Higher Thoughts

By Wesley Scott

Higher Thoughts is a collection of poems, mostly with a Christian-based theme, intended to lift and encourage you and bring a smile to your face. Included are poems for special occasions such as Christmas, Easter, Valentines Day, Mothers Day, and birthdays. The collection also includes some love poems. Picture in your mind a beautiful sunset, an approaching desert storm, an eagle soaring across the sky, and a magical world of make-believe, and you will find the words in this book that make these images come alive.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Sep 5, 2012
• ISBN: 9781449763992

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ISBN: 978-1-4497-6400-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4497-6399-2 (e)

ISBN: 978-1-4497-6398-5 (hc)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012915174

This book is dedicated in loving memory

of my son, Michael W. Scott

Table of Contents

Abraham’s Testing

Affirmation

Afraid to Try?

All Because of You

Angels of Mercy

Anger to Forgiveness

Another Day

Another Year’s Blessings

Appreciation

Armor of God

Ask, Seek and Knock

Attaining Faith

Attitude

Backside of the Mountain

Be My Valentine

Beauty and Love

Believe to Receive

Best Wishes

Between the Lines

Birthday Wishes

Blessed Are They

Blessings

The Broken Body

Broken Heart

Call for the Righteous

The Candle

Captured by His Love

Centered in Life

Children

Choices

Christ Has Risen

Christmas Gift

A Closer Walk

Come to Him

Complete in Jesus

Concentrate on Today

Confessions of Faith

Consideration

Correcting Properly

Counselor’s Prayer

Crying of the Trees

Depending on Jesus

Desert Storm

Desiring the Lord

Different Gifts

Directions

Disciple’s Commitment

Don’t Be Afraid to Cry

Doorways of Life

Doubt and Fear

Each Day

The Eagle

Easter

Essence of Beauty

Everlasting Grace

Everything

Faith

The First Christmas

Followers of Jesus

Gift of Life

Gift of Prayer

Girl in My Dreams

Give to Receive

Giving to God

Going Home

A Good Deal

Good Morning Holy Spirit

Grace of God

Greatness of God’s Love

Growing in Faith

Happy New Year

I Must Go Now

Idols and Money

In the Fullness

Jesus

Jesus Touched Me

Joyous Christmas

Look Forward in Faith

The Man Inside

Merciful Father

Missing You

Money and Happiness

Mothers

Mountains in Our Life

Mr. Uptight

My Angel from Heaven

My Heart and You

My Special Love

New Beginnings

One Day at a Time

One with Him

Our Thoughts

Palm Sunday

Participation

Pathway of Life

Patience and Trust

Peace Within

A Perfect Mother

Perfect through God

Plant the Seed

Power through Jesus

Praising the Lord

Precious Memories

The Prize

Promises of God

Putting Faith into Action

Quality Time

Remembering Jesus

Revival

Rewards of Labor

Robes of Righteousness

Safely Home

Seasons of My Life

Seek Me

Self-Love

The Sensitive Servant

Shadows of the Past

Sin

Spirit of God

The Spoken Word

Stepping Stone

Submit to Christ

Sunset

Surrendering

Teaching Overtime

Thorn Bush & the Flower

Thy Cup Runneth Over

Thy Word

Two-Way Street

Unbound

Unforgiveness

Unkept Promises

Vision

Walking in Faith

Walking in the Spirit

Wants and Needs

We Want to See

The Weaker Vessel

Who Is Jesus?

The Will of God

Windows of My Mind

Witnesses in the World

World of Make-Believe

World-Driven Heart

Worship

The Wounded Soldier

Abraham’s Testing

With a heavy heart, Abraham approached the mountain

With his promised son, Isaac, walking by his side;

The one so long awaited for by God’s servant, Abraham,

The only son of Sarah, Abraham’s beloved bride.

Tears ran down his leathered, old face,

And his heart felt like it would break in two;

Yet steadily he strode onward to the mountain,

Not understanding what God had asked him to do.

They gathered rock with which they built an altar,

With Isaac wondering what the sacrifice would be;

Abraham bound Isaac and laid him on the altar;

Then Isaac realized, This sacrifice is to be me.

With his knife held high, Abraham cried out,

"Above all, oh my God, may Thy will be done;

I will follow you to the ends of the earth,

Even if it means the life of my beloved son."

Wait, came the cry from the Lord on high;

"I have provided a lamb to sacrifice instead;

I had to know the depth of your love

And your commitment to follow wherever I led."

Unspeakable joy filled old Abraham’s heart

When he heard the words of the Lord;

He had passed the test, and now he could keep

The son promised by God that he and Sarah adored.

God repeated the promises He made so long ago,

Bringing peace to Abraham’s heart and joy to his soul;

Now he most truly would follow God’s Word,

And following God would be his highest goal.

Affirmation

When despair happens to enter your mind,

Here are some words to enlighten your day;

Remember, deep from within your heart,

That discouragement really can go away.

I know I belong to the Father;

I know that He is mine;

I know that I am of His fruit,

And that I am growing on the vine.

He is the strength that is within me,

And through Him I can overcome any test;

Because the Lord I serve is a winner,

He always gives me His very best.

I am His ambassador here on earth,

And it is in Him whom I put my trust;

He placed His light within me to shine,

And shine through me I know it must.

I believe from the very depths of my heart,

And I have faith in what He can do;

He is the anchor I have in this life;

I will trust Him like He wants me to.

Afraid to Try?

Afraid to fail? Afraid to try?

Afraid to stretch your wings and fly?

If freedom lies but a few steps away,

If you’re afraid to try, that’s where it’ll stay.

In this body that God has given

Lie many talents that have not yet risen;

Do you want them to wither and fade away

Like the old flowers of yesterday?

Learn by mistakes, we all must do,

But don’t let them get the best of you;

Be not afraid of what others may say,

If a failure should happen to dampen your way.

Hold in your heart no fear to fail,

And be determined that you will prevail;

There is a power within your life

That is far above all earthly strife.

Let us call upon that power today,

And ask Him to cast all fears away;

Jesus is our power that lives inside;

When we call on Him, fear will subside.

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