The
Lord's Poet 
Thanksgiving
and Fall 1999 Edition
POETRY TO LIGHTEN A TROUBLED
HEART
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THE CRYSTAL
TREE
A
shocking ice storm froze our town
Bringing
trees and branches down,
But
from my window I can see
A
shiny, sparkling crystal tree.
Cov'ring
up each branch and stick
The
ice was now one inch thick
On
my twinkling, crystal tree
Making
it a sight to see
That
I've watched most ev'ry night
Refracting
now a neighbor's light.
Come
the thawing season's melt
This
tree will lose it's crystal pelt
Becoming
once again for me
A
plain and simple dogwood tree.
Kathi Phillips
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TWO
BUCKETS
Often
we encounter
Fires
in our life:
Circumstances
We
don't control,
And
situations
We
didn't choose.
As
we travel
Our
chosen path
One
of two buckets
We'll
carry with us
To
use on daily fires:
The
water of positive thought
Or
negative's gasoline.
Kathi Phillips
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CRACKED
POTS ARE USEFUL
Pots
designed to carry water
From
here to there
Do
not function as intended
Should
a crack appear.
But
a wise person
Can
use this fault in the jug
To
water seeds he has planted
Along
the path he travels
As
he carries it from here to there
And
thereby bring peace and beauty
Into
a world devoid of such.
As
that wise person
Used
the faults of the pot
To
fill a need on his path,
So
God can and will use
Any
of our cracks
To
water and nurture
The
seeds He has planted
And
bring peace and beauty
Into
a life devoid of such.
Kathi Phillips
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AIM
HIGH
We
make plans to reach a goal
And
oft fall short of it.
We
try again to grab the prize
But
miss the golden ring.
Though
failures may seem numerous,
Still
we strive for lofty goals
Because
the only way to sure success
Is
to have no goals at all--
For
if you aim at nothing
You'll
hit it every time!
Kathi Phillips
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