Raise Your Hands In Prayer

91,10-1, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 2/16/2023)  Corrections 2/12/23                      Today 2 poems that could have been part of last week podcast.  One about church and one about the Cornerstone.  And 2 more unpublished poems.CHURCH IN THE SKYThe steps into the churchLeading to the HeavensOnce filled with believersLooking beyond the dayAll that was heardWas a love songGod’s saving wordForever longSinging as God they praisedOvercoming all fearsSinging so many yearsThrough faith the roof was raisedToday walking through the open doorI look above to where eagles soarAnd hear the praise of many voicesCelebrating their saving choicesThe church was raisedAs God was praisedLifted through the skyFaith the reason whytcarter, 9/7,8/2022 Inspired by painting by Cynthia GonzalesDiscussion:Cindy’s paintings inspired the poems Church in the Desert in God Still Rhymes and Wind River, an unpublished poem we read on a previous podcast.CALM IN MY DAYThe constant motion,Then the commotionFrom dawn through evening,Not ever leaving,Ever testing my devotionThat leads me from my grieving.In the smog covered hueOf the morning skyAnother day may be new.I again ask why.Then the Lord said to me,“Sit quietly and reflectOn what is and what you see.As your thoughts you collectThere is more for you and Me.As you pray I will protect.It is not the color of the sky.It is not the reason why.If you need, take time to cry.The days will still be young.There are hymns to be sungAnd church bells to be rung.Remember my child,Through your faithAnd by My graceYou run the raceWith your faith.Know you are my child.”Salvation has been wonThrough Jesus, God’s Holy Son.Now at the rising sunMy worry is done.In this world I no longer live alone,My life now built on the cornerstone.Now as I live,As I believe,I do receiveWhat God does give.8/31/19, tcarterDiscusssion:TRUST TO BE LEADIn God I will trustNot in my lust,As thoughts are swirledAround in this worldIn which I live.I will let God giveTo me His allAs I hear His call.From my eye remove this logSo I may see above the fog,And at the end of nightI will have won the fight.May I not judgeNor hold a grudge.I will forgiveAs life I live.May Your love I share.May I be awareOf other’s fears,Shedding their tears.As I walk,As I talk,May my foot prints beSpoken words not of me,But the words God has spoken,Mending lives that are broken.May I liveThat I giveWhat I receivedWhen I believed.tcarter, 7/14/2022Discusssion:WE WILLWe will fightIn the lightFor what is right,Forever long,Always strong,Singing His song.With God’s might,Never wrong,With tomorrowAlways in sightWithout...