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Broken Alter

I feel the devil calling me, a voice I choose not to hear He's called before when I was young But even then I refused to listen Growing up with an innate sense of right and wrong The path to righteousness was easy to find but laden with snares and pitfalls I've been caught in my share (more than) -- In the woods behind my house about a mile hike stands an old wooden church, abandoned and fallen to ruin I've stood on the weathered floor and stared up at the vaulted ceiling The only sound I heard was the sound the wind makes when it blows through an empty tunnel When I was a child I heard the Voice of God Now I search for it in the decaying wood and broken altar

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Date: 11/15/2019 8:34:00 AM
Amazing! Amazing! So amazing. So deep, my senses are pulled out to tick a yes in every line. Great work friend.
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Date: 7/8/2019 9:27:00 AM
When I was a child I heard the voice of God..Now I search for it in the decaying wood and broken altar.This hit home James... I can so relate to it.How easy it was for me to love God as a child..How wonderful it felt each time I visited church...How different from nowadays that I'm an adult.I go to mass oftenly on Sunday..basically because I need to pass on nmy beliefs to my daughter..but do I hear God ?Feel God?I 'm still searching..Hoping to find his pure joy again..Awesome to read you again.
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Date: 5/31/2019 12:59:00 AM
James, Inspiration from the inspired, a fav for me. -Richard
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Date: 5/30/2019 6:23:00 PM
I really like this. BTW God still speaks with you. It's just that children hear his message more easily. Keep listening!
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Date: 4/29/2019 1:44:00 PM
Very nice. I like it.
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