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I Grew Up With Gravel - spring

I grew up with gravel

the poor man's pavement

unsure footing

sometimes shifting

certainly uncertain

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pretty soon the blacktop came

oil on the gravel

sort of the same

slicker and shinier

you could ride with ease

the bicycles, motorbikes

wherever you please

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gradually graduating to pavement

with endless roads stretching ever on

not much chance of getting off it

the pace was furious, all sauntering gone,

progress often has its price

and for awhile it seems so nice

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my aging eyes now often leave

the road I'm on to a road that recedes

and I find gravel beseeching once more

wanting to return

to what I knew before.....

In Your World - spring

In Your world, the love and kindness will never end.

In Your world, we will have whatever good things a creative mind can send.

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In Your world, we will have no reason to be afraid.

In Your world, all sacrifices have already been made.

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Heaven's Kingdom shines for us,

Christ's flag of Truth has been unfurled;

please hold us with Your mighty hand,

until we're in Your world.

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Yet, I am always with You;

You hold me by my right hand.

You guide me with Your counsel,

and afterward You will take me into glory.

Psalm 73: 23-24

I am not Afraid of Faith - spring

I am not afraid of faith,

to believe in things I cannot see;

in fact I find it far more frightening

to rely only on reality.

Like a child I have to trust

in things that exist ever larger than me;

I am not afraid of faith,

to believe in things I cannot see.