Dead End
Darkness
Evil’s persuasion
Walking sinful path
Absent faith, ignoring God
Judgment
Turn About
Following
God’s way
Accepting His law
Reaping fruits of faith
Righteousness
Ripening Maturity
Faith
Growing deeper
Rooted in Scripture
Nourished with Living Bread
Thriving
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Richard, as your poems so beautifully captured, I’m very much grateful Jesus helped me turn away from the darkness of this world and into His marvelous Light! And now I’m growing in Him and His WORD daily! It doesn’t get any better than that!
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Amen! Renee, I appreciate your testament. Daily moments with God’s Word really turn our hearts to Him.
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Beautiful poems, Richard!
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Karla, I appreciate your kind words. My own faith journey has been filled with its share of transitions.
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You’re welcome, Richard! Isn’t it amazing how God uses our transitions to transform if we choose? Blessings to you all!
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Karla, thanks for sharing more. I value this word . . . transitions!
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You’re welcome! I value it too! I’ll be offline visiting one of my sons serving…take care, Richard!
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Karla, may your time with family and especially with your son be a blessing to all.
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Richard, thank you. It was wonderful and exhausting! I’ll take it whenever I can!
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Thriving really presents the maturity that Christians should reach if we are following the process of reading and studying God’s Word and staying close to Him.
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Vickie, your words are a blessed witness to read. I agree with your remarks about thriving in our faith journey. Maturity in Christ steadies our walk. We look back and see how much our faith has grown.
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Love the maturity poem
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Jim, thanks for reading and sharing. These short poetic verses allow God’s Word to speak to others. Blessings to you and your pastoral work.
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May God use your verses
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