Live Oak
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By Peter O
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Live Oak "...The seed is the Word of God." Luke 8:11 Father, You live Beyond my mind's reach, but Your Son, Your Gift to us, Speaks Your Mind. Please, Seed my soul's mind With His Word, Much as the wind Carries seeds of new life. Then, unshell the Seed and I will grow His Word. But, Father, At times the Seed Is fragile and vulnerable, or Stays earth tomb'd. It is then, I pray for Your Spirit's Spring Breath and Your Son's Blood-Waters, and With Your Love's grace, His Word will swell in my soul, Rise though my earthy wants, and Thicken into a Live Oak -- Green even in my winters. |
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Submitted: Saturday, September 17, 2011
Last Updated: Monday, May 7, 2012
About the Poet
I am 79 years of age. For the past nine years I have been retired, after forty years, from the field of alcoholism and drug abuse in New York City.
I am married and we have two grown sons
and two grand-sons.
My life changed through a grace-experience in 1967.
Writing Christian prayers is a particular interest of mine. This came about by a growing awareness of the
spiritual in recovery from addictions.
I choose, intellectually and emotionally, to believe the Triune God of the Sared Scriptures as my Healer.
Other Poems by Peter O
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- Abba! Father
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- Another Place
- Armor
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- Barren
- Bedrock
- Beginning
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- Blacksmith
- Blessed
- Boast
- Bridge
- Broken of Heart
- But
- Butterfly
- Butterfly
- Chasing the Wind
- Child-Like
- Choice
- Christ's Walkers
- Christian Tears
- Christmas
- Come
- Confidence
- Consider
- Creator's Craft
- Crossroad
- Depression
- Depression 1
- Depth
- Desert-Gift
- Distractions
- Draught
- Dwell
- Ego-Born
- Envy
- Envy
- Everlasting Life
- Ex-cru-ciate
- Faith Heals
- Faith's Love
- Faith, Hope and Charity
- Faith-Path
- Farewell
- Fasten
- Fire-Soul
- Fix Your Eyes
- Footing
- Forgivness
- Foundation
- Fountain
- Fruits of the Spirit
- Fullness
- Fullness
- Gift
- Gift
- Glory-Engraved
- God Is Silence
- God-Cold-World
- God-Fleshed
- God-Speak
- God-Taught
- Grace
- Grace
- Gratitude
- Gratitude
- Greatest
- Hammer
- Hand of Welcome
- Hands
- Harbor and Port
- Harp
- Hasten
- He Is .............
- His Name
- Holy Spirit
- Honesty
- Honor and Glory
- How?
- I AM
- In the Wilderness
- Incredible
- Inner Silence
- Invigorate
- It is Written
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- Jesus-Seal
- Jesus: Saviour Teacher
- Jesus?
- Journey
- Joy
- Land of the Living
- Lead Us Not
- Lease
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- Life-Finder
- Listen
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- Lost
- Mask-Ball
- Music
- Music of Love
- My Cry
- My Master?
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- No, No, No
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- Praise
- Prayer
- Prayer's High Knoll
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- Pruning
- Pursue
- Rest
- Revealed
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- The Face
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- The First
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- The Lord's House
- The NAME
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- The Valley
- The Victor
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- Throw
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- Trench
- Trust
- Truth Packed
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