Anointing Praise in Poetry

By Peggy S. McDougald

This body is more than words on a page that one could call a book of poetry. It is about my life and my faith. It is about friends I have found and our lifes journey. It is the love of all that makes us human. It is a way of living that spoke to my soul when I was in danger of losing my soul. In this book I share with those who read some of the things that brought me to the Savior and a better way of life. I am now happier with who I am. Within these pages are examples of how I learned to stand firm in the conviction of one greater than I. I got to know a being who I could have a personal relationship. In learning about him I learned who and what I was to be. I want you to see in this book what I have seen. Faith!

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jan 21, 2014
• ISBN: 9781491838051

Peggy S. McDougald

Hello. My name is Peggy. My mother named me Peggy Mae but my grandmother like Ann better. So be it grandma got her way. I was born in a small town with no stop light even now sixty years later. I have three children and two grandchildren. My true education came from my grandmother and reading. I have traveled in the real world. But I have travel more through books I’ve read and my imagination. When I am usually asked for my biography, I say I was born, I am living and some day in the future I will leave this realm of existence. In the meantime I refuse to just get by. I will not just survive. I will live the best life I can until- It is an exciting joy when I have the opportunity to speak with those who share my world. For myself I have made some personal rules that I follow. One is a five-foot rule. I borrowed it because it intrigued me. If you come into my space, I must talk with you. I have hailed people who were within ten feet of me. I love people and I love talking to them. I have been this way since I was two, and not too much has changed. I am older now, but I still feel as if I am two years old and the world is still new. I get to invite you to explore with me. So I am asking that you come, and together we will discover things beyond human sight. The knowledge of the spirit; where therein exist the believing and knowing. This is the power of my Father.

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Published by AuthorHouse 01/08/2014

ISBN: 978-1-4918-3806-8 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4918-3805-1 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013921573

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Contents

I Live

Settling

Plans for My Eternal Home

Worldly Child

Grace

Pray

Daughter of Mine

You were born

I Touched Him

He Loves Me

She Loved Us

God and Man

Forever Praise

The Power of Faith

God’s Work in Progress

Nobody but God

The Shining Light

The Fight

Looking Forward to the Day

A Well-Fed Soul

He Is

Seeing Miracles in Prayer

Offerings to the Soul

Living my Life

The One

Making a Better Me

Words of Wisdom

Did He Cry?

He Was All I Had

I Responded Not

The Inner World and Me

Jesus Is

I Heard

Speak, and I Hear

How Could I?

The Crowd

Everywhere

Leaning

Show Me Faithfulness

After

A Selfish Heart

Falling in Love Today

A Shining Spirit

I Forgot to Pray

Great Things

Why?

A Being

The Walk

Final Destination

He Chose Me

On a Trip with God

My Last Day

A Meeting

A Father

Looking for the Savior

Love Is Action

The Lessons of life

He Made Me Master

Remember Me

A Call to Meet My Father

The Three

The Devil’s Raid

Light and Dark

Kneel Down, Spirit

Seeing with Human Eyes

Happy Valentine’s Day

I Thank God for Sending You

Darling, I Love the Way You Move Me.

I Love You in Many Ways

My Mother Placed Her Best in Me

Never Doubt That I Love You

No Christmas without God

Come

God and Me

Not Looking

The Promises of Love

A Child of Need

The Cry

The Thing

Are You Dying?

Make a Stand

Baby Girl

A Promise of Tomorrow

Today I Have a Son

The Salt and the Seasons

A Soul Lost

Granny and Us

The Road to Oneness

See Me

Words of Wisdom

Mothers of the World

Thinking of Me

Is He Dead?

Content with God

He Is Here

Me Again

My Foundation

Burdens

The Time

Is There Room?

Words of wisdoms

A Toy

Words of Wisdom

The essence of this book is faith. Faith begins with believing and faith is realized in conquering ones foe. With faith one can overcome obstacles that would otherwise defeat. Faith makes the weak powerful and turns mountains into foothills. There is an unconquerable spirit in men and women when they believe. To my grandmother my Native American Queen who made me believe that the im in impossible was a misprint. To my mother who is a realist. With these two and God I cannot fail. These are poems, sayings and stories of survival and being more than you were before. Some are unbelievable if you lack faith. The spirit of your mind and soul must be one. When they come together you can achieve what once was impossible. Your journey toward faith begins with a thought, a word, knowing and finally an accomplishment. It is my desire that in this book you find a joyous celebration of all that you can be. Please share the spiritual faith that exists within each of us.

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I Live

There are times for us each day. That time is riddled with moments preceded and followed by seconds and moments. And there is a time when they culminate as one. In these moments I am given joy, arrays of peace and happiness. And within the times of those moments I live. I ride the tides of oceans of blues, greens and gray foam. I float among clouds of bright colors they are propelled by the breeze of winds small and mighty. I fly with the birds. I skate down the heights of mountains and I fall into valleys of colors. The floral plants, flowers and grasses speak to me. The creatures of the Master bid me hello and farewell.

And then just for the thrill I ride with the tortoise and lizard into a land where no water is seen. Here in this place I spread myself out and lay upon its sands. The heat of its loss is felt within all that live In the place of none. But this place has secrets of life for the ones who would only quietly stop and gives it ear. I hear the words. I rise up with a gleeful laugh. I pull it cactus and it gives pain and bloodies my fingers. But I smile as my lips and tongue taste it nectar and gives unto my body living moisture. The entire world speaks to me. In my moments of time strung together by seconds and moments before and after, I live.

Settling

Who am I? I am my best. Who am I? I am one who will not settle for less. If that make me the one you fear and want to be. You can deceive others but it is not so easy deceiving self. I am the knight who storms the castle and wins beyond