Thank you for being in my heart to stay
For making a way out of no way
Thank for taking your life so I could live mine
Thank you for turning the water into wine
For healing the blind and raising the dead
Thanks for getting me up out of bed
Thank you for bringing me back when I was lost
For loving me no matter what the cost
Thanks for raising me up in the church
Thank you for not making me a midget dwarf, or lurch
For Jared, Jon, Jaymie, Derek, Dan, Stephanie, Jake, Steven and all the rest
Thanks for my health, you have extremely blessed
Thank you for being a friend that sticketh closer than a brother
For giving me the nicest, kindest mother
Thanks for the air I breathe and food I eat
Thank you for my hands, nose, ears, eyes, thighs, and feet
For keeping me clean and giving me purity
Thanks for watching over me and giving me security
Thank you for giving me joy when I had none
For all the things tomorrow and in the days to come
Thanks for everything. To you I give all the glory
Thank you! For you have richly blessed me; that’s my story
Thanks!
Author notes
God is good!(and I have nothing against small people or really big ones)lol
Written March 30th, 2004
A contest entry
- I Need Help by Maryann22.
400 points, ended May 9, 2004, 20 entries
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wonderful!
"For healing the blind and raising the dead
Thanks for getting me up out of bed"
Sometimes that's the hardest battle of all.
I LOVE THIS POEM. It really caught me off-guard and made me thankful too for all the good things I've been given. God bless you; keep writing!
In Christ,
Rita -
so true.we really are blessed to live in this wonderful country.and to have the great oppertunities that we do
glad you felt the need to say a praise to the one who gave so much
Brooke
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Wow, awesome write! It's always cool to find a fellow christian on here So many times we take all that God has done for us for granted, thank you for making me stop and thank God today.
~ReignInMe~ -
I like the fact that this is a thank you to God yet it is still humorous..that makes it unique hehe...especially the part about thanking God for having thighs..that was funny...
Lea -
good
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amazing! Well done! Bravo! This is like the best i have read from you! Amazing write!! Your a very talented young man! Another wonderful good write!
*Lyndsey* -
Wow this is quite amazing! I really loved it especially "Thank you for being in my heart to stay For making a way out of no way Thank for taking your life so I could live mine." it was really powerful and moving, thank you!! for sharing this with me
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WOW. ok yah this poem is extreamly EXTREAMLY good. WOW breath taking while reading it my mouth drops and i can't wait till the next line. this poem is to show of just one of those many things that makes god the best. i love god the best. cheers muahs keep it up. wow i will tell peopel about you ok.
brit -
It seems as though you've had a good experience with God.Its good that you're so thankful too.Lots of people look past the good stuff.Good poem,good morals,good rhyme scheme.
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gott ist tot
i'm your modern messiah
black eyes
dark mind
void of a soul
fucking everything you hate and need
i am the darkest knight
the most addictive opiate
complete and utter destruction
satans child
i cannot be destroyed
i cannot die
i live inside everyone of you
spreading like a disease
some day you will heed my call
you will open the flood gates of hell
and i will come forth
i will be the destructor
the antichrist you will serve
the end of all time
i will come and end this world
i will very simply be who i am meant to be
me
i was raised in a church that preached my damnation every sunday of my child years, i don't need a god who wants me to repent my sins and digest his holy writings, if there is a god he created me this way and this shitty world i live in, so no offense to you but i don't need or want your salvation
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Thanks for sharing this im not a christian, I dont go to church or anything like that but i still really liked this so well done
Rowena Jo -
dang where have you been?, ive never read such a beautifully written piece of work.
For keeping me clean and giving me purity
Thanks for watching over me and giving me security
i love that part.......may god bless you.
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hi, i dont usually read poems about religion, however it was excellent, it was funny too. thanx for im me, it would be nice if you read some of mine, , i look forward to reading more. good job
~JO -
this is a really nice and well written poem. good job and keep up the good work!!!
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Hi.
Yeah, definitely should be a little more politically correct with your stuff. "Dwarf/Midget" are quite offensive words. I'm also not into religion really, but I think it's actually kind of amazing when people use their faith in positive ways. I hope your faith is sincere and what not... cause the poem was done nicely. In my opinion, poetry is about you...your feelings and all that jazz.. so, it's nice to see truth throughout a writing. Anyway, I'd work on cutting back on the offensive stuff, anyway, you're Christian? I always thought Christians were supposed to be compassionate and accepting... that's what Jesus taught anyway. So, keep that in mind while thanking your messiah.
Cool stuff... thanks for IM'ing me.
Let's get in touch. Peace.
-Britny -
Hey, its not up my alley either.. lol.. no offense.. but i just don't go to church nor beleive.. but really good flow, and teh ryhme.. magnificent.. Really good write..
Dark Acolyte -
I agree with bridgetjanejone. Its funny listening to your preach your beliefs, but you single out the dwarfs like its a bad thing or something. I am not churchy, and I am successful because I pushed myself to do what I want. I am glad that you have your beliefs. This was well written; just not my type of thing...
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Well... you did ask me to read and comment so I am going to (always honest!) and don't diss me because you did ask!
Thank you for not making me a midget dwarf, or lurch
I don't think that's much of a line for a Christian frankly.
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This poem though a bit long for my liking. Was very well written. It has a beutiful message. This poem reminds a little of my good friends poems. He and god have a connection much as you sound to. Anyhow. I like this poem alot. Thank you for inviting me to read them.
Keep up the good work.
God Bless,
-SongByrd
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I like this poem a lot. Great write...keep up the good work!!
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very sweet.
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Great
Well, this isn't exactly up my alley. But i will comment on the style of the poem and it's content with an open-mind. The flow, was superb. Each line melding with the next, never breaking the constant flow. You could see this as a prayer, indeed, very true you could. I'm glad your faith holds strong, and that you keep to your beliefs. Some break after awhile. So good job to you! Thank you for sharing your beliefs with the others. Yep..
~Somber -
awwwww...i loved this....i just recently found christ, but have some poetry up about hima nd my confusin toward him....but i love this poem!!!it is a very nice thank you, and honestly these days how many people say thank you, let alone to him, i wrote one like this...i didn't post it yet, but it exists, just my little thank you to him, but i think that's all that really matters...any ways, I LOVED THIS...it was very sweet, nice flow, on the whole a good write!
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Sweet. It just brings a smile to my face to see prayer-like poems. You write a lot for a 17 year old guy.
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wow...just recently, like possibly a few months ago, i finally accepted jesus as my savior, and this just really touched me...i loved the way that you showed some of what he did for us, great job with this, it was truly amazing and captivating to read...
christina -
GREAT JOB ..........
You did such a good job on this I liked it a lot .
it is so nice today to see a young person as your self
beliving in our lord.beliving this way will take you far in life.keep up the good work, you did a great job..FOURTH COMING.. -
People are people regardless of race and the all powerful color of skin, this is not an issue nor the fact of shapes and sizes in God's House, He will not segragate Heaven, and this is such a wonderful write keep them coming.
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i'm not a religious person but i have to agree that yes, god id good if you have faith. the layout of this poem is fantasitic, the rhythm and the rhyme that you have used are all very effective and work well. It's good to have someone there to thank and to believe in xxxx
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You have written a very beautiful poem here my friend, you have a lot of talent for one so young. I enjoyed reading it~angelica
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this poem is brilliant. i love the rhythm of it. it flows so smootly and i loved every bit of it. my favourite part has got to be the beginning bit "Thank you for being in my heart to stay
For making a way out of no way
Thank for taking your life so I could live mine
Thank you for turning the water into wine
For healing the blind and raising the dead
Thanks for getting me up out of bed
Thank you for bringing me back when I was lost
For loving me no matter what the cost
Thanks for raising me up in the church
Thank you for not making me a midget dwarf, or lurch" i know that i have cut and paste but then that is my favourite part of it altogether. keep up the good work!!!
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very good
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Awww this is really sweet! It's awesome to find people on here that are believers. And the fact that you are open about your beliefs is even more awesome! Thanks so much for saying hi to me and asking if I could read your poems! Otherwise I don't think I'd ever find you in this growing site lol! Anyway, the poem was awesome and yes cute! You made me smile. Which is REALLY good. Good job! God bless!
PhotoPoet -
awesome job!! this culd also be like a prayer too!
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Can I add a Thankyou too? Id like to say Thankyou for my family and thank you for reminding me how lucky I am, very well written.
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Very good write my dear! Every night I pray to the Lord and give him thanks for my children, my loving husband, and most importantly I thank him for his love. I go to church every Sunday, and I feel so blessed that the Lord has given me a talent for writting poetry. It looks like the Lord has blessed you and all of the AP ppl who are here expressing their feelings. Also thought I would let you in on a secret.... my step daughter is a midget and she is 8 she will be in a wheelchair the rest of her life and she does not blame God one bit, so that part of the poem offended me, she is a very smart lil' girl and I am so proud of her. Just to let you know I think God blessed her! Have a good day!!!!
~C.J.~
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very good poem/. i love it. i used to feel the same way but things have happened. and so yeah. i aint so sure anymore. cuz at this moment in time life sucks. anyway good poem. hopefully i can get back to that stage in my life. ok bye now
dee -
cool
u put thst together well.i like it.kayla -
That was good, really good. Keep up the writing BB87
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excellent job! we should all feel as blessed as you do and write about it with such a passion. this was such a touching poem. off to read more from you now
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well-done
and a wonderful story it is.you are blessed and in this you have penned so very well,the knowledge of those blessings and given praise to our Heavenly Father for making it all possible.this shows the strength of your convictions and the degree of your faith.the rhyme scheme is a good one and it stressed the flow of the poem.a job well done.
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