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    Touch the Sky: Country Inspirational and Religious Thoughts
    Touch the Sky: Country Inspirational and Religious Thoughts
    Touch the Sky: Country Inspirational and Religious Thoughts
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    Touch the Sky: Country Inspirational and Religious Thoughts

    By S.C. Rackes

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    This is an collection of numerous poems from Sonja's inspirational and religious thoughts.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateNov 20, 2014
    ISBN9781503514539
    Touch the Sky: Country Inspirational and Religious Thoughts
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    S.C. Rackes

    I was born Sonja C. Crawford, the daughter of Welch and Alma Plemmons Crawford. I have one sister, Linda. I have been blessed with one child, Stacy Carol. My maternal grandparents were Isham H. Plemmons and Sarah. He was a hit songwriter in the 1919 to 1935 era. He wrote numerous poems that were used by many famous entertainers: Tennessee Ernie Ford, Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Jimmy Dean. Most of them were inspirational poems. I started writing poems and short stories around the age of eleven. The novels started appearing around the age of twenty-seven. I am also an award-winning artist using the mediums of oils and water colors. I did a few in pastels and pen ink (not to my liking). I was one of the three first women who passed the Kentucky auctioneers test. I held at one time a North Carolina and Kentucky Real Estate license, the Kentucky Auctioneers Apprentice license, and the Certified Appraisers license. I studied sign language and use it in Gospel songs. I was married to E. Ray Warren, and we lived in Kentucky for many years. After his passing, I returned to my hometown in Asheville, North Carolina. I married Joseph V. Rackes, and we live in a wonderful two-story home in Michigan. Between the two of us, we have five children and ten grandchildren. With him, my life has become one of wonder.

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      Touch the Sky - S.C. Rackes

      Copyright © 2014 by S. C. Rackes.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      Rev. date: 11/18/2014

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      Contents

      A Different Soul

      A Gift from Above

      A Prayer for My Friend

      Build Me No Mansions

      Build Our Strength

      Calm My World, Lord

      Do You?

      Don’t Forget to Take Time

      Folding My Wings in a Prayer

      From God

      Give Him Your All

      Give Someone a Little Hug

      God Is Not Pretend

      God Is the One Man

      God Makes It Right

      God Never Leaves Us Alone

      God with Our Heart

      God’s Faithfulness

      God’s Hand

      God’s Last and Loveliest Creation

      God’s Way to Refine

      He Is Our Friend

      Hear My Prayer, Oh Lord

      Hinder Me Not

      I Understand

      I’ll Meet You in the Sky

      If Today

      If We Want Goodness

      Inspiration

      It’s Not Too Late

      Jesus Can Fill Your Need

      Just a Few Days

      Just Turn to Jesus

      Just Wondering

      Last Night

      Mother’s Instructions

      My Choice

      My Faith Is Pure and Simple

      One Day

      Open the Gates

      Our Desire to Serve

      Our Everything

      Our Race Is Nearly Run

      Place Your Hand in Mine

      Praise God, Amen

      Prayerful Through Visions

      Shower Our House with Your Blessings

      Skies of Blue

      Somewhere, Someday

      Strength Comes

      Stumbling

      Sunshine Through the Rain

      Thank God for Your Blessings

      The Lord Bless You

      There’s No Way Money Can Buy

      Today

      Took a Wrong Turn

      We’re Nearer Home Today

      What If

      When Angels Weep

      When I Think of What Jesus Gave Me

      Will It Be Victory?

      Words

      Words Can Kill a Soul

      Years

      You Are There

      You’ll Never Fall

      Reader’s Favorite Poems

      Reader’s Favorite Thoughts

      A Different Soul

      Rolling hills green and lovely streams,

      Running clear and bright.

      Fragrant meadows filled with flowers,

      Pink, gold, and white.

      The heavens will be so blue,

      Dawn with soft silver clouds.

      I see the beauties of heaven,

      Someday I have no doubt.

      Can you see the beauty around you?

      Enjoy the great life today.

      Is your life filled with searching?

      Are you wasting your life away?

      There will be no satisfying.

      Nothing to fill this need.

      Without Christ in your life,

      You’ve planted a worthless seed.

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      A Gift from Above

      I think of how Jesus loved me,

      He gave his life upon the tree.

      Died that day on Calvary,

      He rose

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