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Born Again

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Born Again David J Walker Ok, He created the world in 6 days And then rested, Which I am sure He needed After such a task But I am not Him My gestation took 18 years to complete 18 years, 208 days when My birth began and Delivered 8 weeks later All mean and green and fearless basically hairless ready to kill or die Ok, That 6 days might have been 6 million Or maybe 4 billion I don’t really know All I needed to know I learned in the 8 weeks Before I was born again

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Jeff Kyser

Date: 9/26/2022 9:59:00 AM

I think my brain has the density of a black hole this morning - nothing is getting through... An 18 year old 'born again' as a member of the mean green fighting machine after 8 weeks of basic training?

David Walker
Date: 9/26/2022 1:09:00 PM

Jeff, Yes, born again. I became who I am today as an 18-year-old, a young soldier completing a transformation. Others have other births...the same as we will experience our own deaths separately and individually.

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 9/26/2022 9:10:00 AM

Love those last 4 lines. We can talk about birth or being born again. Of course to be born again you must be born and oh how the Lord adores creation, conception, gestation and new beginnings. Without a beginning there can be no new beginnings. I could go on…lol

David Walker
Date: 9/26/2022 1:06:00 PM

Kim, Thank you. Of all the things we are free to choose about ourselves, I think our "Birth" must be the most important.