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AS I WRAP YOUR GIFT

Jane Marjorie Renner

Knowing you like to read,I give you bookto open books,words to unlock Wordof living Truth.

I WOULD TELL IT

Geoffrey J. Barratt

I soughtthe wit to tell them all,to tell them so weleap, and standon sounder groundthanspeculationplodding ratiocinationmisting imagination.

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You can call him what you like—impetuous, brash, outspoken—but once he recognized the Christand heard that command,he did what the others didn't—he stepped out onto the water and walked!He didn't wonder, he didn't worry, he didn't wait—he didn't even look to see if the others were behind him—he just climbed out and walked.

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WILDERNESS

William B. Lynch

Into the wildernessof material standardswent Jesus, to be tried.

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PRACTITIONER TO PATIENT

Godfrey John

Listen, I'm so happyabout this spring—thisbreath of right, this bloom of brightthings through you—

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NO ADAM-DREAM FOR ME

Doris Lubin

I'm aloneAnd I'm lonelyI prayI stay my thought on God and His ever-presenceStillVoices of silence are shrillThen I read and remember what Adam heard inthat Adam-dream"It is not good that the man should be alone"

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FOCUS

Doris Kerns Quinn

Consideringbut one thing at a timeis focus.

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GRATITUDE TO A FRIEND

Florence A. Roos

You said so many years ago:Keep close to God.

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THE OPEN ROAD

Barbara Dix Henderson

Self-belittlement and false humility:Twin roadblocksSubtly covered upTo look like pointers to unselfishness,Need to be hoisted firmly to one sideto find the road you really want to go.