I lost myself with some disgrace.
The mirror cringed to see my face.
I didn’t think it was a race
until I knew it was.
But that was then and now is now.
With soil turned beneath the plow
the seed was planted—God knows how—
and everything was changed.
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Ronovan Hester’s Ovi Poetry Challenge this week offers the word “race” as inspiration. Posted also at Poet’s Corner.

So love this Frank. I miss posting poetry. I write them every day. God knows what they are to become.
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One day may you start posting the poems you have been writing again. Thank you and blessings, Mary!
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Here is a six sentence story I wrote this morning. I will share it with you. Pray I wait on the Lord to bring fruit from my words in due time.
Bookends
A dreary morning, I, too, feel how outside appears, heavy, perhaps from clouds that hide the sun. Hung over, maybe it rained in the night, intoxicating while leaves slept. Maybe sleep darkness were deception cloaked in dreams.
I walked in its midst, and met others also, who noticed nothing strange. Now, as I ponder Psalm 1, and my eyes sink, I ask, have I, too, unknowingly, walked in any counsel of the wicked? “Let everything that has breath, Praise the Lord”!
Ps 1:1 and Ps 150:6
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May we all praise the Lord and if we have ever walked in any counsel of the wicked we repent of it now. Blessings to you, Mary, and thank you!
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Pure poetry. Bravo, Frank!
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Thank you, Susan, and blessings to you!
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LOVE this!
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Thank you, Rebecca!
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May we finish the race! Shalom.
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Thank you, Michael, and blessings!
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Love this. P
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Thank you, Ana Maria!
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Very nice.
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Thank you, Lakshmi!
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Love the rhyme; grateful for God changing me
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I grateful for all God has done. Thank you, Jim!
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Grateful too brother
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Really love this ❤️
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Thank you!
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You’re welcome ☺️
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