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{Straight From the Heart} *Family Patchwork* 1/12/00

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Family Patchwork

By Marian Spain

A family is like a Patchwork Quilt
Each member is a piece of the total design.
They fit together as the pattern is built
With each newborn addition that is added in time.

Each shape and color in the quilt is there
To add some interest and form.
Each person in the family is where
With God's design, they daily belong.

Just as the patchwork needs loving and care
And mending when ends are frayed.
So the family ties may need repair
With forgiveness and apologies made.

When a patch is worn out and must be replaced
A new piece of cloth can be sewn in its space.
But loved ones are so precious, each one so unique,
They're priceless heirlooms we all want to keep.
They can't be forgotten, our memories of them never end.
They're in our hearts forever, we always call them friend.

Though quilts are like our families, they're made by human hands.
Their colors fade, their fabric tears, they lose their great demand.
But families live forever, throughout time, across sea and land
For they are made by God alone through His eternal perfect plan.

Send Marian an email and let her know what you thought of her poem!
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I am just a grandmother who loves the Lord and loves quilting. I am working
as a part-time bookkeeper for a church here in Salisbury.

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Thought For The Day:

"I am not interested in the past. I am interested in the future, for that is where
I plan on spending the rest of my life."

Verse for the Day:

"Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize." - Philippians 3:13, 14

Kid's Thought For The Day:

"You always come in the house five minutes too late when you are outside playing
in the cold weather. But you don't realize it until you run your hands under the
warm water!"

Parent's Thought For The Day:

A wise schoolteacher sends this note to all parents on the first day of school:
"If you promise not to believe everything your child says happens at school,
I'll promise not to believe everything he says happens at home."

Coach's Thought For The Day:

"Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself." - Shannon Miller

Deep Thought For The Day:

"These friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise the funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, the rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not. He went back and begged the friars to close. They ignored him. He asked his mother to go and ask the friars to get out of the business. They ignored her too.
So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to "persuade" them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he'd be back if they didn't close up shop. Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that: Hugh, and only Hugh, can prevent florist friars."

(All right....I am so sorry for that one.....that was definitely a groaner...)

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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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