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Christine Stout Poem
Mirror Images
When I look at myself in the mirror,
I see what is not there
According to my clothes.
Why has my viewpoint changed?
I have always seen myself,
As being thinner than I really am!
That nasty fat girl is supposed to be gone,
So why has she suddenly returned?
I am not eating as much,
Due to the stress of moving.
But why has the fat girl returned?
I’m confused!!!
The fat girl is not what
God wants me to see.
He would want me to see
The much healthier, thin woman
I am meant to be.
So why is the 450 pound person,
Showing up in that mirror on the wall?
Is it because we are moving
Back to where I used to be
Fat and ugly?
Only God knows the answer,
What am I to learn?
Christine Stout
Copyright © Christine Stout | Year Posted 2011
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Christine Stout Poem
Truth or Consequences
How can things seem completely right,
Yet be so completely wrong?
How can circumstances make you feel whole and complete,
Yet is not really what you should want?
God allows people in our lives for a reason,
Some teach, share, care, love, leave indelible impressions
on our hearts and pray!
Others lead down different darker paths.
Some know us better than we know ourselves.
Due to having had the same experiences.
Some can sense when things are not quite right,
God has given them a gift to know when to pray ceaselessly.
Some make us think and define what we should believe,
Due to having found their answer to their life’s questions.
Others infuriate us to jump start the thinking processes,
When we have ignored the warning sign and failed to
Think.
We jump headlong into trouble selfishly,
But have forgotten the consequences.
What would you rather have the trouble
And then face the consequences?
Or forget the troubled times
And trust the Lord’s protective leading?
Christine Stout
Copyright © Christine Stout | Year Posted 2011
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