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{Straight From the Heart} *I AM* 5/26/00
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I AM
By Ruth Nimmo
What is your need today, My Child?
What is your hearts cry---your burden---your care?
What is your deepest desire---your longing?
What is the answer for you?
I AM.
Do you have secret fears, My Child---
Fears you even try to hide from yourself?
Do you have heaviness on your heart that
twists and pulls and aches inside? Where is the
one to lift that hurt?
I AM
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Have people failed you---caused you pain?
Have loved ones disappointed you---through human
failure even presented you a lie and made it
difficult for you to trust?
Where is your truth?
I AM
Do you feel lost and alone at times with an
emptiness deep inside?
Do you have a longing for loving arms to comfort you?
Where is your comfort?
I AM.
Do you, at times, feel a turmoil inside---an anger
you cannot quinch, like a raging war that will not cease?
where is your peace?
I AM
Does life sometimes seem hopeless?
Do you feel like a leaf floating through the air with
nothing to hold to, nothing to hold you down?
Where is your anchor?
I AM.
Do you long for a friend in which you can confide?
Do you sometimes feel everyone has forsaken you?
Do you long for someone on which you can depend---who
will always be there for you?
Where is that friend that will never leave you nor forsake you?
I AM.
I will bring you through rough places.
I will strengthen you.
I will lift you up.
I will cherish you.
I will love you.
I will never forsake you.
I will give you peace.
I will hide you under the shadow of my wings.
I will hide you in my pavillion, in the secret of
my tabernacle shall I hide you.
I will set you upon a rock.
Whatever your need, I am your answer.
I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
I AM THAT I AM FOREVER!
I'm thankful He did not say I was or I will be, but He said I AM!
Ruth Nimmo
Stone_gate1@juno.com
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A little bit about Ruth:
This coming Christmas eve, I will have been married 45 years to my
wonderful husband. We have 4 children and 11 3/4 perfect grandchildren
(Their parents may not share that description, but they have been wrong
on several occasions.) They all have great spouses that have fit
perfectly into our family except our youngest daughter. She has a fiance
that we all love. I live in Oklahoma and love it despite the tornados.
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REQUEST:
From: Neeny 2
Dear Michael:
I have contacted you in the past with other requests. Now I have a
prayer request for you and your readers. My son-in-laws brother, Pat,
is in terrible pain and having trouble keepin food down as a result of Cancer which
he has had for about 4 years. He has started Chemo again (a treatment
each week for the next 6 weeks). Pat is almost like one of my children
as is his brother. We, his entire family and I, need your prayers and
those of your friends.
Thank you in advance and I pray for your continued success on the net.
Gladys
Neeny2@aol.com
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Thought For The Day:
"Big people monopolize the listening. Small people monopolize the talking."
Verse for the Day:
"Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a
fool than of him."
Proverbs 29:20
Kid's Thought for the day:
"You won't get to see the big dipper, if you are afraid of the dark."
Parent's Thought For The Day
"The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you
must say something or bust."
Coach's Thought For The Day
We have met the enemy, and "they" is "us."
Deep Thought For The Day:
"It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal the
neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it."
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/_/\/\ MICHAEL T. POWERS
\_\ / THUNDER27@aol.com http://members.aol.com/Thunder27/index.html
/_/ \ "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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