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Opportunities And Challenges
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When we have a major challenge
And don't know how to meet it,
Sometimes changing our perspective
Can be a very real benefit.
We shouldn't view it as a problem
Or something we deplore,
But as an opportunity
Which may open up a door.
Opportunity invites one in
And offers bright, new interest.
It becomes a fresh approach
For how our thoughts are processed.
So see your challenge as a chance
To meet with opportunity.
Then smile and set your hand to work
With lively ingenuity!
"I can do all things through Christ
Who strengthens me."
Philippians 4:13 NKJ
© 2006 Arlene Schwartzkopf
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A Child's Touch
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A little child came
And touched my heart
When I was weary
And falling apart.
He brought me a lamb
So I wouldn't be sad,
With a smile and a hug
To make my heart glad.
And so my heart healed.
I no longer felt "teary".
He lifted me up.....
I no longer was weary.
How pure and sincere
Was the love of this child.....
Not harsh as the world,
But gentle and mild.
The compassion in him
Was beyond his young years.
God used him to heal me
And stop all my tears.
"Love never fails."
I Corinthians 13:8 NKJ
"Out of the mouth of babes and infants
You have ordained strength."
Psalm 8:2 NKJ
© 2006 Arlene Schwartzkopf
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Grace
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Encouragement to win the race
when we are tempted to quit.....
A full measure provided when
we only see half a measure.....
The helping hand extended to pick us
up when we have stumbled or fallen.
His covering in a harsh and unyielding world.....
Strength in the midst of weariness.....
Sustenance in the midst of affliction.....
Long-term when we are short-term.....
The ability to do more than we think we can.....
The courage to function when in pain.....
The ability to be strong in the face of weakness.....
A resting place when we've stood for a long time.....
An unfinished list, because.....
Grace is always more.....
"And God is able to make all grace
abound toward you, that you, always
having all sufficiency in all things, may have
an abundance of every good work."
II Corinthians 9:8 NKJ
© 2003 Arlene Schwartzkopf
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A Heart Of Tears
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It seems the heart is made up of tears.....
..... and tears are an expression of the heart
When the heart is touched tenderly.....
..... the tears will be soft and gentle.
When the heart is jarred or surprised.....
..... the tears will be nervous tears.
When the heart is hurt or wounded.....
..... the tears are painful, and
sometimes cannot even come forth.
When the heart is happy.....
..... the tears are mingled with warmth and laughter,
healing and release.
When Jesus touches the heart.....
Love is birthed there.....
And the tears bring renewal and change.
For His gentle touch will cause
the painful tears to be forgotten,
And will fill the heart
with happy tears.
He is the Master of all our tears.....
"You put my tears into Your bottle."
Psalm 56:8 NKJ
2004 Arlene Schwartzkopf
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