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    Clear as Mud
    Clear as Mud
    Clear as Mud
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    Clear as Mud

    By Wendy Mae Crichton

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    As a young girl, our Lord Jesus Christ knew of the disasters to come in my life, and He would carry me through those difficult times. I desperately needed Him. God's mighty hands are at work in my life. He would mend my broken heart, dry my tears and rebuild my life, so I could continue to serve Him. When time looked its bleakest God gave me his love freely. Handling my situations in life I've had to leave the future up to Him. My poems are great comfort to me and I pray that they touch and inspire those that read my book. Life's struggles, pain, unfulfillment, frustrations, kindness, encouragements and support, these have helped me to put words to my thoughts and to be bold in my writings.... Wendy Mae Crichton

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacDonald Publishing
    Release dateMar 3, 2019
    ISBN9781775327158
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      Clear as Mud - Wendy Mae Crichton

      Preface

      As a young girl, our Lord Jesus Christ knew of the disasters to come in my life, and He would carry me through those difficult times. I desperately needed Him. God’s mighty hands are at work in my life. He would mend my broken heart, dry my tears and rebuild my life, so I could continue to serve Him. When time looked its bleakest God gave me his love freely. Handling my situations in life I’ve had to leave the future up to Him. My poems are great comfort to me and I pray that they touch and inspire those that read my book. Life’s struggles, pain, unfulfillment, frustrations, kindness, encouragements and support, these have helped me to put words to my thoughts and to be bold in my writings.

      Wendy Mae Crichton

      Poetry

      Christmas Snow

      Here I stand shivering in the cold

      Watching the snow dance on

      a snowy December day.

      Winter winds are blowing in our small town.

      and the Christmas lights, they sparkle

      But to me they seem to lack a certain glow.

      It’s you I miss

      that’s the emptiness in me.

      I can still see my children playing in the Christmas snow,

      they’d laugh and play and make snow angels.

      Everything seems to remind me.

      As I stand here shivering in the cold

      Its frozen tears I cry, as I reminisce

      It’s you I miss the most, not presents or turkeys that are stuffed.

      You’re a mother now and how that

      will bring new meanings to your Christmas.

      Then you will know how much you truly meant to me

      Christmas comes once a year, maybe someday you’ll come back to me.

      Stars of wonder, shimmering in the snow

      I wish this for me on Christmas day.

      A gift.

      A hug of warmth from my children I pray.

      More Precious than Gold 1Peter 1:7

      A Kiss

      In my quietness, my time is still. I gaze at the gift my daughter has given. Just a little girl, but she loves her mom. I can’t stop the tears, what a tender heart my little girls been given. As I remember it started in the month of September.

      Mom, if you buy a chocolate bar can I have the paper, and a piece! What for I’d say? I’m saving it and she’d be on her way. She asked her brothers to do the same, save them for me don’t through them away. They would reply, aren’t girl strange, but they’d save them for her. Dad, don’t forget, I’m saving them, yes dear I remember as he continued watching TV.

      My dear what are you doing, mom I’m making something and she would scamper upstairs. Well don’t make a mess and don’t use all my tape. No mom, I won’t, just need a little bit.

      December is busy and you’re always rushed, places to go, things to buy, people to see and yes, the Christmas tree. Children are excited; our Church play was a success. The day is for Jesus for he is the perfect gift. Christmas morn is here the bells will all ring. Let’s bring in the morning with Christmas cheer and sing. We read the Christmas story to open up our hearts and now the gifts are given,

      each one taken apart.

      My daughter she is so happy but she sits to wait for me,

      but her smile is so precious as she hands her gift to me.

      Mommy, I hope you like it I made it just for you. The family stopped to watch for they are curious too. I kissed her little face than opened up the gift. Tears of love began to flow, for she had covered a little box completely with the gold wrappers from the chocolate bars. It was just beautiful a golden jewelry box, and on the top was written in gold glitter glue:

      Merry Christmas, and inside a kiss is for you.

      A child’s labor of love.

      Merry Christmas

      Treasures

      Wendy and Jerry

      Our day has come and God is with us.

      I delight in God’s goodness and know his goodness will be in us.

      This day

      I will marry my friend.

      The one I laugh with,

      Live for, dream of and love.

      Our day has come and I will trust that you have my best interests at heart.

      I will cling to your promise,

      You’ll be with me and love me.

      My heart is at peace knowing that you haven’t limited yourself to the visible,

      My mind has been on nothing else but our dreams of the life together we’ll have.

      I feel the passion in your touch and I know I’m loved.

      The first time I held you I knew I could love you for the rest of our lives.

      God will be at the head of our new life together

      And continue to be there in our future.

      I look back at our past memories with amazement;

      God’s leading has brought us together

      and how I anticipate all the things that we will do together.

      Evening has come and my soul is quiet and as we turn off the light,

      tonight we will remember the light and love that burns within us.

      Lord, help us to be the man and woman that you want us to be,

      Help us to shift our focus from me to us.

      Our life’s trials and adventures will now be shared together.

      Jesus said our heart will be where our treasure is, so God first,

      And with a delicate whisper my

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