I was talking with a pastor from India this week and was amazed at all the things the Lord was doing in India. I was instantly reminded of how easy I have it here in America. It spawned a thought about what I would do if I could change places with someone in India and […]
Tag: Children
Get Yourself To Wednesday Night Mayhem!!
If you live in the Sioux Falls Area, Crosswalk Community Church has a wonderful program for Elementary kids called: Wednesday Night Mayhem. It is fun, biblical, and filled with people who love Jesus. Here’s a funny video reminding people to get to church on Wednesday night. Here’s the address if you want to attend a […]
The Discernment Of Deeper Things
Since Free Poem Friday has snuck up on me so quickly this week, I decided to post and older poem about Wisdom. Since I have been seeking wisdom, I have come to some conclusions: 1. I truly posses none of it in the most pure form 2. Wisdom’s true genesis will always come from God. […]
What Is My Life Worth?
I began tapping my foot to the tune of “Jesus Made A Way”. Such and old habit this was, as the silent metronome began to click off in my head while whistling this lively tune by The Mighty Clouds Of Joy. What is a man worth? This was an old thought that has run through […]
Thank You Veterans!!
For those who’ve stood into the fray, To the Men and Women that stand vigil night and day, For the soldiers that have placed themselves in front of me, My family and I thank the Veterans and current fighters who make my country truly FREE!! My pen and my voice will never be enough To […]
Conquering The Game…All by Myself!
What makes two boys pull weeds, take out the trash, and clean up their bedraggled room?…Allowance, Quarters, Pizza, and Video games! A newly gained stack of quarters was resting upon the glass of a table-top video game exactly in the middle of two middle-school aged boys. Each was clutching the crème de la crème of […]
Can Stories, Poems and Observations Point People To Christ?
Yes they can!..if you will be willing to help. YOU can help make a Difference! The staff at The Great Plains Poet is working very hard to deliver the word of God in the most impactful way through the internet. As we follow the Lords’ leading, we NEED your help to do that! If you […]
Free Poem Friday-10/18/13
“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.”-Colosians 2:6-7(ESV) Thanks for showing up for the second edition of Free Poem Friday! The poem below is an older work of mine and I […]
The Change, Some blessing And The Splendor Of Autumn
“For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven:”-Ecclesiastes 3:1 Often this verse and the ones after it, are quoted during this time of year. I have personally read it and heard it in some form or the other countless times, but this season seems different in some way. I […]
There Is Magic At That Mountain
2 am…Two brothers are nestled in each of their twin sized beds wearing Spider-Man “jammies” and not sleeping a wink. Giggles and wide-eyed expressions are fixed upon the faces of two rambunctious boys staring at each other across the divide created by the nightstand, while soda pop and pure excitement takes hold of them. In […]
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