God's Rhyme

By Tim Carter

Life is a continuous poem. Through the good times, the bad times, and the times in between, life is poetry. Although it may not always rhyme, our emotions, our thoughts, our wandering, our searching, and especially the answers are the poetry of our lives. God’s Rhyme is the poetry on one man’s life from the joy of salvation, through

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lettra Press LLC
• Release date: Jan 23, 2019
• ISBN: 9781949746648

Tim Carter

Married, with three children and seven grandchildren, Tim Carter, now happily retired, enjoys time spent with his family, above all else. Before retirement, Tim was a country solicitor with his own practice for thirty three years. Passionate about helping others who may be struggling, he endeavours to do this with the Workshops and Counselling that he is currently involved in.

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GOD’S RHYME

This book is written to provide information and motivation to readers. Its purpose is not to render any type of psychological, legal, or professional advice of any kind. The content is the sole opinion and expression of the author, and not necessarily that of the publisher.

Copyright © 2018 by Tim Carter

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Contents

Introduction

In the Beginning

Dedication

My Friend, Jesus

For You Two

I Believe In Jesus

My Sweet Jesus

John 13

Love

Stand

Birthright

Psalm 106:47

The Carpenter’s Son

Friend

Blessed Is Love

Praise the Lord

Running Toward the Goal

Your Love

Prayer

Healed

The Return

The Children

Make Melody To God

Pleasures Forevermore

A Day

A Night

Residential Rain

Trilogy: A Day Spent

Thoughts Of

We

The Stories You Could Hear

Creativity

Somehow

Photograph

What We Put Our Children Through: 9/24

Five On the Floor

Summer Breeze

Say Good-bye To the Moon

I Saw You

Untitled

the time

I Remember Twice

Today

Dad—Afterthoughts

Untitled (A Continuation of Days)

Blue Eyes

Untitled Still

Mother of Three

Do the Memories Grow?

Stone-Cold October 3

Empty Chairs

God’s Rhyme (Last Stanza)

Quiet Place

His Blessings Rhyme

We Were Born In Bethlehem

God In a Box (A Song)

Have You, Have I

I Dreamt I Had Entered

2/3/10

When Did Jesus Pray Abba?

Touching the Heart of God

A Prayer of Thanksgiving

John 3:16

Two

The Gathering Lamb

Life Is a Prayer

The Every Man

Living Truth

Ghost Writer

The Cornerstone

The Legacy

Restore Me

An Anointing of the Holy Spirit

Sixteen Days In Hunter’s House

Weakness

The Christmas Progression

Brokenhearted

Concluding Prayer

Introduction

One of my favorite authors* wondered what thoughts went through people’s minds when they came to the line in John Newton’s hymn Amazing Grace that says, Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. The word wretch is what he focused on. He wondered how you, me as I was reading, felt when singing that line. Do we really understand the word wretch as we smilingly sing that line? Maybe we don’t like that word at all, I’m not a wretch. I don’t know about you, but the me in I embrace that line and that word especially in my favorite song of all times. I can relate to being a wretch, I know that in my life there have been times that I have truly been a wretch. I don’t even need to have someone explain what it means. Maybe that’s why I like the song so much. This wretch was saved by God’s grace.

I have found His grace. In the good, the bad, and the wretched ugly, there is always a rhyme when I take the time to let Him write my life’s lines. When I listen, I can hear the sound; when I open my eyes, I am found. And as the world turns round His blessings abound.

No matter who we are, what we are, and where we are, God is there waiting for us to take His outstretched hand and offer us His grace; salvation for all sinners through the sacrifice for our sins of His sinless son, Jesus.

A song from my youth said, All you need is love. Not quite, not just any love, all you need is God’s love.

The following pages are my journey by His grace. May your journey be filled with grace as you run the race.

*Dr. David Jeremiah, Captured by Grace

If you give

Him the times,

as you live,

His Word rhymes.

In the Beginning

We are the King’s kids and you’ll never get

rid of us for we are his with Jesus.

Dedication

We all know that Jesus

Is the Son of God

and the Holy Spirit completes the Trinity.

From the beginning of time and even before,

Jesus, as God, with the Holy Spirit

created the earth and all we know as good.

So, though not always mentioned as Jesus,

this book is dedicated to