From My Heart

By Beverly Tina Childs

You do not have to be alone. There is a God in heaven who can bring you words that will encourage and strengthen you. If youve ever felt no one could understand the things youre going through, just realize that God does. I was abandoned as a young child, and in Gods time, He restored the empty spaces in my heart.

I wrote this book to bring the hope of Gods healing to you, from my heart to yours. I have had MS for thirty years, and Ive learned that the only one I can depend upon is the Lord. Through the years, Ive lost my vision three times and regained it. My mobility has had the same pattern, and God has always been faithful. My hope is that my poetry can be used by God to draw you closer to Him.

God still does miracles. Anyone can fall in love, even when your life is filled with despair. My husband Jim Childs was my mailman, and God brought him to my door. Its never too late, even if youre disabled, to find love with Gods help.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Nov 20, 2015
• ISBN: 9781512704570

Beverly Tina Childs

Beverly Tina Childs has been writing poetry her entire life. Though raised in a Jewish home, she came to know Christ at age twenty-two, and she was diagnosed with MS at age twenty-seven. She writes about disabilities, relationships, and following in the footsteps of Jesus Christ.

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WestBow Press rev. date: 11/09/2015

Contents

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Turning Point

Childhood

A Child's Cry

A Child's Legacy

A Child's Longing

A Father's Legacy

A Hurting Child

A Hurting Daughter

A New Day

A Suffering Child

A Wall

Abandoned

Absence of Mother

Abuse

Always Crying

An Orphan

Angry Child

At His Feet

Dear Daddy

Different Victims?

Empty Heart, Empty Space

Enduring Strength

Family Secrets

Forgiveness

Forgiving Love

God's Justice

Hallelujah

He Got Away?

Healing Love

Heartbreak

Hidden Grief

His Everlasting Presence

I'm Struggling

In God's Care

In the Wilderness

Incest

Is He Sorry?

Matthew 18:6

Missing Peace

Mommy

Mother

My Family Legacy

My Father's Day

My Lord's Presence

My Wounded Heart

No Daddy

On the Playground

Our Children's Children

Patterns

Pretending it Away

Psalm 27:10

Sad Father's Day

Seventy Times Seven

Silent No More

Silent Shame

Still

The Child in Me

The Hurt Inside

To Be Free

Too Busy

What He Left Behind

Disabilities

A Family Affair

A Man of Sorrows

A Stand-up World

Adjustments

Battle Scars

Beautiful Memories

Broken Wing, Broken Heart

Contentment in Christ

Dear God

Depression

Diagnosis

Doing Well

Feeling Weak

Free in Heaven

From Darkness to Sight

God Is Near

God's Purpose

Hope of Heaven

Hospitals

How Are You?

How Good Is Good?

I Hope

If the Darkness Comes

In Beulah Land

In My Wheelchair

In the Hospital

In Their Eyes

Just as He Planned

Multiple Scars

My Broken Heart

My Glorious God

My Greatest Physician

Old Before My Time

Only Temporary

Really Handicapped

Receiving Help

Running

Sunshine

That Poor Girl

The Chameleon Disease

The Child in Me

The Gift of Sight

The Mercy of God

The Shut-Out

Times Past

Uncertainty

Walking in Eternity

What Is a Handicap?

Who's Handicapped?

Your Healing Touch

Divorce

A Mother's Broken Heart

Abandoned Marriage

Abandonment

Bitterness

Broken Promises

Broken Vows

Crying Too Long

False Repentance

God's Plan for Me

It's All Over

It's So Easy?

Job's Counselors

Just Like Children

Life's Triumph

Living Again

Lying

Moving Day

My Dear Jesus

My Father's Presence

My Scars

No More

Practicing Forgiveness

Remarriage

Scars that Never Heal

Single Again

The Gambler

The Lottery

The Neighborhood Physic

Thirty-five Years

Wintry Mix of Suffering

God Presence

All-Seeing God

By His Strength

Almighty God

God Carries Me

God's Answer

God's Immeasurable Love

God's Kingdom

God's Omniscience

God's People, My People

God's Perfect Timing

God's Protective Hand

God's Umbrella

God's Unending Love

God's Wisdom

His Comfort

His Faithfulness

His Healing Hand

His Perfect Will

His Strength

Holy Spirit

In God's Time

In His Time

Isaiah 53

Jesus Loves Me

John 3:16

Learning Your Ways

Merciful God

My Anchor Holds

My Blinded Eyes

My Constant Friend

My Loving Shepherd

Never Alone

No Short Cuts

On the Cross

Our Compassionate God

Our Jewish Savior

Questioning Why

Safe in His Arms

The Burden Bearer

The Great Shepherd

The Greatest Jew

The Heart of God

The Messiah

The Should-have-beens

The Wonder of Each Day

Through the Fire

Through the Valley

What God Can Do

When God Says No

Why Me?

With God

Prayer

A Prayerful Heart

An Open Door

At the Cross

Call on Him

Faith in Jesus

Fulfillment

Glorifying Him

Heaven

Hungry Hearts

I Was the One

If I Was There

If Not for Her

In Prayer

My Love for God

My Prayer for You

My Saddest Words

No Substitute for Jesus

One Soul

Our Salvation

Planting Seeds

Prayer

Praying for Others

Precious Peace

Serving God

Spiritual Blindness

Thank You, Father

That Sweet Hour

Why I Believe

Inspirational

A Child of the King

A Christian Jew

A Jew for Jesus

A New Life

A New Way

A Little More Trusting

A Patient Heart

A Thankful Heart

According to His Will

Anti-Semitism

Anxious

Blessed Are the Children

Challenges

Disappointments

Don't Forget

Each Small Pebble

Finding Peace

Jewish Believer

Gains and Losses

Guiding Light

Hearing God's Voice

He Has Overcome

He's Always There

I Do Believe

I Love You, Lord

Incomplete Puzzle

In Weakness

I Treasure My Bible

Just One Step

Led by God

Legalism

Lies

Living in the Past

My Children's Children

My Gift of Poetry

My Private Pain

My Questions to God

Never in Vain

Pain and Suffering

Priorities

Real Faith

Remember When

Self-pity

Serving the Lord

Shalom

Spoiled by Love

Streets of Gold

Tears in a Bottle

Tears of the Unborn

Tell it to Jesus

Thankfulness

The Backslider

The Wealthy Poor

What about the Children?

Acknowledgements

I was wandering in the wilderness for twenty-two years when I met my Lord and Savior. I never felt that I did anything for Him, but that He did everything for me. He gave me the words to speak in my poetry From My Heart, that I long to share with other people who might feel at times that they too, are wandering in the wilderness.

Most importantly, I would like to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for giving me eternal life and the opportunity to write this book of poetry for His glory.

Also, I would like to thank Miss Bessie Byers, who is now with the Lord, a missionary to the Jewish people; for bringing the truth to my door, sharing the Gospel, even when I was a little girl, and not giving up on me.

Also, my Jewish friends Dolores Solar and Barbara Rugel, who showed me from the scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah.

Also, I want to thank my daughter Monica Schwartz-Groff and my son Brian Schwartz for both being there for me during the difficult times of my life.

Also, I want to thank my loving husband of five years, Jim, who spent many months proofreading, organizing, typing and filing all of my poetry on our computer.

I also want to thank my caregivers: Mary Breiner, Beth Kauffman, Wanda Rice, Linda Hunsberger, Joyce Henshaw, Mindy Walsh and Loretta Landis, along with my husband Jim, who over the years helped me write my poetry because of my inability to use my left hand to write myself because of my disability.

I especially want to thank my present caregivers: Eve Silvestri and Christine Strauss, for their encouragement and for all the work they've done in transferring and submitting all of my poetry from our computer to the publishing company.

Finally, I pray for the many people that live with Multiple Sclerosis every day and that my poetry would be an encouragement to them, and draw them closer to the Lord.

Beverly Tina Childs

About the Author

My name is Beverly Tina Childs. I have been a poet my whole life. I am fifty-six years old and writing has always been a part of me. I came to know Christ as my Lord and Savior at age twenty-two and from that time my poetry has been for the glory of God. I believe God gave me a gift to reach out to a hurting world. In these chapters,