Then I Found God

By Rina-Anel Potgieter

I thought that once I found myself I would find God, but it was only once I lost myself that God had found me. I put this book together to tell its unique story. The great thing about poetry is that everyone understands it differently. The story of being found when you have no idea where you are is one of the most beautiful stories in the world. Broken down to the ground is barely scratching the surface of where I was when these emotions flowed from my heart, but having that turn around and changing into something beautiful is a story worth telling. My story is better told through emotion, and my emotion is exactly what this book contains.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Dec 29, 2016
• ISBN: 9781512769845

Rina-Anel Potgieter

Rina-Anel Potgieter was born in a small town in South Africa called Heilbron and was raised in a Christian family. At the age of seven, her family moved to Gaborone Botswana, where she graduated from a Christian high school. Whilst living in Botswana, she had faced some life-shaking events. At a young age, she had come face to face with the hard good-byes in life. Her poems document her battles with herself, trying to let go of herself to let God take over.

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ISBN: 978-1-5127-6985-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5127-6984-5 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016921139

WestBow Press rev. date: 12/29/2016

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Is This Life?

Not What I Was Made For

The Tree

My Plea

Day’s Beauty

First, Pray

Who Are You?

Garden of God

I Go on My Knees

Calling His Name

Take My Sorrow

Let God Be in Control

Who I Am

Cold Breeze

God Changes Everything

One Glance for Me to Forget

Of Course I’m Scared

Drawn Down

That’s All You

My Past

My Soul and Fragile Heart

The Essence of Life

It’s More Than Just Pain

No Longer on Your Own

My Letter of Salvation

When My World Tumbles Down

My Heart Was Tamed

Time for Change and Embrace

About the Author

To my mom,

Karin Potgieter

Acknowledgments

A big thank you to everyone who helped make a dream turn into a reality, to everyone who has supported me through hard times and those that were still there through the good