Reflections of a Searching Heart

By J. F. Brindley

Through vivid imagery and rich prose, the poems in Reflections of a Searching Heart bring the Bibles key stories to life for young and old alike.

These story poems transform famous biblical figures into familiar friends. From the creation of the world to Christs birth and resurrection, J. F. Brindley celebrates the miracle of Christianity through her deeply moving poems. Watch as Moses is drawn from the water, witness Daniel as he survives the lions den, and feel the warmth of Josephs coat of many colors.

In poems on Christmas, join Mary and Joseph as they travel to Bethlehem, celebrate Jesuss birth with lowly shepherds and wealthy wise men, and flee to Egypt to escape King Herods wrath. Poems on Easter chronicle the remarkable time of Jesuss death and resurrection. Come into the upper room and pray with the Lord and his disciples. Stand at the cross and the empty tomb, and witness the triumphal ascension of Jesus.

Reflecting a deep religious devotion, these prayers and praise poems provide a clear view of Gods love and majesty. This beloved treasury will strengthen your faith and provide comfort and confidence that our heavenly Father loves His creation!

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Feb 24, 2011
• ISBN: 9781450280969

J. F. Brindley

J. F. Brindley is a retired high school and college English teacher and high school administrator. The mother of three girls, she has written poetry and prose for conferences, workshops, and social events. After traveling the world with her husband, Brindley has focused on publishing her work.

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Reflections

of a

Searching Heart

J. F. Brindley

iUniverse, Inc.

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Reflections of a Searching Heart

Copyright © 2011 by J. F. Brindley

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ISBN: 978-1-4502-8094-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4502-8096-9 (ebook)

ISBN: 978-1-4502-8095-2 (dj)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2010918875

Printed in the United States of America

iUniverse rev. date: 2/17/2011

For Frances, Bret, Reese, Rebecca, Cooper, and Alexis, my six grandchildren.

For the Searchers Sunday School Class and Christ Church United Methodist,

Birmingham, Alabama.

Acknowledgments

I offer my thanks for the writers of the Old and New Testament, for their willingness to record our past so they could affect our development and so that we can, in turn, shape our future.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

A Searcher

Bible Stories

Creation

Out from the Water

The Lion’s Den

The Coat

Witness

Christmas Stories

The Light

The Night

Easter Stories

It was Just a Donkey

Questions

When the Time was Right

A Searcher’s Challenge

The Street Finally Taken Home

No Man Can Stop the Wind

Spectator Christian

It’s Not Too late

Haughty Eyes

What Can I Bring

Worship and Adoration

Our Holy Father

God’s Voice

God’s Way

Christ Church

Heart Eyes

Jesus

Call on the Lord

A Renewal

Bedtime Prayer

Last Moments

Closing Prayer

Author Biography

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Introduction

A Searcher

I am a searcher, searching for God’s truth.

I’ve been a searcher since my youth.

I’ve searched my world and I’ve searched my heart.

I’ve been searching to find what part

I am to play in my earthly time,

but I know I’ve been given the gift of rhyme.

Finally I came to believe that my verse

was God’s gift for me to share and converse.

I began writing about what I could feel

when I studied the Bible and let God reveal

His truth to me, in ways I could express—

in rhymed couplet, no less.

If these poems give your spirits a lift,

know ’twas God who gave me this special gift!

Praise Him and worship our God up above

for these poems that I submit with His love.

Bible Stories

Genesis 1:1–31

2:1–25

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Creation

A God too amazing for us to understand

created the sky, the sea, and the land.

He created all plant life, fruit, and flowers.

This creation was done in just a few hours.

Next, He filled the sea, the land, and the sky

with animals that could swim, run, and fly.

God knew it was time, so he created man

to have dominion over sky, sea, and land.

Carefully he picked up a hand full of sod,

and man was molded by our glorious God.

It was God’s own breath that man first breathed,

and the name Adam from God he received.

Now,