Dare 2 B Different

By Ysidra Rivers

Poetry is the translator of my inner self and my spiritual self.

Poetry is the language I use to express what I dont quite understand. Poetry is indeed a gift. This gift gives me peace. Peace is whats left after releasing, in poetry, my aches, my pain, and my sorrows. And poetry even extends my hopes and joy.

Poetry helps me to except who I really am, even that part of me that I dont like. Its not until after a completion of a poem, that I see or hear what Ive seen or heard.

Often times I misunderstand myself, until my spirit leads to me clarify myself to myself.

Everything that is made and was made was made by God. There is nothing new under the sun. Everything that is given and was given was given by God. There is nothing new under the Son.

Every good thing is from the Lord. What I do with my good thing is up to me. And everything I do, I do to glorify the Lord. And this gift, which is a good thing to anyone who hears and accepts it, will be to the Glory of God.

When I was a child, I thought as a child. But when I grew in the Spirit, I put away those childish things. There are records of my childish *waes of my very childish thinking. I did not understand my gift, thou I used my gift to the best of my childish understanding.

Now that I understand my gift and acknowledge the strength in my gift, I use this gift to help others, to reach others and to express love to others in a wae that others could understand, accept and receive the love of the Lord.

This is my Poetry Expression Connection to YOU!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 21, 2007
• ISBN: 9781477164105

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Copyright © 2007 by Ysidra Rivers.

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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

CHAPTER ONE

Journey

DARE 2 B DIFFERENT

PRESSING ON

TO

MOVE ON

OH! WHAT A DREAM

LIFE TIME JOB

I’M DETERMINED

FIGHTING

TO THE

END

COLORADO & CALIFORNIA

NO JESUS…

… KNOW MISERY

IN DADDY’S ABSENCE

MR. JONES

MIGRAINE

A SOUL FULL MOMENT

THE ROAD TRIP

CHAPTER TWO

Deliverance

WITHIN ME I BELIEVE

ENVISION GOD’S JOY

UNITED

STATES

OF… .

TO LIVE IN PEACE… .

. . . . TRUST IN GOD

THERE’S POWER

IN

THE NAME OF JESUS

PREPARING MY MARK

MY GOD’S IMAGE

CHRISTMAS IS… .

MY FAITH

HIS LOVE

JOY COMES

THIS MORNING

FAITH

FOR

TOMORROW

AND HE ANSWERED

NEW SONG

A WORTHY FATHER

JEHOVAH-SHALOM

KNOWING &

UNDERSTANDING

JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH

CHAPTER THREE

Instructions

9 OF 12

CHOOSING YOUR PLACE

COMING TOGETHER

TO MAKE THINGS BETTER

GET YOUR OWN

TESTIMONY

GOT TIME?

HAVEN’T YOU HEARD?

SHAKE IT OFF

YOUR … .

… . IS?

CHAPTER FOUR

Dedications

COUNTING MY BLESSINGS

CONFIRMATION

RULES FOR STUDENTS’ CREED

ADVICE FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

GET WELL SOON

EXPECT A DIFFERENCE

DADDY WHY?

WONDERFUL WISDOM

POSITIVE PEOPLE

BECAUSE IT’S

MY BIRTHDAY

GODLY DIRECTIONS FOR

NEW CHRISTIANS

VICTORY IS YOURS

CALL ON HIM

LET YOUR SMILE

BE YOUR SHIELD

JUST BELIEVE

GROWING UP IN GOD

DON’T WASTE

PRECIOUS TIME

IT’S NOT OVER

BE PATIENT

CREDITS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

CREATOR

Oh how I love Jesus. How I’ve come to know Him as an indescribable person. Oh how I’ve come to experience His love that surpasses all human knowledge and experience. Oh how my very existence, my very being is made of His love. And I love Him, because He first loved me. I Agape you FATHER GOD, MY LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. I’ve died to self that I may live for You.

Love, Barnabas

NEW BIRTH FOUNDATION

I want to acknowledge my head, my friend, my lover, my Man-of-God and my Man-from-God, DENNIS R. RIVERS, my husband. Such a man I’ve never known to be so humble, so supportive, nor a man whom his very make-up is a provider. I know I was a difficult student to teach and one to have had a very far off ear to hear. But even you your teaching me, supporting me, protecting me (even from myself sometimes) you still did them all in love. I love you Muffin-Lips and God promised us that our latter days would be greater than our beginnings.

Love,