" ‘GETTING’ OR ‘RECEIVING’?"
© 2002 Patricia L. Carpenter
{Poem Book # 8}
Are we ‘getting’ or ‘receiving’
~ oh, what do you mean?
‘Getting’ requires our effort
& ‘working’ to be seen!
‘Receiving’ is reaching out
for that ‘FREE GIFT’ of God,
‘Accepting it’ with no effort
as we walk upon this sod.
We cannot ‘earn’ ~
any of God’s ‘FREE’ GIFTS,
So stop your struggling & trying
~ making only ‘rifts’.
‘Free’ Mercy & Grace awaits you
His Peace & Forgiveness, too,
Just ‘reach out’ & ‘receive’ them
that’s all you have to do.
‘Walk’ in Christ’s Forgiveness
forgiving ‘others’ as you go,
Then ‘JOY’ you will be reaping
as ‘LOVE’ you did ever sow.
2/25/2000
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