My Poems of Faith and Inspiration

By Carol Griffin

This book contains personal poems and also poems to live by. They were created when I first became a Christian, when Jesus brought me to being a Christian, God gave me the talent, and the Holy Spirit guided my hand. An angel named Mike is the one who inspired me. I hope that this book may inspire others to get to know why they are here and why they should get to know Jesus.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Oct 27, 2016
• ISBN: 9781532006944

Carol Griffin

Being seventy-six years old and divorced three times, I have been around the block (a few times). My childhood was surrounded with love from my mom, aunts, uncles, cousins, one sibling, and a grandfather that was the best father figure a girl could have. Through my life, I have had many pitfalls, but I survived them all. My life has been filled with many blessings—my six children most of all. I now have twenty-six grandchildren and great-grandchildren. My sister is still living and has eight children and 50+ grandchildren (including great) whom I love dearly. I became a Christian six years ago—not that I wasn’t one since birth. To explain this, I was a Catholic and a very staunch one when I was a young girl, but through the years of living with abusive husbands and living with a man for twenty years, I have realized that being a Catholic wasn’t for me. I still respect the religious doctrines, but I have come to believe that the Bible is the only way for me. I have given myself to the Lord and let him rule my life because up until I became a Christian, I wasn’t doing such a hot job. This book will show that my experiences have molded my thoughts on life.

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Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, King James Version. Cambridge Edition: 1769; King James Bible Online, 2016. www.kingjamesbibleonline.org.

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Contents

A Godly Relationship

A Lonely Heart

A Prayer For My Loved Ones

Becoming A Christian

Believers and Deceivers

Belonging Together

Choices

God Only Knows

God Gave Me A Moment

God’s Plan

I’ll Still Love Him

I Gave It To God

Joy

Kindness

Living In Truth

Love

Meeting With Jesus In The Air

Missing You

Mother

My Christmas Prayer List

My First Christian Christmas

My Prayer For Understanding

Our Prayers

Our World Today

Overwhelming Love

Portrait of a Man

Reasons For Loving You

Soaring Like An Eagle

Take Up Your Sword

That’s My Heart You’re Holding

The Lord Has Blessed Me

The Rainbow

Ten L’s To Staying Young

Walk With Me ‘Round That Faithful Bend

Wrapped In The Blanket Of Jesus

You Asked Me What I Prayed For You

Your Burdens Are Mine

First of all, I am giving glory to God for the writing of this book. Without Him there would not be a book. I also want to thank Vicky Loman, who is the director of Women’s Ministry for my church, (Valley Bible Fellowship) in Las Vegas. She read my book and because she is thought of