Rain Thanks Poems

And now has come my season to receive God’s wedded gift.
Oh, Father in your loving way you have provided this.
But happily, as I speak a...

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High on remote cliffs,
wildflowers huddle
between 
wind scalped boulders,
heads kept down,
their roots weaved 
into crevices
where a little soil has been
won from rain wash
and wear. They grow
surrounded...

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Today I’m thankful for nature
And how spiritual in her presence I can be….
Whenever I feel her wind in my hair
her sun on my face
and her...

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Today I’m thankful for birds who sing… 
who even when it’s raining…don’t complain…
they just keep right on singing 
adding the beautiful melody of their voices
to...

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I stood in my kitchen suddenly aware. A feeling slowly washes over me, like the November sunbeams gently warming my skin. Gratitude passes through me...

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May we be blessed to acknowledge all the wonders in our life
that have, for us, thus far accrued…
and to begin each day with a word...

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May we be blessed to acknowledge all the wonders in our life
that have, for us, thus far accrued…
and to begin each day with a word...

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When we open our hearts to each other we allow grace to enter. It is as simple as that. And suffering — events that break...

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He erases the darkness of night, the shadows
So alive in the heart who grieves, 
Silencing the beautiful, the breathtaking, the blessings
With the dawn, sunrise comes...

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I stared the ugly truth in its face 
Then I boldly walked away from shame and disgrace 

So many beautiful years were taken 
I was...

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Bartholomew Barton; his friends called him Barty
Eighteen years old but no birthday party
Slumped in the mud, a gunshot to the shoulder 
But unlike his comrades...

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Oh Lord we thank thee for the rain
That the promise of a harvest will remain
That the dust settles above the sown grain
That the dirt and...

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I have no food.
My stomach rumbles from hunger.
My body reacts in weakness,
Sending the message of pain to my brain.
My heart beats in rhythms,
Making me aware...

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Darkening skies, and then down the rain poured;
he stopped and gave thanks for this gift from the Lord....

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Leaves gather on the forest floor
Whispering secrets, gentle and peaceful
Crisp as the sunrise, abiding its time
Lighting the dawn with silent prayers
Sensations of grace poured out...

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