{"id":520,"date":"2022-10-23T20:30:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T20:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puredesigns.link\/?page_id=520"},"modified":"2023-01-18T01:02:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T01:02:39","slug":"poems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/puredesigns.link\/?page_id=520","title":{"rendered":"Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"520\" class=\"elementor elementor-520\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c7aa618 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c7aa618\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9d7a08\" data-id=\"a9d7a08\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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.elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Poems<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-77e1e03 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77e1e03\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b48c943\" data-id=\"b48c943\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fae16ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fae16ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">&#8211; Change &#8211;<\/h2><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Jan. 24, 2019<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">What is this thing called change?<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">I must adapt some way to everything.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">It feels unfair, this is true,<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">but look at what I can now do.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ffa7ed\" data-id=\"7ffa7ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a57ea86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a57ea86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"western\">&#8211; The Walk &#8211;<\/h2><p>Jan. 25, 2019<\/p><p>The walk is long<\/p><p>The walk is hard<\/p><p>We 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150%;\">My mind and heart say \u201cTry a new path.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"line-height: 150%;\">But the Spirit says, \u201cStay straight, for there is a goal I\u2019m walking to.\u201d<\/p><p style=\"line-height: 150%;\">That goal is Jesus my Savior!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a70734d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a70734d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-950540c\" data-id=\"950540c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cedc84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cedc84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">-The Wheels of Today-<\/h2><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Jan. 24, 2019<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">We work today,<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">we work tomorrow.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Our tomorrows turn into todays,<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">and our todays in to yesterdays.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">We have dreams,<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Dreams turn into plans,<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Plans turn into reality,<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Reality turns into the past.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Our wheels keep turning, turning, turning.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Until one day,<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">They stop.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-823aeec\" data-id=\"823aeec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8674cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8674cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">-Be like a rose-<\/h2><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">July 19, 2020<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">At first glance, a rose has no special purpose.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">It grows and blooms.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">It\u2019s rooted in dirt and can go nowhere new.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">It has been placed in a specific place to grow and bloom.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">There is a purpose, though, you see to the rose that grows and blooms.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">It grows and blooms when given light from above and water from the ground.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">It grows large and exceeds the place it resides.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">The gardener prunes the brush and spreads the snippings in other places.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">He waters and grows the snippings as well, so that they might bloom.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">The Gardener places the rose bush where He pleases and gives it adequately what He desires.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">No bush will be alike, even when they are cut from the same graft.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Be like the rose; basking in the Son\u2019s glory and being filled with water from above which came from God\u2019s own Spirit.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Never forsake your lifeblood, the holy Scriptures.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">You need both the Son and the Water to grow and bloom.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-534b1ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"534b1ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">~ Turn not from Freedom ~<\/h2>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">June 7, 2020<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Freedom from the past is sweet,<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Like sugar on the tongue it tastes satisfactory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Away from the old<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Out with the dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">God has brought me to a new place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Through my iniquities and trials I did walk<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">He brought me through to a new place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">This place is better than the old,<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Sweeter than any honey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Freedom I find here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Freedom to walk and run.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">I can see the gate from the past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Still open it stands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">I have a choice to go back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">The keeper entices me to come back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Why do I turn to face that open gate?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">The thing I had just escaped from.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">As I walk toward the hemmed in jail<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">I hear freedom call.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Its voice so tender and sweet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">I remember my experience,<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Bring to mind what I went through<\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">In order to be free from that gate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcb24b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcb24b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>~ Rise ~<\/h2><p>July 8, 2020<\/p><p>Oh to be home and see Christ\u2019s amazing face.<\/p><p>To be there because of God\u2019s amazing grace.<\/p><p>In the presence of Thine glory,<\/p><p>On my face do I lie,<\/p><p>Waiting till You destine me, either to live or to die.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>If you call me child<\/p><p>And welcome me home,<\/p><p>To Christ be the glory!<\/p><p>He is the One who sought me,<\/p><p>Who carried me through despair.<\/p><p>He gave me new life<\/p><p>And showed me how to care.<\/p><p>On that Earth I did fall,<\/p><p>But always there was the Spirit of Your promise.<\/p><p>Conviction He did bring,<\/p><p>But with it freedom did sing.<\/p><p>Through His Word He brought me closer,<\/p><p>Closer till all I desired was He.<\/p><p>On my knees I did cry out,<\/p><p>In the heat of the battle I did say,<\/p><p>\u201cOh God, forgive me!<\/p><p>I have fallen!\u201d<\/p><p>And with tender words He spoke,<\/p><p>\u201cRise up!\u00a0 I am with you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f5c1ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f5c1ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">~ Just Keep Walking ~<\/h2><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">July 14, 2020<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Even when pain comes to grip me, I know You, Oh Lord, are still with me.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">You have a plan that is unknown to me, and at the time, seems far away.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">You say all I need is You, there is nothing this world can offer that would surpass the glory found in Christ.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Temptation shows its head,<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">the devil does laugh.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">He entices me with things of old.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">But the Lord has given me a weapon.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">The Spirit is with me and gives me hope through Scripture.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">It may seem unfair at times to see what others have; until, I look and see what I have.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Its not possessions that make this life great,<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">neither circumstance or status or state.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">The thing that makes this life great is Christ my Lord, who because of Him I will live on.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Remembering His pain and His desires, I keep walking.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">He will reveal in due time what His plan is for me.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">But in the meantime, let us just keep walking and trusting in Him.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83d4c41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83d4c41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">~ Running for 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class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Not until then will we count everything else a loss; such as the pain we endure through this race.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">In our great race called life, Jesus is the one who comes beside us.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">He gives us the strength the endure just as He endured the cross.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Our Joy is to see His face at the finish line, to fall into His arms as we collapse because the race is finished.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">Because we ran a good race and allowed His strength to carry us we look forward to the day He says,<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\u201cWell done, My good and faithful servant\u201d.<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\">\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"Standard\" style=\"line-height: 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