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For those times when we feel completely overwhelmed with life and need encouragement.... 

 

 

 "A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end.  You live several lives  while reading it"  :>)

William Styron,interview,Writers at Work,1958-Essence Publishers Newsletter.

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From Such Treasures, Flee! Poem

Posted by Jan Howlett on Wednesday, November 25, 2009, In : Poetry-Devotional 

From Such Treasures, Flee!
Is your treasure where your heart will dwell?
A place where moth and rust cannot fell,
Destroy, crush, despite all time and stress—
Or is your hoard earning less and less?
Will it endure through Eternity?
If not, from such treasures run—yes, flee!
Better to dwell with a “heart contented”
Than with prayers, treasures circumvented.
Can you answer honestly tonight,
That your treasure is in Him, sealed tight?

Excerpt by permission:  The Treasure of His Company By Jan Howle...


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Bent But Not Broken Poem

Posted by Jan Howlett on Saturday, October 24, 2009, In : Poetry-Devotional 


BENT BUT NOT BROKEN
  
In spite of fierce winter gales and deep crushing snows   
 The Mountain Hemlock with striking beauty still grows.  
 Its needles are as delicate as the tall Firs
 Dainty to the touch and just as soft as feathers!

 And yet, if we try to break its great bough, at length,
 We will learn that deep therein lies its might and strength.
 Though winds whip at it and the ground begins to shake
 Yes, it will bend and yield, but NO IT WILL NOT  BREAK!   

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