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Completely Spring

Children playing under cover.

When the rain quits, they’re elated.

Whole wet world now to discover.

Springtime’s to be celebrated.

Tulips open up in brightness.

Paper boats sail in a puddle.

Yards awash in sunny lightness.

Children playing.

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Completely Calm

“He replied, ‘You of little faith, why are you so afraid?’ Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.” Matthew 8:26

When skies grow gray and winds grow strong,

with Jesus Christ you can’t go wrong.

When you’re soon about to sink

and be dumped into the drink.

Don’t worry what others think.

He can save you in a blink.

When skies grow gray and winds grow strong

with Jesus Christ you can’t go wrong.

PAD 23-3 free

Rejoicing

I just watched a video

where boaters

released a whale from

a tangled net.

When it was finally free,

the whale leaped with joy.

but I think the people

who freed it were just as happy.

PAD 23-2 free

Free

F eeling high as a bird in the sky

R eveling in the scents of spring

E xcited for the freedom to

E xit the house without a coat.

PAD 23-1 free

Running the Race

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, Hebrews 12:1

Lord, set me free to run the race.

Please, loose me from what bogs me down.

May Your sweet Spirit set the pace.

Lord, set me free to run the race.

May I run swiftly in Your grace

And cast off sins that weigh me down.

Lord, set me free to run the race.

Please, loose me from what bogs me down.

PAD 22-3 correspondence

Apostle Paul wrote letters.

Could he imagine

their effect?

PAD 22-2 correspondence

Email

Email links me to my friends

When I don’t see their faces

Because I stay at home a lot

Don’t go to many places

Except when I just get a way

And travel just for fun

Gallivanting by plane or car

Always on the run

Then it’s back home again

Sharing email with my folks

Making plans, encouraging

And even telling jokes

It seems odd to think about

A time when there was no email

How slowly things seemed to go

When depending on snail mail