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I saw the word more

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 I saw the word More

I saw the word More 
and I just said NO.

No, I don’t want more.
I have enough.

I don’t need more to 
fill my plate.  To give me
less time for me and mine.

No .. late night blogging
No.. looking for work
No.. Can you do this?
No.. mowing the lawn 
No.. pulling the weeds.

I’m done, I don’t want more.

So NO I don’t want MORE.
I DON’T

I yelled this loud inside my head.
I DON’T WANT MORE.

But then my reason took hold.
Reason that said..

I do want more.
I want more walks with a talkative young man.
I want more weekends away with my beloved.
I want more depth to my relationship with God.
I want more flowers to bloom in the spring.
I want more people to not have to use the foodbank.
I want more churches filled with people deeply in love with the Lord.

So my NO, became a more quiet.. Yes.

Yes I do want more.
I want more of the right things.
And less. oh… I want less of the things.
That weigh me down.

I want more sermons preached from my hubby.
I want more grins of delight.
I want more conversations that fill me with hope.

So oh yes… I do indeed WANT MORE!
This want becomes a yell within.

I WANT MORE!!!
Indeed.
Gracious Heavenly Father GIVE ME MORE!

Copyright, Annette V, April 28, 2017

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This is a five minute Friday post. the word prompt is brought to us by Miss Kate.  What is Five Minute Friday?  Well it’s a party of a group of like
minded folks who gather on Friday to do a five minute free write around a
singular word.  AND THEN we take the time to offer up encouragement to
each other on this writing journey.  It’s fun, though it’s not always
easy, but it is always good.   Come join us won’t you?  You are always
welcome.
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But just you wait

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Empty

Surprise,
It’s Thursday night
The night before we remember
God’s great gift to us.

His gift.
His son.
For who
For us.

But right, at this exact moment.
We aren’t there.
We are in the time before.
The time when we know something
Dreadful is about to occur.

We know a trial will come.
We know mockery will reign.
We know that sorrow and hardship
will be staring us in the face.

but right now.. 
We are just anticipating
We are seeing the sorrow
Right around the corner.

Tomorrow
Tomorrow we can be empty.
Tomorrow we can feel hopeless.
Not knowing.
Not understanding.

But you know what happens AFTER tomorrow?
Just a couple of days.
And then HOPE.
HOPE will spring.
An empty tomb will be found.
And HOPE oh Glorious hope will be here.

But here, on a Thursday night late.
Hope isn’t here yet.
But just you wait.

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This is a five minute Friday post. the word prompt is brought to us by Miss Kate.  What is Five Minute Friday?  Well it’s a party of a group of like
minded folks who gather on Friday to do a five minute free write around a
singular word.  AND THEN we take the time to offer up encouragement to
each other on this writing journey.  It’s fun, though it’s not always
easy, but it is always good.   Come join us won’t you?  You are always
welcome.

This post may contain affiliate links – using affiliate links from A Net in Time helps fuel this blog and our homeschool – thank you!

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Defining Humanity, A Poem

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  Define


 HumanHomo Sapiens ErectMammal
Two Distinct Genders
Created
Not Evolved
But Ever Changing
Made in the image of God
Capable of Love
Capable of Thinking
Capable of Selfishness
Living with Free Will
Knowing Sin
Knowing Love
Daily Struggle
Joy
Delight
Filled with Knowledge
Sometimes Wise
Sometimes not so wise
Seeing God
Seeing Others
Seeing Self Only
A finite being
with Infinite possibilities
Able to die
Yet, with belief
To live Forever.
Created In The Image Of God
Not God
But able to Follow after
Human
Homo Sapiens

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This is a five minute Friday post. the word prompt is brought to us by Miss Kate.  Today the word is Define.  
What is Five Minute Friday?  Well it’s a party of a group of like
minded folks who gather on Friday to do a five minute free write around a
singular word.  AND THEN we take the time to offer up encouragement to
each other on this writing journey.  It’s fun, though it’s not always
easy, but it is always good.   Come join us won’t you?  You are always
welcome.
This post may contain affiliate links – using affiliate links from A Net in Time helps fuel this blog and our homeschool – thank you!

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Breakfast Poem

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The
Homeschool Review Crew does word prompts for Instagram fun, I think
it’s great to have these words prompts for doing quick posts.  🙂   I
find them fun as sometimes it surprises me where my brain goes.  🙂

The word for today is Breakfast.  Let’s follow my thoughts along the way eh?

Breakfast
Day in
Day out
 Always the same 
Cereal
Honeycomb
Mini Wheats
Favourites of mine
Sugar Crisp
Kaptain Krunch
Favourites of dad
No meeting in the middle.
Along comes a boy child.
Middle ground.
Honeycomb yum!!
Kaptain Krunch is great!
Add in 
Fruit loops
Corn Pops
Alphabits and more.
Stretching
Growing
Not just Cereal
Push a boy child
Pancakes
Waffles
Bacon and eggs
Yogurt too.
Add in 
Fruit bowl
Toast and jam
Bagels sneak in
Cream cheese
Breakfast
Day in 
Day out
No longer always
the same.
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So what you do you say?
What do YOU have for breakfast?
Can you give me some new ideas?
 

Embrace

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Embrace
Emotions running.
I seek solace.
My father is gone.
We’re singing his song.
My heart weeps.
And God meets me.
He holds me close and tells me
It will be fine.
I’ve been raised well.
A tall strong person.
A person well loved.

 The years pass
Since that moment in church
It’s been two.
and I still recall 
clearly.
The spiritual embrace.
The love of a father 
for his daughter.
The love of a God 
for his very own child.
That love, felt and remembered
in the embrace of a husband.
in the quick squeeze of a lad.
My heart rejoices.
In the love shared.
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This is a five minute Friday post. the word prompt is brought to us by Miss Kate.  Today the word is Embrace.  
What is Five Minute Friday?  Well it’s a party of a group of like
minded folks who gather on Friday to do a five minute free write around a
singular word.  AND THEN we take the time to offer up encouragement to
each other on this writing journey.  It’s fun, though it’s not always
easy, but it is always good.   Come join us won’t you?  You are always
welcome.

This post may contain affiliate links – using affiliate links from A Net in Time helps fuel this blog and our homeschool – thank you!

©2006-2017 A Net In Time. All rights reserved. All text, photographs, artwork, and other content may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the written consent of the author. A Net In Time/

Middle, a poem with thoughts

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The
Homeschool Review Crew does word prompts for Instagram fun, I think
it’s great to have these words prompts for doing quick posts.  🙂   I
find them fun as sometimes it surprises me where my brain goes.  🙂   The word for today is Middle.  

I am a middle child… family with six children, three boys, three girls.  the order was Two boys three girls and one boy… so I was a middle child and a middle girl.  Therefore when I saw this word prompt I wanted to do it.  🙂

What does the word middle mean?   Has so many synonyms eh?  My brain pathways:

Middle
Central
Median
Midway
Halfway
Mean
Medial
In-between
Monkey-in-the-middle
Game
Chase
Tag
Teasing
Fun
Not Fun

 No Middle Ground
Make a Choice
One or the Other
Lukewarm
Neither One or the Other
Caught halfway
The Lord tells us that he doesn’t want people caught halfway between one world and the other.  That the lukewarm believer he will SPEW out of his mouth. (Revelations 3) Can you imagine that?  To be spewn out of the mouth?   The forceful ejection that you do of something you can’t stand having in your mouth.  A bug, bad tasting food, sand … all those things that you just know you shouldn’t ingest..you spew them out violently.
It’s not a bad thing to be a middle child (though it had it tough moments) but it is bad to be a person who wants to walk a middle ground between good and evil.  You can’t do it well.  It’s like trying to serve two masters and it can’t be done.  Make up your mind… be one or the other …or at least strive with all your might eh?!
Don’t be one that the Lord spews out of his mouth.

Short, a word prompt post

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The Homeschool Review Crew does word prompts for Instagram fun, I think it’s great to have these words prompts for doing quick posts.  🙂   I find them fun as sometimes it surprises me where my brain goes.  🙂

The word for today is Short.  Let’s follow my brain where it goes eh?
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Short
Not long
Not tall
Not average.
Just short
Short a nickel
Short a dime
Slip me a penny won’t you?
A brick short of a full load
A few screws short of a hardware store
  A burger short of a combo meal. 
I query this.
Is to be short bad?
Short can slip through crowds
Short can pass unnoticed.
Short can be youth.
Short can be senior.
Short is my mom.
And that is not a bad thing.
Short is different.
Short is good.
Short is easy leg room.
Short is less head bonks.
Short is not me..
Unless I am next to a tall cousin.
Which shows that 
Short is totally relative. 🙂