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"Show me a person who can stand against the multitudes and I will show you a person who is very stable minded and strong in the Lord." 

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"Keeping my eyes on Jesus.
No matter what comes my way.
Until I fly away,
Gonna walk on water." 
 
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" I will walk forward and not look back.
I won't be pulled back by curiosity
or the need to set anything right."
 

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"You can feed the beast,
but you cannot ever fill it up."
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"Life never gets easier.
We can only get better at dealing with it. 
 
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"We can't be so caught up in what is "no longer"
that we miss a new beginning." 

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"If I let you reach my ears,
you have a shot at my heart."

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"Take hold of your heart
or young tongue will give its secrets away.


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" Feeding a lie, never fills its hunger.
It simply grows and demands
more food the bigger it gets."
 


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"Perception is everything in life."


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"A hot stove, be-it good or be-it bad, cooks.
But a cold one just sits there."

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"If truth does not 'get me there,'
then I don't go there."

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Better we deal with life now, 
than suffer through it later."

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A man's shame becomes his name,
When he has the chance to correct it, but does not."

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"Sin has no reign in a nation
that has God's Grace on it."

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"
When a man underestemates the mind of a woman,
He underestemates his own ability to deal with it.


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"The worth of a man's word is found
in the span of time that he keeps it in."


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"Error is a stranger to no man.
Courage to correct error, visits only a few."


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"A fool in his folly often becomes
a prisoner of his own obsession."


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"If you need everyone else to agree with you,
Perhaps the one you are fighting against is you!"


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"The righteous path is not a path paved with sin."


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"Joined by our spirits, our hearts are intertwined."
 

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"Questions are in the mind.
Needs are in the body.
Directions are in the soul."


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"How can one prove the wind and the air,
If such is said not to be there?
Would we seriously give a care,
And waste our time proving it's there?"


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Enter in godliness;
Enter in learning, growth, and wisdom.
Enter in godliness;
Enter in comfort, truth, and fruition.

Enter in wickedness;
Enter in ignorance, Idleness, and absurdity.
Enter in wickedness;
Enter in, agony, lies, and misery
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"The worth of a child is not found in convenience,
but in determination."


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"If we are fighting and God is for me,
where does that leave you?"

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"Perhaps the reason weeds are here,
is to make stand out the rose."


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"I would rather you hate me
for standing with the righteous,
than have you love me for
lying down with the wicked."


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"Getting Burned Never Gets Easier, 
Just More Expected"


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If something never was, was it ever?
If not, then why do we call it, "it"?

If something was, but is no longer,
Was it really ever?
Again, if not, then why do we call it, "it"?

If something is no longer,
Perhaps that is because it never really was.
But, rather, "it" was something else, all along.

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"Just try and rain on my parade,
and I will dance barefoot in the puddles."


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"A peaceful heart is worth more than getting even."
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All Above Quotes
© Debra J.M. Smith

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Poetry
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Pure Useless

When I forget to put my armor on
To run the race before me,
To be prepared for all that comes,
Naked for the world to see,
Then I am pure useless.

When I forget that the battle I'm fighting
Was won by The Lord,
Not man,
Nor man's sword,
Then I am pure useless.

When I forget that the weapon of God,
To fight the enemy,
Was every Word that came from Him
And not a word from me,
Then I am pure useless.

When I forget that His yoke is easy
And how His burden is light,
That He is where I find my peace,
Cause I am precious in His sight,
Then I am pure useless.

When I forget to shake the dust
Of the wicked from each sandal,
To realize when my job is done,
That I won't get more than I can handle,
Then I am pure useless.

When I forget when troubles
Are with another bound for heaven,
That I am to do as Jesus commands
And forgive seventy times seven,
Then I am pure useless.

When I forget that Satan
Sends many to stumble me,
And that God will use their fiery darts
To make a pearl for all of them to see,
Then I am pure useless.

When I forget to love those who hate me
And spitefully use me for their gain,
To say kind and loving words to them,
And turn to God to ease my pain,
Then I am pure useless.

When I forget what's done in secret
Will one day be revealed,
That no weapon formed against me will prosper,
That the fate of the father of liars is sealed,
Then I am  pure useless.

When I forget that God has
Sent me out as a sheep among the wolves,
To be wise as a serpent and gentle as a dove,
And that I'm always to do good,
Then I am pure useless.

When I forget that the gospel is offensive
To those souls who are perishing,
To not cast my pearls before the swine,
Nor give to dogs, that which is holy and to me, cherishing,
Then I am pure useless.

When I forget to be swift to hear,
Slow to speak, and slow to wrath,
That speaking quickly words of anger
Leaves me in shame of the aftermath,
Then I am pure useless.

When I forget to fret-not over evildoers,
To not be envious against workers of iniquity,
To trust in the Lord and to do good,
Knowing He will bring it all to pass for me,
Then I am pure useless.

When I forget that those who reject Christ
Do so willingly,
That in the dark they choose to hide,
To continue in their iniquity,
Then I am pure useless.

When I forget that I am not of this world
But a foreigner, who'll never fit in,
That I am salt to the world,
And it only takes a smidgen,
Then I am pure useless.

When I forget that I am a princess,
A Child of the very most High,
A pearl in the making, cleansed by the blood,
And that on wings of an eagle, I can fly,
Then I am pure useless.

© Debra J.M. Smith

Friends

For many reasons people enter our lives,
Touching deep in soul and heart.
And equally for many reasons,
With most we find we part.

But, God, our wonderful provider,
Sends another friend our way,
For an hour, a day, maybe a year,
Sometimes He even lets one stay.

For however long God blesses us with each,
Our lives are forever changed.

© Debra J.M. Smith


A Fool's Ploy

You came to me, not long ago,

Wanting to take my joy.

I guess you thought you had the power,

To make me your puppet, your toy.

 

To think that you could pull my strings,

And make me fall apart,

To think that you had any say,

Over the condition of my heart,

 

Tells me what a truly lost

And sad individual you are,

Cause really all you are to me,

Is a soul out there afar.

 

In your anger, you said,

Oh so foolishly,

Lies that those who know me,

Would never remotely believe.

 

I have for you, only pity,
And a bit of laughter too,
Cause in the end, all you really did,
Was make a fool of you!
 

© Debra J.M. Smith


 


The Depth of a Soul

Can anyone measure the depth of a soul,
How far down one's trueness can go?
If man were to seek, could he ever find this,
The bottom, the end all,
the depth of a soul?

It's where one holds the happy, the sad,
The place where all the emotions are sent,
The laughter, the smiles,
the good, and the bad,
The love and all the contempt.

Would we dare, if we could,
Open up and let known,
All the trueness of who we are?
Would we dare, if we could,
Let our feelings be shown,
Knowing how easily we scar?

O, the depth of our souls, we can hide,
Knowing that no one can measure,
All the truth of our person deep down inside,
All our secrets and all that we treasure.

© Debra J.M. Smith


Sometimes


Sometimes life just hurts. Sometimes there is no right answer.
Sometimes we simply have to move and trust the Lord.

Sometimes nothing makes sense.

Sometimes I cry. Sometimes love does not just fix things.
Sometimes things just are what they are.

Sometimes I lift my hands and cry to God, to heal my heart.

© Debra J.M. Smith

 

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