianity and his interest in woodworking and became a journeyman cabinetmaker. Now being fully retired, Mel lives in a serene farm community in southwestern Idaho, overlooking the Snake River Valley.

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      The Wyatt Proverbs - Mel Wyatt

      Copyright © 2014 Mel Wyatt.

      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.

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      Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org)

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      ISBN: 978-1-4908-3421-4 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4908-3422-1 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2014906969

      WestBow Press rev. date: 5/7/2014

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      In Dedication

      To my dear Christian Friend

      Sheila

      Judge not; the workings of his brain

      And of his heart – thou canst not see;

      What looks to thy dim eyes a stain,

      In God’s pure light may only be,

      A scar, brought from some well-orn field

      Where thou wouldst only faint and yield

      The look, the air, that puts thy sight,

      May be a token here below

      The soul has closed in deadly fight

      With some infernal fiery foe,

      Whose glance would scorch thy smiling grace

      And cast thee shuddering on thy face!

      And judge not lost; but wait and see,

      With hopeful pity, not disdain;

      The depth of the abyss may be

      The measure of the height of pain

      And love and glory that may raise

      This soul to God in after days!*

      CONTENTS

      Preface

      Introduction

      One Half of Dialogue

      The Baton of Faith

      Success

      His Peace

      God’s Garden

      Faith

      A Lump of Clay

      The Thorny Stem

      Stand Firm

      Sunday

      God’s Grace

      A Butterfly

      Mirrors

      A Gift

      Beyond the Cross

      To an Angel

      Hospital Chaplains

      Grandfather’s Lap

      Joy

      Winters of Life

      A Love That Touches

      Pathways of Life

      Wait on God

      The Essence of Christ

      Gamblers

      Listen

      Love

      Jesus Knew

      PREFACE

      S everal years ago, this author completed an analytical quiz which was designed to identify a person’s most prominent spiritual gifts. These turned out to be giving and exhortation . Gifts that are seemingly so different and yet so strangely synonymous when put into practice. It is hoped that both of these gifts are incorporated into the following pages to the fullest measure. An epilogue accompanying each poem has been constructed to provide the reader a scriptural thought and a glimpse into the author’s thoughts. All of the Bible verses which

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