GOD'SLIGHT - Poetry for Everyday Living - Dedication and Inspiration

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God's Light is a poetry collection for everyday living by Troy St. Charles, centered on inspirational and religious themes. The dedication explains the poem’s origin from a request to write about seeing beyond negative situations, guided by prayer and God’s direction. It emphasizes how tragedy and hardships can produce love, compassion, and understanding. The provided content also introduces “Rocks,” a piece written for people who stand firm under persecution and respond with courage, faithfulness, and compassion.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryReligion & Spirituality

FormatPDF

Pages208

Reading Time8 h 44 min

AccessFree to download

DEDICATION

Inspiration for “Rocks”

# GOD'SLIGHT Poetry for Everyday Living TROY ST.CHARLES # GOD'SLIGHT 100 Poetry for Everyday Living TROY ST.CHARLES TATE PuBLISHING Enterprises God's LigbtCopyright O2007by Troy St.Charles.All rights reserved. This title is also available as a Tate Out Loud product.Visit www.tatepublishing.comfor more information. No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system ortransmitted in any way by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopy,recordingor otherwise without the prior permission of the author except as provided by USAcopyright law. Scripture quotations marked“NKJV”are taken from Tbe New King James Version /Thomas Nelson Publishers,Nashvill:Thomas Nelson Publishers.Copyright C1982.Used by permission.All rights reserved. The opinions expressed by the author are not necessarily those of Tate Publishing,LLC. Published by Tate Publishing &Enterprises,LLC 127 E.Trade Center Terrace |Mustang,Oklahoma 73064 USA 1.888.361.9473 |www.tatepublishing.com Tate Publishing is committed to excellence in the publishing industry.The companyreflects the philosophy established by the founders,based on Psalm 68:11,"The Lord gave the word and great was the company of those zobo published it." Book design copyright 2007 by Tate Publishing,LLC.All rights reserved.Cover design byJanae J.GlassInterior design by Lindsay B.Bebrens Published in the United States of AmericaISBN:978-1-60247-932-6 1.Poetry 2.Inspirational &Religious 07.10.22 ## DEDICATION Writing a book of poetry has been a long-time dream ofmine.Many people along the way have contributed in someway or another.Thank you to all who played a part in thedevelopment of this book.I'd like to thank my mother forpassing on the love of poetry.My mother inspired many ofmy poems.“God's Light”came about when Mom asked meto write a poem for someone who could only see the nega-tive in situations.I prayed and asked for God's guidanceand he blessed me with this beautiful poem.“God's Light”teaches us that through tragedy and hardships come love,compassion,and understanding.O!the beauty of light as itpierces the darkness.I'd also like to thank my brother Roryfor his continued support and encouragement to keep mewriting.We share a love for poetry and have spent countlesshours together writing poetry.Rory also inspired me,gaveme new fresh ideas,and advice,to help me grow as a poet.I'd like to thank my sister Karen for standing by my sideduring the hard and lonely times in my life.Thank you tomy best friend Randy for leading me to Jesus through hisfaithfulness to Christ.And a special thanks to my beauti-ful wife Cheryl for helping me put this book together.The poem"Changing Eternity"was inspired by our study timetogether from The Purpose Driven Life. I also dedicate this book to my brother Richard whodied at the age of twenty-two years young.You are alwaysin my prayers.I still miss you and can’t wait to see you inheaven. Most of all,thank you Jesus for your awesome love!!!! ## Inspiration for“Rocks” The world has always chosen people to hate.Throughouthistory,men have persecuted Jews,Christians,people withleprosy,Africans,Indians,Japanese,homosexuals,AIDSvictims,and the list goes on and on.Even our Savior Jesuswho was without sin was persecuted,hated,and crucified.“Rocks”was written for those who stand and fight for thoseunder persecution.For those not afraid to stand up and say,"Leave him alone,"and for those who offer love and com-passion to a world filled with hate. 1000

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Who is “Rocks” written for?

“Rocks” is written for those who stand and fight under persecution, and for those who offer love and compassion instead of fear in a world filled with hate.

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