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Tag Archives: Grace
Twelve Hands of Humility
In a spirit of gratitude toward all the good that surrounds my life with grace, poem #8 for this season: Twelve Hands of Humility by Michael Romani There are 12 hands on the clock of humility Each having its own … Continue reading
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Bearing Our Witness
Based in part on Acts 7:55-56: Bearing Our Witness by Michael Romani Here we are to give our witness Showing in our walk out bit of fitness All in all given in strength and humility Testifying in life as part … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle Steven, Bear, Book of Acts, Breath, Broken, Christian Life, Comfort Zone, Deep, Divinity, Duty, Earnest, Embrace, Examine, Face, Fitness, Forgiveness, God's Family, Grace, Grow, Honesty, Humility, Integrity, Learn, Led, Life, Lord, Love, Mirror, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Price, Road, Sacrifice, See, Show, Sinner, Spirit, St Stephen, Steps, Strength, Talk, Testify, Travel, True, Unravel, Walk, Witness, World, Yoke
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A Humble Path Past Conflict
Part of living a life with more gratitude might include less fight and conflict and greater humility. Poem #2 for this season of thankfulness: A Humble Path Past Conflict by Michael Romani With gratitude not as demanding Toward the God … Continue reading
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Tagged Alienation, Allow, Angle, Blame, Build, Co-Creative, Communicate, Conflict, Crucial, Demand, Destination, Divinity, Ear, Either/Or, Eye, Fascination, Find, Form, Gain, God, Grace, Grateful, Gratitude, Heal, Heart, Humble, Humility, Invite, Live, Need, Openness, Pain, Path, Peace, People, Petty, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Polarization, Power, Reframe, Reject, Relate, Relationship, Release, Ritual, Share, Something, Spark, Strive, Stumble, Thankfulness, Theology, Thing, Three, Triangle, Tribe, Unity, Worship
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A Pale Death
Halloween Poem #17: A Pale Death by Michael Romani The end of days descends Like a fog from hell that ascends On us all a thick as it can be As we dance away our sanity Lilith asks for one … Continue reading
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Tagged Bittersweet, Breath, Charm, Comfort, Core, Death, Death's Door, Demon, Die, Dignity, Embrace, End of Days, Evil, Fatal, Flee, Fog, Foul, Glow, Grace, Guide, Halloween, Haunt, Heart, Hell, Kiss, Knees, Lilith, Linger, Lord's Prayer, Lost, Man, Memory, Moment, Monster, Mortality, Pale, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Sanity, Stab, Star, Trap, Wild, Wish
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Twist of the Kissed
Halloween Poem #14 (written on 10/13/2019 so really number 13.. how unlucky that I fell behind on posting like that….or as my little girls say.. “Or, did I?”) https://flic.kr/p/t7U76U Twist of the Kissed by Michael Romani We prize the things … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood, Both, Dark, Death, Dim, Face, Ghost, Grace, Halloween, Hand, House, Inner, Kiss, Kissed, Light, Lost, Love, Man, Master's Call, Monster, Mud, Night, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prize, Rainbow, Shadow, Sight, Soul, Tragedy, Twist, Venom, Wall, Window
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Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!!
Our northern neighbors in Canada celebrate a day of thankful gratitude for harvest and other valued parts of society on this day! This day was fixed to the second Monday in October by the following proclamation: “A Day of General … Continue reading
Rocky Road To Faith
Based in part on 1 John 1:9: Rocky Road To Faith by Michael Romani There are so many times we scoff in pride Looking at God’s will far from the outside Believing our own path and our will be done … Continue reading
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Tagged Bend, Choice, Clatter, Consequence, Decision, Depend, Faith, Fall, Father, Forgive, God, God's Will, Grace, Holy, Ignorance, John, Journey, Live, Obey, Obstinance, Opinion, Our Will, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Principle, Road, Rock, Rocky, Satisfy, Scoff, Scripture, Self Importance, Shine, Son, Step By Step, Stubborn, Stumble, Sublime, Time, Told, Trouble, Trust, Unclear, Walk, Way
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Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy
Based in part on the Book of Lamentations and partly on life at times. Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy by Michael Romani Dark clouds lead to deep mercy Pulling at our faith like heresy Lamentations open doors of grace Tear filled … Continue reading
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Tagged Affection, Calvary, Cloud, Core, Dark, Deep, Door, Faith, Father, Forgive, God, Grace, Grateful, Grief, Heresy, Implore, Indignity, Journey, Joy, Knee, Lamentations, Live, Love, Mercy, Minor Key, Pattern, Photograph, Pierce, Poem, Poetry, Question, Sad, Savior, Shown, Sorrow, Soul, Tear, Tomorrow, Tragedy, Way
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The Path of Kindness
Based in part on Proverbs 3:3-4 The Path of Kindness by Michael Romani Stretched patience gives its opportunity As a choice of kindness felt in empathy God has given His shine into this darkness That would otherwise know not but … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolution, Actions, Acts, Angry, Answer, Attention, Blindness, Calm, Capability, Children, Christ, Command, Community, Compassion, Consideration, Darkness, Day of Judgment, Deeds, Do, Empathy, Enemy, Focus, Fruit of the Spirit, Gentle, Gift, God, God's Will, Grace, Gracious, Harshness, Head, Hear, Heart, Importance, Inner, Inscribe, Kindness, Light, Love, Mankind, Natural, Needs, Opportunity, Outer Beauty, Path, Patience, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Proverbs, Quality, Reflection, Relationship, Repentance, Responsibility, Retribution, Righteous, Said, Salvation, Sensitivity, Shadow, Shine, Sight, Sin, Society, Soft, Soul, Steeple, Tolerance, Treat, True, Truth, Understand, Ungrateful, Ways, Worship, Wrath
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Thought For the Day: When Mankind Fights It’s Unseen Battles We Need the Grace of Kindness Shown and Heard
“Kind words, kind looks, kind acts, and warm hand-shakes, – these are means of grace when men in trouble are fighting their unseen battles.” – John Hall, pastor (31 Jul 1829-1898)


