God Spoke, I Wrote

By Marlene Scott

It was at this new church, Lakeside Outreach Ministries that my life really took a turn. I had so many times since my son passed, kept asking God the question, why? I found my answer here. I met so many wonderful people who had so much pain and grief and illnesses in their lives, but, they never lost their faith in God. I began to write about my Pastor, Pastor Kenny Griffin and his church and his people, and when I did, I seen their pain, I felt their suffering. I cannot explain, but, people, even strangers began asking me to write about their loved one who had departed, and then come back to tell me how much the poem had meant to them.
This had become my calling, this is what God wanted me to do, and as it became more and more widespread, my involvement with Jesus became more and more, the words were coming so fast, the insight I was seeing, only God knew what was happening to me. I would be nothing, nor would there be any written poetry without God, for when I sit down to write, I say a prayer to God, saying, God, please give me the words to write, and He always would. That is why I call my book of poetry, GOD SPOKE/I WROTE.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Sep 30, 2011
• ISBN: 9781467036153

Marlene Scott

I call my book, Words in Motion for many reasons..These words/set in poem are written about everything from birth, to death, marriage, anniversaries, religion, personal, Ordinations, and yes, even political. They were written for friends, family, loved ones, and many at the request of strangers…Many said they found consolation, peace, and comfort in these poems.. I thank God for giving me these words…I promised God my Devotion and He gave me the words to write, to Put into Motion. I feel that God has given to me a “Gift”, if you will, to be able to express in words, the pain/happiness/ and sadness of others, even to giving words to them from a loved one who has passed on I have even been given words of things regarding freedom of speech or the right to worship in our own way, about Prayer and War. Yes, someone once said that The Pen is Mightier than the Sword, and I truly believe that to be very true, especially when God is guiding every stroke of the pen, so, I pray that you can identify with, or find comfort in any of these poems that I have written with much Love and Devotion I give to you my last book... WORDS IN MOTION From Birth, to Death, and Life in Between

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Contents

I Did it Your Way

Pastor Kenny

Our Class

Our Revival

Sssh—Sssh—

If You Believe

Valentine’s Day

A Pastor

Pastor Kenny

Have You Heard?

Taking the Time

Remembering

What Would You Do?

Mindy Sue

We Tried

"Bootsie and Barry

Rock and Roll My Soul

Satan vs. God

A Prayer of Hope

Don’t Lose Faith

His Last Supper

When My Jesus Cried

Prayer

I Am Open to God

Yes, Prayers are Answered

My Father, the Preacher Man

Mommy and Daddy

A Star is Born

Clouds

Loving You

My Town

Our Choice

Adrianne

We All Need Someone

Isabella

Why God?

Seven Years of Suffering

Take Time to Pray

Father’s Day . . . It All Began

Mother . . . God’s Greatest Creation

One Red Rose

This is the Day

A Mother

This Little, Bitty Church

Death is not a Loss

Alan

My Friend, T.J.

Marty Williamson

My Mother

Mother, I Am Here

Mother

Childhood Memories

Mother

Happy Mother’s Day

Bonita

Family

A Message to my Family

Mother’s Call to her Children

Mother

Dedication to our Mother

A Mother’s Pain

That Fateful Shot

Ordination

Pastor Kenny and Rev. Jack Barkley

Mother

A Little Dab Will Do You

Teachings Remembered

Joshua’s Dedication

What is a Father?

To Donna/my Mother

To My Mother and Family

The Second Time Around

An Open Letter to our Mother

Memories of Joseph

Polly

Rainbows and Angels

Mary

Jessica and Kody

Madison

God’s Little Angel

Bonita

Ma-Ma-Porter

To Our Friend, Marlene

I Have My Ticket to Heaven

GOD-Through the Eyes of a Child

Gladys

Aunt Gladys/Sister Stella

My Vote

The Actors Who Would Be

The American Fool

The Day After

What Does A Medal Cost?

California Recall

Raven

True Friends Care

Emotions, I Hear

God Sent An Angel to Me

Michael Dean

I Wanted

Steven Jr.

Mother Is Not Just A Word

Flowers In Heaven

Prepared for Death?

Peace of Mind

My Sister

Finding God

Cremation

Crazy Day

Shirley/Remembered

Gerlene

Prayer

God Is Calling

Tithing/What %

Eulogy to Tracy

Randy Springs

Because of You God

Betteelee

Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow

Walt

Jesus

An Open Mind

Hello Friends

My Mother’s Church

Winnie Mae Springs

Her Future Was Taken

Mommy

Man’s Best Friend

My Class Of 55

Class Reunion

Mary Ann

Nobody Asked Me

My Opinion

The Train Ride Home

Blowout

With This Rib

Brother Sammy

Merry Christmas

Angie

Fire

Brittany

Kyle

To My Family

Bonita vs. Lawnmower

Why?

Fox News

Angela Poland

Crystle

Greater Unity Church

Tori

No Way

My Senior Class/50 Years Later

Invasion, USA

My Beloved Son

Winnie Mae

Grace

Mother, Proud to Be

Memories

Veteran’s Day

Raymond

Marvin

Papa Porter

Pappy

From Old to Bold

Changing Lanes

Ernest John Bray 111

The Welcome-Inn

Angie

Q.L./Remembered

Tressa

Ronnie/Remembered

Ronnie & Sandy

Richard

Here I Go Again

Fourth of July

My Never Ending Story

Sssh-Sssh Mother

I Saw the Light

Open Letter to Our Mother

My Country

When God Speaks to Me

My Brother Ray

Jillian

Signing My Name

Dedicated to:

This book is dedicated to and in memory of my Mother,

Stella Elois Wheeler Mallicoat and my son, Mark Elliot Scott

I thank all my family, my brothers, sisters, my children, Mike, Steven, and Mellisa, and my husband Royce for standing beside me through my uncertain times and encouraging me to keep writing and then to put it in book form where others could read them also.

I want to thank my Pastor and my Church, Lakeside Outreach Ministries for all the encouragement and faith that they too had in me. I found my faith there and it is through this church that so many of my poems have come with the help of God.

So many I want to thank, I cannot name them all, but, know in my heart and with God, we remember you all.

Mostly, I thank God for all He has done and helped me to become and if dedicating this book to Him I could do, {He already knows what they are}, but, to show God how much He means to me, it is my Life that I dedicate to Him.

God Bless each and every one.

Marlene Wheeler Scott

I Did it Your Way

It seems like every morning when I awake

God says, "now, pen and paper I want you to take

The words that I am going to give to you,

You must write them down, then I will show you what to do.

For you may meet someone today

See or hear something, someone may do or say

It may even be a very distraught someone

Who has just lost a child or some loved one

Or, you may meet someone who is gravely ill

And your words to them, through me, peace, I will instill,

They are reaching out for a comforting word or two

Words of comfort, needed today to see them through.

Some may not understand my way,

For them, you will also need to pray.

Some may even call it nonsense or absurd

But, I tell you, you must not deny my given word.

I know you will even ask, "but God, why me?

Why have you chosen me to be the one,

To do these works, things you say must be done.

I now lay awake all hours of the night

To words, visitors, thoughts and surrounding light

I even hear the crying heart of someone’s pain

Crying out, please God, stop the rain.

Then comes the words that you have given to me

To tell them that blessings are coming, if they will only believe.

He knows that your pain and suffering seems like a lot

But God says, "remember my Son’s suffering, lest you forgot.

God, these words you have given to me to comfort those

I will obey and give to the ones that you have chose.

I pray I too will stand before you one day,

To say, "God, I obeyed, and I DID IT YOUR WAY.

LAKESIDE OUTREACH MINISTRIES NEWSLETTER

SUNDAY, JULY 17TH, 2011

Homecoming

WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PASTOR, PASTOR KENNY GRIFFIN, WHO, TEN YEARS AGO SAID YES TO GOD’S CALLING AND THE YEARS HAVE MADE HIM STRONGER IN HIS FAITH AND THE PREACHING OF GOD’S WORD . . I BELIEVE HE HAS BECOME A HOUSEHOLD WORD, RECOGNIZED AND WELCOMED BY ALL, WHEREVER HE GOES . . . HE PREACHES ONLY THE WORD OF GOD, AND RELIES ON GOD TO SHOW HIM THE WORD . . . AND EVER BY HIS SIDE GIVING HIM THAT STRENGTH AND ENCOURAGEMENT IS HIS WIFE, BONITA, HIS MOTHER ANGIE AND HIS FATHER J.C . . . . SO PROUD OF WHAT HE IS DOING IN GOD’S NAME AND BRINGING THE WORD OF GOD TO ALL WHO WILL LISTEN . . .

IT WAS FROM POLLY’S LANDING TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, THAT PASTOR KENNY CONTINUED HIS PREACHINGS IN A TEMPORARY ENCLOSURE {TENT}

THAT WAS BLESSED WITH HEALINGS, BAPTISMS, WEDDINGS, AND REVIVALS, MANY, MANY WONDERFUL MEMORIES . . . IT IS NOW OUR FELLOWSHIP HALL WHERE OUR GATHERINGS WILL CONTINUE . . . WE WORSHIPED HERE AND BEGAN TALKING OF THE BUILDING OF OUR NEW CHURCH . . . . THANKS TO BRO. J.C., HE TOOK THIS VISION OF A NEW CHURCH FROM JUST BEING TALK, TO MAKING IT BECOME A REALITY . . . HE BEGAN THE WORK OF BUILDING THIS CHURCH, AND OTHERS, UPON SEEING HIS DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION, JOINED IN TO COMPLETE OUR NEW CHURCH . . . MANY HAVE PUT HOURS, TIME, MONIES, DONATIONS, HARD WORK AND LOTS OF LOVE INTO THE BUILDING AND COMPLETION OF OUR CHURCH . . . UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THOSE WHO WORKED AND BELIEVED IN THE FUTURE OF OUR CHURCH PASSED AWAY BEFORE IT WAS COMPLETED . . . MINISTER WINNIE MAE SPRINGS, FAYE KENNEDY, LEE AND GERLENE HILEMAN, FRANK HUFFMAN, SHIRLEY McLEOD, Q.L. EVANS, BUT, AS WE STAND HERE TODAY, I FEEL THAT THEY TOO HAVE JOINED US IN THE TEN YEAR, HOME CELEBRATION IN OUR NEW CHURCH

GOD HAS MANY PLANS FOR THIS CHURCH AND HE IS SELECTIVLY GIVING THE SEEDS TO HIS CHOSEN TO BE PLANTED . . . . OUR CHURCH MAY TAKE SOME CRITISIUM, BUT, EVEN JESUS WAS CRITIZED, THIS WILL ONLY MAKE US STRONGER . . . . FOR, THIS IS TRULY A CHURCH THAT GOD SAYS WILL BE KNOWN AS THE CHURCH THAT WELCOMES ALL, PREACHES THE WORD OF GOD FROM THE BIBLE AND THE HEART, NOT FROM SCRIPT, AND NOT BEHOLDING TO, NOR JUDGING ANY MAN, FOR WE ARE ALL JUDGED BY GOD

ON BEHALF OF PASTOR KENNY, BRO. JACK, BRO. J.C., EVERYONEWHO HAS WORKED SO HARD AND HAS REMAINED FAITHFUL TO, AND FOLLOWED OUR CHURCH THROUGH ALL IT’S STRUGGLES, TRIUMPHS, TEARS, AND LAUGHTER . . . THANK YOU

Pastor Kenny

Pastor Kenny, I chose not to write a poem to you

But, to just write or say a word or two,

About a man and a church, and how God led me to where

I found people who really did care.

Pastor Kenny, you started out seven years ago

Preaching in a church that you dreamed would grow

You were young and eager to preach God’s word,

Becoming available wherever you could be seen and heard.

You found the road rocky and very long,

Sometimes even asking yourself, was I wrong?

Criticism you took, although sometimes not well,

But, you always got up, when at times you fell.

As the days spreading God’s word became longer,

Your faith in God also became much stronger.

You put your own life and family on hold

While doing God’s work, taking on others load.

But, when you became one of God’s chosen few

God never said that it would be easy for you,

You would encounter many challenges and much strife,

But, it would only be here, in your mortal life.

You will be rewarded with a new home on high

Where God will give you immortal life, never to die.

You will have eternal peace and serenity there

All because you showed God that you truly did care.

You say that 2008 will be a new beginning

But, in God’s eyes, He says there was never an ending.

This seed was planted seven years ago

Now, you must feed it daily for it to grow.

I know that in my lifetime I will not see

The Outreaching of this church that God says it will be,

But, I know that in my heart, and I see it so vividly

That when God comes, the church still standing will be

LAKESIDE OUTREACH MINISTRIES

WRITTEN FOR OUR {7}YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Our Class

Sharing of Memories Remembered

!WOW! Just look at all the classes gathered here

All met with laughter, hugs, emotions and some tears,

For on this special night we have gathered to find

Our class of friends, we call special, and one of a kind,

For you have shown that you are not a class of friendships past,

But, indeed, a class of friendships that truly did last.

Yes, years have passed and that means, so I am told,

That over time, we have aged and gotten old,

Well, they called me a senior a long time ago

And I am still being called a Senior, so I guess I just age slow.

No, time did not stand still, we all continued to grow

Becoming a part of another life, we all soon came to know,

For graduating meant into adulthood we had all grown

Beginning a new phase of our lives, careers and families of our own.

Many of us moved away, pursuing our new careers

But, we remained in touch throughout these many years.

Many of our classmates have now passed, but still remain a part

Of all of us, in our memory, as well as in our heart.

Yes, we have all come a long, long way

Since we graduated that memorable day.

For each of us, there are special memories that still run deep,

Wonderful memories that we have all vowed to keep,

And though we moved on, one thing we never outgrew

Was remembering our times and friends at CAMDEN HIGH SCHOOL.

Now, as we leave each other here tonight, let us say a Prayer

Asking God to keep us all safe and in His eternal care,

And give thanks to God for all that He has given to each of us,

Families, friends, memories, things that truly mean so much.

God Bless, good health, and take care

Till we meet again next year with more memories to share.

Written for the Alumni/Class Reunion

June 26th, 2010

Our Revival

From faith to blood and to the Cross

This is where you go, if you are lost,

Asking for forgiveness, how to love each other,

And recognizing each, as God says, sisters and brothers.

This Revival did open my eyes, yes indeed,

But also the eyes of all to see,

For each did stand and clearly did speak

Of all their morals, both strong and weak.

Linda, Mildred, Barbara,