"Poems & Thoughts To:Stay ‘True' to the Savior ~ No Matter What!''

By Patricia L. Carpenter

Living in & Trusting Christ completely was what God wanted me to do, so that He could show a dying World His Strength through my weaknesses. Having had several falls in the last few years, I was becoming less able to care for myself, needing Gods help to make it through the day. Laying a desperate plea in my heart to tell others of His total Care for them, if they would turn all they were & had over to Jesus, & let Him Lead them down the Right Path He made just for them. He truly did give me Songs in my darkest hours of pain & suffering.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 2, 2007
• ISBN: 9781462832088

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POEMS & THOUGHTS TO:STAY ‘TRUE’ TO THE SAVIOR ~ NO MATTER WHAT!

POEM BOOK No. 4

Patricia L. Carpenter

Copyright © 2007 by Patricia L. Carpenter.

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Contents

DWELL UNDER GOD’S SHADOW!

IF YOU’RE LOOKING!

CONTACT!

PSALM 42 ~ IN MY OWN WORDS!

FACE THE TRUTH!

RUN AWAY!

LOOK AT ME!

PLEASE BLESS OUR CHILDREN!

LOOK AHEAD!

NO JUST CAUSE!

THE GAME OF LIFE!

HAVE YOU NOTICED?

JOB SUFFERED WHILE SERVING GOD!

EASIER!

JOB’S ‘WIFE’!

JABEZ!

PART OF GOD’S PLAN!

GOD’S ‘INTENT’!

ACTING LIKE GOD!

THE ‘GIFT’!

IF GOD ABIDES!

"GOD WANTS US TO ‘GROW’!"

A ‘TRUE’ DISCIPLE!

SAY IT!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

THE PATH OF BLESSING!

"STEADFASTLY LOOK TO JESUS!"

EVERY TIME!

THE ‘POTTER’S’ WHEEL!

OFFER HIM!

GOD’S ARMOR AS FOUND IN EPHESIANS 6:10-18

WALKING BESIDE US!

COUNTERFEIT!

DISCIPLINE!

AFTER!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

GAIN A VICTORY!

OUR ‘GOAL’!

TRADITIONS!

CALEB & JOSHUA!

HE WILL CARRY US!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

LIVING IN A ‘TENT’!

MY ‘BEST’!

YOU BELONG TO GOD’S SON!

IF THEY HAD LISTENED!

DO NOT SOW!

SHINE YOUR LIGHT!

CAN YOU ‘PRAISE’ THE MASTER?

"PRAISE HIM ~ NOW!"

WAIT FOR ‘HIS’ MUSIC!

HARMED!

THINK!

DRAW AWAY!

FEEL ALIENATED?

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

‘ARGUE’ WITH GOD?

JESUS ONLY!

HOW CAN WE?

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

"LEARN TO KNOW GOD BETTER!"

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

IN THE BEGINNING!

THE ‘APPEARANCE’ OF!

A ‘FRIEND’ TO SINNERS!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

COME TO THE MASTER!

LIFE’S WEARY ROAD!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

ABANDONED TO LOVE!

GO & TELL!

HOW GREAT IS YOUR COMPASSION?

‘SPIRITUAL’ DWARFS?

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

MOVING IN A CIRCLE?

"DO NOT ‘TEMPT’ THE LORD!"

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

‘HARD’ PLACES!

OUT OF OUR HEARTACHE!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

CAN YOU SEE ‘HIS IMAGE’?

DO NOT INTERFERE!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

KEEP PRESSING ON!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

GOD TAKES ALL!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

OBEY ~ ‘REGARDLESS’!

QUIETLY ‘SIT STILL’!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

SOMETIMES!

GOD ‘WOUNDS’ HIS CHILDREN!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

GOD IS VERY ‘PATIENT’!

THINK ABOUT!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

BOAST!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

BE PATIENT!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

IT MATTERS NOT!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

HILLS WITHOUT VALLEYS!

WHEN WE ‘LOOK’ AT PEOPLE!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

THE ‘SEED’ OF TRUTH!

CAPTIVES!

MY ‘CROSS’! *

COMPETITION!

LET JESUS ‘SATISFY’!

SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

THE LORD PASSED BY!

PROVE ME NOW!

DO YOU CARE?

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

SWEET ‘SHOWERS’!

REPAY ‘GOOD’ FOR EVIL!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

I HAD ‘NO CHOICE’!

OFFENSE!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

IF WE ARE ‘ABIDING’!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

JOYOUS SPRINGS!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

"WE NEED THE RAIN!"

LET ‘GOD’ ~ PREVAIL!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

I COULD ~ BUT I WON’T!

REJOICE! *

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

THANKS, DEAR INTERCESSORS!

NO ‘BORING’ LIFE!

GOD SEE’S ‘TOMORROW’!

FIGURE IT OUT?

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

DE-NESTING!

YOU ‘SHOULD HAVE’!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

ANGRY?

THE ‘FACE’ OF CHRIST!

"DO ~ WHAT PLEASES GOD!"

‘TOTAL’ SUBMISSION!

HOW DO WE TEACH/PREACH?

DO WE CARRY?

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

HAVE WE DONE ‘EVERYTHING’?

DESPISE THAT SIN!

DEAREST INTERCESSORS!

BEYOND OUR ‘FEELINGS’!

DO NOT BE BLIND!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

THE GREAT COMFORTER! *

PEACE ~ DESPITE THE SCARS!

LEAN UPON!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

HAVE YOU HEARD HIS CALL?

JAMES & JOHN!

‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

DO NOT FLAUNT!

A ‘RESERVOIR’!

I KNOW!(TO: Pastor Artie & Pat B.)

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MY HUSBAND (JEFFREY)

THE ‘JOY BELLS’ OF CHRISTMAS!

GET WELL! (4)

JUST A NOTE!

ENTER HIS ‘PEACE’!

JUST A TOUCH!

"HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!"

A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN!

"‘WHO’ NAILED HIM THERE?"

THANK YOU BLESSED LORD!

HAPPY 18th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!

TOGETHER!

MOTHER, DEAR MOTHER! (Dedicated to my Mother ~ Lorena E. ~ MOTHER’S DAY 1998)

‘SPIRITUAL’ MOTHERS! (Dedicated in Memory of ~ADA C.~ my ‘Spiritual’ Mother. Thanks! Pat)

GOD PICKED YOU! (Dedicated to my Dad ~ Bill ~ HAPPY FATHER’S DAY ~ 1998)

MANY THANKS TO ‘EVERYONE’ FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS!

MAY THE ‘WILL OF GOD’ BE ACCOMPLISHED AS YOU READ THESE THOUGHTS & POEMS!

Love & Prayers & many Blessings be upon you, Pat

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Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are taken from THE LIVING BIBLE © 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL. 60189. All rights reserved.

I ‘ENCOURAGE’ & ‘URGE’ YOU TO READ ALL SCRIPTURE REFERENCES ~ AS THEY BRING THE ‘TRUTHS’ OF GOD’S WORD ~ TO LIGHT!

Thanks, Pat

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DWELL UNDER GOD’S SHADOW!"

‘Dwell’ under God’s Shadow *

& be ‘revived’ & ‘grow’,

For men are starving in their ‘spirits’

because ~ their Lord ~ they do not know.

We have ‘lost’ our VISION &

of His ‘Higher Glory’ are blind,

We must begin to SEEK Him

or else we’ll never FIND ~

His ‘PRESENCE’ in our lives!

Do not think He’ll shut you out

remember Peter, James & John, *

They were ‘blundering’ & ~ all were outspoken *

‘misunderstanding’ CHRIST all along.*

Yet He revealed His Glory *

white raiment ‘glistening’ so,

(Contd. NEXT Page)

Oh, show us now Your Way, Lord *

as ‘Thy Grace’ will help us ‘go’!

Communion in the ‘secret place’ **

what unspeakable ‘blessed’ joy, *

All this can be yours, my friend

if you’ll DWELL in His employ!

‘Contact’ with JESUS’ PRESENCE

brings ‘strength & power’ within,

As we are not ‘weak’ any longer

when we ‘shelter’ our lives in Him. **

* Hos.14:7; Mk.5:37 & Mt.26:33-35; Mk.3:17 & Mt.20:20-23; Mt.17:4; Lk.9:28-29; Exod.33:13; I Pet.1:8.

** (KJV) Ps.91:1; Ps.61:3. 11/10/97

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Let JESUS turn your ‘YESTERDAY’S SORROW’ into

‘JEWELS & ROSES’ ~ TOMORROW!

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 "

IF YOU’RE LOOKING!"

(A SONG ~ words & music composed by me [Pat] & put on cassette tape)

1st VERSE

If you’re looking for a Savior

well, don’t look any more,

For I can show you The One

Whom you can Love & Adore.

You can find Him in the Bible

& on each Christians face,

You can Trust Him forever

as He Loves the human race.

2nd VERSE

Oh, don’t think that I am perfect

except in JESUS CHRIST, God’s Son,

Only He alone we must worship

yes, He’s The Only One.

His Blood was shed for you & me

on a Cross of cruel shame,

All we have t do is CHOOSE Him

& proudly wear His Name.

(Contd. NEXT Page)

3rd VERSE

His demands are so easy

if we ask Him for His help,

Just love one another *

& put Him first in all your wealth.

Love Him completely

let ‘nothing’ stand between,

In ourselves we cannot do it

but on JESUS we must lean.

CHORUS

Lean on Him always

& lift up holy hands,

Call upon my JESUS

& do all that He demands.

* John 15:12. 4/23/98

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 "

CONTACT!"

CHORUS:

Contact with The Holy Spirit

contact with the Heavens above,

Contact with The Holy Father

contact with The Son of Love.

VERSES:

Nothing in this life can keep us

away from GOD ~ except ‘ourselves’, *

Strange it seems that we ‘reject’ Him *

& our spirit ~ just rebels.

Longing to be ‘free’ ~ we think ~

I must get away from God!, *

Little do we know we’re ‘slaves’

& on the devil we must trod! *

Slaves to ‘sin’ is what we’ve chosen *

‘death’ & ‘hell’ our road,

But, JESUS came to ‘free’ us *

& wants to carry our heavy load. *

So, COME ~ & ‘rebel’ no longer

‘reject’ CHRIST ~ never more,

He will ‘free’ your suffering spirit *

so you can reign with Him ~ ever more. *

* Hos.11:2; Hos.11:3; Hos.11:5; I Pt.5:8; Rom.6:6; Rom.6:23; I Pt.5:7; Col.1:14; Rom.5:17 & 21. 11/14/97

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HELP ME, Lord, to ‘obey quickly’ when The Holy Spirit prompts me to go & do!

(See Acts 11:12 KJV) Thanks, Pat

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PSALM 42 ~ IN MY OWN WORDS!

I ‘long’ for God, just as a deer pants for water when it is thirsty! Oh, where can I find Him? I ‘weep’ constantly for His help, yet my enemies keep plaguing me that He is no-where to be found. I talk to myself, trying to remember when I used to Praise Him, but now I am so depressed & discouraged. I must put my Hope in Him & continue to Praise Him for all He’s done for me! I must think about all His Kindness to me & my people & the Love He constantly pours on me.

I will even ‘sing’ to Him in my ‘darkest hours’ of need (night songs He gives to me [see Job 35:10] ) & pray to Him, telling Him how much I love Him.

I feel He has forsaken me & cry out to Him Why?, continuing to hear the taunts of my enemies all around me. BUT ~ I will ‘expect’ God to act & KNOW in my heart He will do all He has said He would do ~ for He is my Help & my God! (Of whom shall I be afraid?)

Thanks! 4/24/98

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‘SPIRITUAL THOUGHTS!’

Gods Laws make us wise, protect us, give us Joy, & light our path in order to warn us away from harm ~ IF we seek to ‘obey’ them.

(See Ps.19:7, 8, 11 & Mt.22:37-40)

Thanks, Pat 4/23/98

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 "

FACE THE TRUTH!"

Face the TRUTH of ‘who’ you are *

& receive ‘Mercy’ from the Lord,

A ‘sinner’ ~ saved by ‘Grace’

needing ‘CHRIST’ ~ the risen Lord.

Only He can bring us

& join our hearts to God,

While ‘Interceding’ for us

as on this earth we trod.

* Eph.2:4-5. 4/2/98

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SIN ‘exists’, but it has NO ‘authority’ over us ~ UNLESS we ‘give in to it’

(see Jn.14:30 & Rom.6)

Think about it! Thanks, Pat 4/3/98

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Are you ‘anxious’ to hear what GOD wants to say to you through others?

(See Acts 10:33 TLB)

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TO: my one & only ‘real’ daughter ~ LORENA A.

You are my ‘darling daughter’

you mean the world to me,

I pray you’ll have many ‘Blessings’

from God above to thee!

May He smile down upon you

& bring you closer to His Side,

For you know where to find Him

& in Him you must abide.

I remember when you were small

how you loved to go to Sunday School,

How you used to read to your children

about JESUS ~ Who was ‘cool’!

I know that He still loves you

even MORE than I,

And one day ‘both’ of us

want to see you ~ in the sky.

Forever in Heaven together

you, Jesus & me,

But, most of all ~ ‘right now’

loving HIM ~ ‘completely’!

5/13/98

I LOVE YOU, Mom

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TO: my Number 1 son ~ STEVEN

You are my #1 son

& I love you very much,

I remember those ‘troubled years’

when you got in so much ‘dutch’!

But, I also remember those good times

when we laughed & played & sang,

Going & doing things together

& sometimes walking in the rain.

Going to the ‘park’

in Grandma’s car we went,

Playing on the swings

& ‘in the woods’ we spent.

Going on the bus to visit

relatives or friends,

Going downtown to shop

or trying to make amends.

Somewhere along the line

we lost our peace & joy,

We began to fight ~ & our

love ~ Satan began to destroy.

(Contd. NEXT Page)

I really didn’t know ~

but to yell & scream,

So, therefore I began

destroying your hopes & dreams.

Thank God He has taught me

how to ‘grow up’ & respond,

For ‘tough love’ is so hard

& CHRIST I must ‘lean’ upon.

He is a ‘crutch’

I can NEVER do without,

For without HIM to lean on

all I’d do is pout.

Living in my ‘past’

& full of fear & dread,

Not having any future

with ‘joy & love’ ahead.

Now you are ‘thirty six’

& have children of your own,

I pray you’ll turn to CHRIST

& make Him Lord alone.

(Contd. NEXT Page)

He is our ‘only’ answer

to ‘survive’ this world today,

As ‘circumstances’ happen

to try to take us ~ from Him ~ away.

We need Him to get to Heaven

but also in this life,

Else all our days are filled

with sorrow, pain & strife.

Yes, these things are in my