A Journey Home

By Michael Godwin

My poetry collection started about thirty years ago. I write a poem when inspiration hits me. I stop what I am doing and write a rough draft and develop it shortly afterwards. Many of the poems came to me during valleys in my life and they helped me keep the faith. My purpose for publishing is to share the encouragement given to me by the lord. I always rave an audience. Everyone that reads my work says I should get published. I want to leave something good behind when I leave earth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 13, 2009
• ISBN: 9781669851516

Michael Godwin

I am an only child born in Fayetteville, North Carolina. My father was a house painter and my mother was a homemaker. I became a Christian in my early teens. I graduated from high school in 1979 and went directly into the army. I had a car wreck in 1982 and was not expected to live. The lord healed me completely. I deliver mail for the post office. I live alone except for my two dogs. I am mostly a loner and love nature and the outdoors. I enjoy a slow and mellow life.

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A Journey Home

Michael Godwin

Copyright © 2009 by Michael Godwin

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Contents

A Piece Of Cake

A Slaves Reward

A Somebody

Allow Yourself to Be Shaped

Be Persistent As the Wind

Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Choose Your Suffering

Color Blind

Do Not Fear the Grave

Do Not Worry

Enjoy Life

Enjoy Today

Faith without Works

Forgive Yourself

Give God a Call

God Still Cares

I Am Learning To Die

I Will Serve Him

In The Beginning

It’s Just a Journey Home

Judgment

Learn To Be Content

Look Forward To Heaven

Make Jesus Your Habit

New Attitude

New Shoes

Now I See

Pay Day Is Coming

Praise Defeats the Devil

Precious Moments

Sacrifice

See the Good

Seek God’s Advice

Sharpen Your Spiritual Sword

Small Is Important

Sunshine in Those Clouds

Special One

Stop Means Go

Take Time to Succeed

Thanks for the Honor

The Climb to Glory

The Mothers Shower

Life the Roller Coaster

The Trap

Earth the Waiting Room

There Is Hope for Tomorrow

Things Look Pretty Bad

To Praise His Name

Tried By Fire

Watch What You Say

We Are All The Same

We Are Still Human

Win the Race

Worth The Wait

Would Jesus Do That

You Do Not Have To Handle It Alone

A Gift Not Good

A Piece Of Cake

All through my earthly walk

Many things seemed bad

They were not as I desired

A hard pill to swallow

I had to work so hard

Just to make ends meet

And even then sometimes

The ends did not fit smoothly

I had trouble getting along

With those who did not see

Things the way I did

They seemed so blind to me

I tried to be a Christian

Attending church and