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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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Grandma and
Me
Grandma is different than anyone
else,
She’s always smiling, and she never
yells.
She thinks I am perfect, just as I
am,
And that I am sweeter than strawberry jam.
No matter what’s ever going on with the
grown-ups,
Grandma’s always got time for
us.
With eyes that twinkle when I am near,
And
arms that hug and take away any fear.
Yes,
sure, Grandma's different than anyone else,
But she's
great at making me feel so good about
myself.
If I had it my way, every day there
would be,
A little bit of time for Grandma and
me.
Written for my
granddaughter,
Samantha Grace
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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,
"Please heal my heart."
© Debra J.M.
Smith
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