Heart Touchers

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{Straight From the Heart} *Revival* 1/4/01

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REVIVAL

By Amy Woolf Garner

The stream now has a song to sing,
the pasture's clothed in green;
Sprightly calves kick up their heels,
Restored-to a harmonic scene.

But before the summer storm began
the stream had lost its song;
the pining calves languished in shade,
Their world seemed all forlorn.

The Lord looked down from heaven,
their sighs came up as prayers;
He shook the wind and drove the rain,
Rich blessings would be theirs.

He sent the rain to soften the ground,
it lasted all night long;
and in the freshness of the morn
The earth awoke with song.

Send Amy an email and let her know what you thought of her poem!
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Amy Garner, a freelance writer since 1982, has had over 45 poems
published in various publications. She is a member of Christian Writers'
Fellowship International. For the past six years, she has written a monthly
devotional, included with greeting cards sent out from her church to shut-ins and hospitalized members.

She invites you to visit her web page, Written By Grace at the following URL:
http://web.infoave.net/~safehands/.
Information can be found there for ordering her NEW BOOK _Written by Grace,
Poems by Amy. To sign up for her devotional "Something to Ponder" send your request via email with the word "devotional" on subject line. mailto:safehands@rtmc.net
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REQUESTS:
From: mcarey@greenwich.lib.ct.us (Maria Carey)
Reply-to: mcarey@greenwich.lib.ct.us
To: Thunder27@aol.com

Michael,
Please add my son Jarrett to your prayer list as he will going off to the
military. I pray that the Lord will continue to cover him in his blood.
There is power in the blood of Christ.

Also, as we pray for others please let us know updates about these folks.
It helps to hear what the Lord has done for others. It not only increases
faith but it makes me awfully happy to hear of the miracles that he does
perform.

God bless you and yours,
Maria Carey
Connecticut
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Maria brings up a good point and I encourage those who might have updates on previous prayer requests to send them along. I will make sure to run them along side the regular requests!
Thanks!
Michael
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Thought For The Day:

"The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitude in any given
set of circumstances." - Victor Frankl

Verse for the Day:

"Whatever is true...noble...right...pure...lovely...admirable...excellent or
praiseworthy--think about such things." - Philippians 4:8

Kid's Thought For The Day:

"Even Popeye didn't eat his spinach until he absolutely had to."

Parent's Thought For The Day:

"Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it." - Harold Hulbert

Coach's Thought For The Day:

"I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me.
I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win." - Arnold Palmer

Deep Thought For The Day:

My grandmother has a bumper sticker on her car that says, "Sexy Senior
Citizen". You don't want to think of your grandmother that way, do you?
Out entering wet shawl contests. Makes you wonder where she got that
dollar she gave you for your birthday."

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/_/\/\    MICHAEL T. POWERS
\_\ /    THUNDER27@aol.com
/_/ \    "For I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but
\_\/\ \   Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body I live for the Son
   \_\/   of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." Galatians 2:20

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