God Still Rhymes

By Tim Carter

Life is a continuous poem. As the poems continue, so does the journey. One day, the journey led him to a fork in the road— one sign pointing to the world and the other sign to the way, the truth, and the life. He is still on the road he took leading to the way, the truth and the life. However, a strange thing happened on this journey. The

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lettra Press LLC
• Release date: Jan 17, 2019
• ISBN: 9781949746600

Tim Carter

Married, with three children and seven grandchildren, Tim Carter, now happily retired, enjoys time spent with his family, above all else. Before retirement, Tim was a country solicitor with his own practice for thirty three years. Passionate about helping others who may be struggling, he endeavours to do this with the Workshops and Counselling that he is currently involved in.

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God Still Rhymes

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Tim Carter

GOD STILL RHYMES

This book is written to provide information and motivation to readers. Its purpose is not to render any type of psychological, legal, or professional advice of any kind. The content is the sole opinion and expression of the author, and not necessarily that of the publisher.

Copyright © 2019 by Tim Carter

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Contents

Chapter 1  The Clock Poems

Grandfather Clock

The Broken Clock?

Still the Clock Is Still

Our Time Standing Still

The Clock, the Time, Our Hours

The Clock a Few Months Later

Chapter 2  Just a Thought

I Wonder What

Won’t Be In the Book

Rest

Love Reborn

The Words Of

In My Pessimism

Our Loss at the Cross

Chapter 3  Rhymes of Other Times

My Feets Match My Shoes

Untitled, 1973

First Valentine

His – Sunday Evening

Hers - November 9, 1975

At Twenty Five

Saturday Sitting

Misquoted Out of Context

Back To Normal

The Dream Is Over

Thoughts of You

The King and the Purse

You’re Going to Smile

I Was Just Thinking

Chapter 4  Rhymes Without Verses

I Once Rhymed

Jesus Walked on Water

God Hates Sin

The Bible, Democracy and Doctrine

Tradition

Chapter 5  Rhymes with Verses, Free Verse (Free With Jesus)

More

A Wondering While Among Strangers

My Prayer Today

Lost in Prayer (A prayer lost, He heard, but did I listen?)

Communion of the Church

The Trees

I Want It . . .

Windows to God

Under the Steeple

John 11:45

Do I Let Him Go?

Crashing Waves

Out of the Closet

One of Those Days

Dead Jesus

His Embrace

Shelter from the Storm

Born, Then Scorned

What Can I Offer?

Tales from the Raven

After Reading Habakkuk

Hospitality

Outreach (for Operation Transformation)

Christ Life

Our Beginning of Forever

Love

The Joy of Sadness

One Man’s Vision

Will You Sit and Wait?

About Ralph

The Science of Prayer

A Church in the Desert

The Rocking Chair

The Everlasting Christmas

The Year’s Last Thought

His Grace

Who Am I?

Concluding Prayer

This book is dedicated to those who believe in God’s Rhymes

If you give

Him the times,

as you live

His word rhymes.

©Tim Carter, 2015

Introduction

Poetry, why would one read poetry? Maybe this will help. At a book signing for God’s Rhyme I had a discussion with a filmmaker from Canada (yes, Canada is across the river from Port Huron) about the first sentence on the back cover of the book, Life is a continuous poem. He did not understand that. I guess for him life was seen through the view of a camera lens. So for him life is a continuous movie. For me there is a poem in a weed, in a child, a storm, joy, sorrow and especially in the goodness of God, in the joy of our salvation, in the sorrow that lead to our salvation. I’m not sure that everything we experience about God can be seen through our eyes. I do know that all that God has for us can be seen through our hearts and it is in our hearts that poetry is born, where it is seen, where it lives and thrives. So why poetry, because it is how I see who I am through the great I AM. Poetry is a series of short chapters that allows the reader to follow the poet’s journey with, let’s face it, fewer words.

This book is a continuation of my journey. Again there are poems written before I was saved, poems that still have meaning to me today. There are poems about turning away from God, and his calling