He Gave, He Took, But Gave Again.
Yesterday, I told you about Wenn the Pen who was our guest speaker at the over sixties club, last Wednesday, I told you I had bought his book of poems and stories ,I was browsing through the book and rather liked the following poem, which I’d like to share with you …..
God’s greatest gift to mankind is the wonderful gift of life, despite arriving in the world to a smack from the good midwife, to make you take a good deep breath, and fill your lungs with air, before they weigh and wash you, and brush your strands of hair.
God gave us eyes and ears to see and hear, a voice to make a noise, and some are made in different ways, to determine girls from boys, when old enough we go to school, learning to read and count, also we learn of Jesus Christ, and the Sermon on the Mount.
In your teens you find different skills, and one to which you endear, although I loved my carpentry, my desire was to be a motor engineer, thank’s to Gods wonderful gift of skill, I was able to fulfil my dream, by working on petrol powered engines as well as diesel and steam.
There is a well known script of old;’ The Lord Giveth and taketh away,’ myself I suffered from that experience, when at my work one fateful day, I do not blame the Lord above ,for the accident I was to befall ,But I often think that he gave me the skills, but in seconds he took them all.
That happened many years ago, and left me confined to a wheel chair, but I kept my sense of humour and religiously said my daily prayer, But I still believe God’s on my side, for he has given me the will to fight, in fact he given me more than that, he’s given me poetic skills to write,
So the Lord has given and taken away, but I know he’s given again, I can write my verses with a smile, despite being in constant pain, Out of my window I see the blue sky,Isee the birds upon the green trees,these manyare the gifts of God,for his flock he loves to please .
By Wenn the Pen
I promised my friend Freda ,remember Freda from Freda's Diarys ?Well she has started another journal now that she has retired please pay her a visit http://journals.aol.co.uk/frdbrow7/now-im-retired.......--d/
Have a lovely weekend everyone with love from.....
28 comments:
Lovely poem Jan, one to think about eh?
Have a lovely weekend, I hear the weather is going to be good in our neck of the woods :-D
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Freda
http://journals.aol.co.uk/frdbrow7/FredasDiaries/
http://journals.aol.co.uk/frdbrow7/now-im-retired.......--d/
Absolutly wonderful Jan thanx for sharing.How couragous is that man and so talented too.God certainly gave him the gift to write wonderful words..Have a lovely week/end.Take Care God Bless.
Astoriasand http://journals.aol.co.uk/astoriasand/MSIMPLERHYMES
Lovely Jan thanks for sharing that ~ maybe there will be some more you can share ~ Hope you have a good weekend ~ Ally
Lovely Jan. Have a good weekend.
Pam
Hi Jan ,that chap Wen the Pen certainly had the gift of words and of knowing life as a gift ,his words as you wrote them certainly makes you think and count your blessings...you have a lovely weekend too .......Love Jeanxx
Just beautiful, glad you shared with us.
Sugar
he obviously has a true faith and expresses it well, will pop and have a look at your friends journal as requested. Take care
Debbie xxx
What a beautiful poem really loved that one. Love Joan.
This is a lovely poem Jan thanks for sharing.
bella xx
That really was a lovely poem Jan, thank you for sharing Reg`s words with us. :o)
love Sandra xxxx
How very touching Wen's poem was. He has condensed his life and crede into these lines very well and it was nice getting to know him in this way. I hope you show us some more soon Jan. Thanks for this entry...Jeanie
Superb Jan, he does have a talent for penning the words. Brilliant flow. Rache
I stopped in to welcome Freida . Another lucky retiree. Someday I hope to join your ranks. Your book sounds so good. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away...so true. Keeping a sense of humor does seem to help. 'On Ya' - ma
this was lovely and so true, he certainly has a talent for writing,
take care Lynne xx
That's a lovely poem Jan! I'll have to go say Hi to Freda now, thanks for letting me know about her new journal! Have a good weekend! Jeannette xx http://journals.aol.co.uk/jlocorriere05/Welcometomytravels/
Like the poem, thanks Jan :o)
I remember Freda... will go say hello.
Sara x
that was a nice poem, thanks. Sandra
wonderful:) have a great weekend:)
Deb
Great poem, thanks for sharing it with us! Have a wonderful weekend! I'll be sure to stop by Freda's page!
Marie
http://journals.aol.co.uk/mariealicejoan/MariesMuses/
Jan, I absolutely love this poem and would love to buy the book. I'm wondering if we can buy it in the States. I find so much comfort in these words. Thanks for sharing...Love xx Chris
I shall pop over and say hello to Freda :-) Great poem ~ thanks for sharing that with us Jan xx
Jenny
http://journals.aol.co.uk/jmoqueen/MyLife
Wonderful entry Jan. Thank you so much for adding those graphics to your sidebar, support means so much.
Wonderful entry.,....goes to show no matter what our lot in life we can always through courage and a stamina for life overcome. It was a hard lesson for me to learn when I lost my hearing and went deaf. But now I'm given another gift a gift of words to reach out a hand to others. (Hugs) Indigo
I am not getting alerts to my new journal Jan, so was surprised when I found all the comments! Many thanks for the 'sandwich board' lol. and thank you to all who have visited :-D
I must learn how to put a photo in my sidebar and graphics in my journals as you do Jan, they are so lovely.
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Freda
http://journals.aol.co.uk/frdbrow7/FredasDiaries/
http://journals.aol.co.uk/frdbrow7/now-im-retired.......--d/
Great poem Jan...and another interesting blog . Eve
I love the poem! It's wonderful! : ) Shelly
I enjoyed that Jan and it was unusual too! Linda xx
ps. I popped over and said hello to Freda! Linda xx
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