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Mauritius
My husband kept saying “Mauritius” Repeating it seemed quite malicious It sprang from nowhere And he’d come to despair When it fled, leaving relief delicious Copyright Jonelle Liddell
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Heroes
A man who was a hero Yet was stained by heinous sin Can we follow in his footsteps though The taint is deep within? This one committed murder, That one had so many wives He was quick to lose his temper He, as slaves, held other lives. Heroes? How with lives divided Faithful here, then…
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“Yet Will I Praise Him”
Empty arms with tearsGod is good through longing yearsGood though “no” be all we hear“Yet will I praise Him” Tiny body shakesCraving mother feels heart breakSin’s effect now suff’ring makes“Yet will I praise Him” Dust clouds fill the skyThirsty fields wither, dieEarth, once fertile, now blows by“Yet will I praise Him” Hint of rising sunMorning…
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Restless
“Mine is the silver and Mine is the gold,” Said He with no pillow or bed. “ The cattle are Mine on these myriad hills,” But there was no rest for His head. Copyright Jonelle Liddell
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But Be Patient
God is not slow in His judgement Biding time ’til sin’s complete He will come with burning anger All men bowing at His feet Don’t resent His patient waiting Neither doubt that He is just For His justice follows mercy To a people formed from dust One day patience, later fire On that great, terrible…
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A Good God
A good God in the good times When I walked His way in peace Good when, childlike, I followed Him Down a trail marked with ease But difficulty cometh Would God’s goodness yet remain At death’s bedside, in the OR, When my heart cries out with pain? When babies die and mothers If no children…
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Known
There is much about the future which Could apprehension cause Were I looking at earth’s evils and The bride of Christ’s great flaws But I know Him in Whom I believed In Whose hand the future lies He Who said “let there be” and it was Naught’s hidden from His eyes Before time began He…
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New One
Pudgy fingers clasp’d Round my thumb in eager grasp Unseen round my heart Lov’d you in my womb Love that grows like waxing moon Fuller day by day Joy flooding the room Laughing, giggling with you two Beaming at your dad Copyright Jonelle Liddell
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Yet Unborn
For those children I had prayed And both of them God used Though in His plan He took them home Hard plan that I’d still choose I pray for you too, sweet one, That your life will bear good fruit That you live to love and glorify Him Whose love of mine’s the root Grow…
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Husband
Two nights ago you leaned and gazed Upon our sleeping son In that look I saw the same love I saw when our love was young Expression which revealed That your love by me was won Copyright Jonelle Liddell
Of Hope and Rhymes
Original poems and prose by Jonelle Liddell
Of Hope and Rhymes 