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In Sacred Witness
In this season of thankfulness and gratitude, poem #2: In Sacred Witness by Michael Romani Then was a time for counting coup But along the way, I grabbed a clue That just maybe we should be less about glory In … 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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Chinook of the North
My apologies for falling asleep before writing the poem for yesterday’s challenge. The challenge for Na/GloPoWriMo Day 10 is to write a poem that references a local weather term. After some thought and discussion, I have chose a type … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Arms, Beach, Canada, Canadian Rockies, Canuck, Chinook, City, Cloud, Coastie, Cold, Cold Spell, Color, Companion, Company, Conversation, Dawn, Devotion, Fraser Canyon, Friend, Funny, Gray, Her, Human, Indulgence, Lady, Laughs, Love, Lovely, Lover, Magic, Midnight, Monkey, Moon, Mountain, Na/GloPoWriMo, Need, North, Ocean Child, Orographic, Pacific Ocean, Peace, Photograph, Pineapple Breeze, Playful, Poem, Poetry, Rain Shadow, Rainbow, Ramparts, Safe, Shine, Smile, Snow Eater, Snowbird, Snowfall, Spawn, Star, Story, Sweet, Teasure, Term, Tim Horton, Two Nations, United States, Weather, Whisper, Wind, Witness, Worry
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Samson (X)
Continuing in the retelling of the story of Samson and Delilah as told in The Book of Judges: Samson (X) by Michael Romani X It is as it must That God’s wrath is just To watch his people die Or leave … Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Judges, Devotion, Dignity, Envy, False Choice, God, Injury, Living God, Lord, Nation, Negotiate, Night, Philistine, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Pure, Right, Samson and Delilah, Shame, Sorrow, Starve, Storm, Tomorrow, Truth, Witness, Wonder, Wrath, Wrong, Zion
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Matter of Life and Death
Based in part on 1 John 3:11-18 Matter of Life and Death by Michael Romani Ours is to live in Holy Love Here on earth as above It’s a matter of life and death And of what life has left … Continue reading
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Tagged Across, Action, Believe, Bible, Book of John, Calling, Christian, Command, Compassion, Death, Deceive, Down, Earth, Embrace, Empty, Family, First Step, Fruit, Give, Grow, Heaven, Hidden, Holy, Human Beings, Initiation, Life, Love, Meaning, Need, New Heart, Option, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Potential, Practice, Pride, Proactive, Reaction, Said, Satisfaction, Serve, Shine, Shown, Sin, Spirit Led, Strive, Tolerance, Tradition, Truth, Understand, Witness, Word
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Astonish
Looking on, it is astonishing how the hands of God spread And all the destinations on which they’ve quietly led The world is filled with so much of what we call beauty That I feel, in part, it is my … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Artistry, Astonish, Beauty, Christian Duty, Daily Prompt, God, Hands of God, Journey, Mastery, Nature, Pageantry, Photography, Tapestry, Witness, Wordpress
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Lessons In Elijah
Lesss Lessons In Elijah by Michael Romani This world is filled with sin And shattered, broken dreams Tragedy strikes us again and again Tested by the pain; gathering in our screams God called Elijah to his hour An ordinary man … Continue reading
Why I Believe
Based in part on 1 Corinthians 15:3-6 Why I Believe by Michael Romani What I have heard I pass on The Lord is here, never gone He has died for our sins But rose to save us, my friends True … Continue reading
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Tagged Conspiracy, Crucifixion, Deception, Died, Evidence, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Profaned, Prophecy, Sins, Testimony, Truth, Verdict, Witness
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Momento Mori
Momento Mori by Michael Romani Remembrance of death is something I embrace Every morning when I look at my mirrored face Trying so hard, it is my struggle to find peace The preacher whispers, forgiveness brings release But, it’s been … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, Military, Morality, Mortality, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Witness
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First Principles: Interests Are Inseparable From Moral Duties
“We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable from our moral duties, and history bears witness to the fact that a just nation … Continue reading
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Tagged Armaments, George Washington, History, Individual Interests, Moral Duties, Thomas Jefferson, Trust, War, Witness
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