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Time to Pray

I got up early one morning
and rushed right into the day;
I had so much to accomplish
that I didn’t have time to pray.

Problems just tumbled about me,
and heavier came each task.
“Why doesn’t God help me?” I wondered.
He answered, “You didn’t ask.”

I wanted to see joy and beauty,
but the day toiled on, gray and bleak;
I wondered why God didn’t show me.
He said, “But you didn’t seek.”

I tried to come into God’s presence;
I used all my keys at the lock.
God gently and lovingly chided,
“My child, you didn’t knock.”

I woke up early this morning,
and paused before entering the day;
I had so much to accomplish
that I had to take time to pray.

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Existence

“Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.”

― Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning

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We Wear the Mask

We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.

Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.

We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!

By Paul Laurence Dunbar

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A Father’s Love

What makes you a man is being there for your children and grandchildren, not just on birthdays but every day possible. You must be unselfish and willing to invest your time not just your money to enrich their lives. Above all else, being a true model of the Father’s love in the home by sacrificing yourself daily for the well- being of those you love.
I’ve spent countless days fighting against the ghost of an absent father, thinking that I could perform my way out of hurt and pain. But now I realize that by God’s grace I don’t have to go through the pain to truly be healed. I just have to be willing to release what I truly feel inside over to Him and rest in His love.
I love my biological father and I commend him for doing the best that he could do with the knowledge he was given on fatherhood. Although I didn’t have a true example of what a real father should do or be, I know realize that my Heavenly Father has given me a blueprint in His Word. Because of His love for me I don’t have to fumble around in the dark trying to figure out what I should do to gain the love and respect of my family.
I’m not perfect by any means. I‘ve made several mistakes in my past and I’m sure I’ll make more. However, I won’t let that stop me from pressing to leave a legacy of love and accountability for future generations of the Hamilton family.
The Generational curse that has run through my family stops with me. When it’s all said and done my children aren’t going to remember the material things and fun times that will eventually fade away.
What they will remember is the time I invested in their lives and the life of faith that I walked out on a daily basis right before their eyes. Time for sowing seeds of death and destruction is over; the time for love, peace and togetherness is at hand. It’s time to leave a Legacy of Faith that will long out live me.