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You’re His Special Delight
Delighted In “He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.” Psalm 18:19 God doesn’t deliver us because He feels He has to, or should, but because He wants to....
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God with Us – A Poem of Love
I often ponder the wonder of “God with us,” but especially so at Christmas time. I am in awe of the fact that the God of the Universe, the Creator of all things, He who is omnipresent, omniscient, and...
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Broken Heart of Love – A Poem
This poem was written for someone I love who struggles with bipolar disorder. Though I have suffered through depression, anxiety, and panic attacks myself, I can never truly understand her pain. I want...
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The Lord is My Archer– A Poem
“Then God will come into view, his arrows flashing like lightning!” Zechariah 7:14 The Lord is My Archer Lowering himself, he carefully chooses The living arrow that he hast made My life has been...
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Though I Cringe
A Very Simple and Honest Prayer % Change me. God, please change me. Though I cringe Kick Resist and resent Pay no attention to me whatever. When I run to hide Drag me out of my safe little shelter....
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A Declared Trust
I once scorned ev’ry fearful thought of death. When it was but the end of pulse and breath, But now my eyes have seen that past the pain There is a world that’s waiting to be claimed. Earthmaker, Holy,...
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Cracked Discipleship
“Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” –Leonard Cohen, Anthem “A crack in everything.” As a broken person I...
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Tears with a Purpose
I’ve been thinking a lot about tears lately—in part because Pastor Bryan pointed out to me how many hits my post titled God Keeps Your Tears in a Bottle has had, in part because I’ve cried more than a...
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Mere Edges
The Mere Edges “Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways, And how small a whisper we hear of Him!” Job 26:14 The infinite, immenseness of God as Job describes; makes even a whisper of Him often...
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My Dear Child – A Letter from God
My Dear Child, I see that you are trying to be just as good as you can be but what you clearly do not see is you can’t do this without Me I know that you are wondering why I do not stop what makes you...
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So Many Regrettable Events
It is a bit of a truism, that the older you get, the more you regret. When you pass 50 the pain can become more than you can handle on your own. I believe that Jesus can completely redeem, and heal...
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Poetry of the Broken
Last Saturday I purchased a wonderful find at Powell’s Books (Portland, Oregon’s own homegrown new and used bookstore) – a used book called “Invisible Light: Poems about God” – for only $4.50. And it...
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Two O’ Clock in the Morning Poetry, #2
“Death Be Not Proud, Holy Sonnets, no. 10 ” by John Donne Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow Die...
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Two O’ Clock in the Morning Poetry, #4
Don’t stand beside my grave and weep, For I’m not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sun on ripened grain, I am the gentle … Continue...
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Please, Don’t Find Fault
“You may think you can condemn such people, but you are just as bad, and you have no excuse! When you say they are wicked and should be punished, you are condemning yourself, for you who judge others...
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Welcome He Who Limps
Pray don’t find fault with the man who limps Or stumbles along the road Unless you have worn the shoes that hurt Or struggled beneath his load There may be tacks in his shoes that hurt, Though hidden...
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My Faithful Savior
Many things in this life are uncertain, causing even the faithful to struggle and doubt. Even at such times, or maybe even more so then, I am thankful that God has promised that He will never leave me...
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Memories Haunt in the Light
For many who have struggled with depression, as I have, often suffer from an underlying brokenness that stems from past tragedies that we can’t seem to completely forget. We try to understand why and...
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Our Great Physician
I wrote this poem the other day for ‘Thankful Thursday’ on my own blog. Knowing that many who visit Broken Believers struggle with illness and pain, I thought this would be good to share here as well....
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Understanding People (Not Problems)
People of Understanding “Then, by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, with his sons and...
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