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We all suffer
When one suffers
Like ripples on the water
Tracing it back
To the original stone
Shattering the calm
It all makes sense
Our connections
All fractured
All hearts broken
Let us go easy
Be gentle
Let the drops bead up
With Holy Oil
And roll
Rather then
Added to the burden
Of offences
We all carry
True self takes no prisoners
And knows
We will be welcomed home
With love
© 2019 Julie Clark
When your best
isn’t good enough
When your acts of kindness
go unnoticed or
fall flat like a pancake
missing the plate
onto the dusty floor
When the recipient
of your kindness
doesn’t appreciate
your efforts
Remember
how God’s kindness to us
was spurned
At the inn:
“No room here, try the stable.”
At the cross:
“Crucify Him!”
He knows
He sees how we suffer
He can relate
When our deeds
go unnoticed
He on the other hand
appreciates our every effort
and receives each with
a warm singing heart
and outstretched hands
Thank you is his response
to our feeble gifts
May our thank yous
ever increase
as our hearts expand
to become
grateful people
© 2013 Julie Clark
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