Poems

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EQUIPOISE

Godfrey John

Brother-sister, find your self in the firstrecord of creation:find yourself shaped by the Infinite—male-female, onecompound idea.
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ACCEPTANCE

Doris Kerns Quinn

When?

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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LESSON FOR TODAY

June McCleneghan Fowler

Accept no penalty todayFor failures in the past.

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AT CHRISTMAS TIME

Margery Macdonald Cantlon

Maybe oxen breathed warmlynearby, watching,hearing the new cryas Mary tendedher firstborn son,as Joseph protectedthe infant one.
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IS THERE A DAVID?

Marjorie Center Thomson

Is there a David for this battlefield?
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UNCALENDARED

Peter J. Henniker-Heaton

Man has no hour of birth, no natal momentwhen stars inclementcan fasten upon him some dark implacable fate.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

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Changing your world

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LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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THE FAMILY OF MAN

Esther M. Scheck Peterson

The infinitevarietyof His divinefamily—everywhere—up and down,near and farand all around,each uniqueas a star—precious jewels!
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THE CHRIST COMES

Margaret Tsuda

to each of us.
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FLIGHT PLAN

Maxine Le Pelley

Rated pilot learns to flyThrough viewless, scudded skyBy trusting instruments,Not eye.
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PRAYER FOR OUR CHILD

Isobel Anne Anable

Creative Spirit,ageless, new,I pray to seeour child in Your likeness, not ours,forever known and loved by You.
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TIMELESS GROWING

James Floyd Huston

It wasn't time that let usleave behind the little deathsthat hauntedand then were goneor carried on in other formsand tauntedtill their tauntings held no meaning.
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Sentinels

Hazel Harper Brandner

A soldier makes his own reportAnd calls each hour that all is well,When he patrols a camp or fort.