Poems

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PREPARATION

Kathryn Laney Veazey

Let me believeThough yet I have not seen.
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"LET THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD SAY SO"

Leslie Marcoux

Gratitude should never beMere model of propriety:Wordless, shy, with thought ingrown,Living to itself alone.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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From Freedom from addiction

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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TAKE OFF FROM THE STARS!

Nancy L. Holder

Scorn earth base,Take off from the stars!Use highest vision as your starting place.

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MAN

Marie Harker Collins

It is said that man is mortal,that he suffers, sins, and dies,that he cannot cope with evil,though he tries.
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CHALLENGE

Lillian M. Carter

Of course I love! The challenge comes: then prove it.
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NOT ONE IS LOST

Cosette E. Colby

You never left your Father's house;You never lost the way.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

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Where is God when bad things happen?

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From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

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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From Freedom from addiction

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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DEPORTMENT WHEN UNOBSERVED

Grace Soden Haerle

"I do always those things that please him," Jesus said,Speaking of God.
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TRUE SELFHOOD

Doreen Bowden

Real entity is one with God;It patterns Love's design;True selfhood must reflect the OneWhose being is divine.
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WHERE ANGELS TREAD

Robert Ellis Key

Where angels tread,We do not seeTheir footprintsOn the grass,Nor do we hear themAs they gently pass.
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HOLY PURPOSE

Naville Hoogs

If I have lightened someone's crossToday by word or deed;If I have loved sufficientlyTo sense another's needAnd answered it unsparinglyFrom heaven's boundless store,Then I have used God's talent wellAnd am prepared for more.
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THE BOUNDLESS BASIS

Denys Irvine

No fear-forged bonds restrain the childWho knows man's origin is Mind.
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A CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST'S PRAYER

Esther M. Scheck Peterson

Once I prayed for recognition,For a share of wealth and fame,For personal acclaim.