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Gather the Flowers

kind words are like sweet flowers gather them up like little yellow daisies and sweet lavender in a wild field of sharp grasses and overgrown weeds inhale them memorize the scent sketch their shape and color in your minds eye do not lose the feeling of the stems in your fingers or the silky soft petals hold them against your chest near a window in a vase freshen the water in the spring let the sun and fresh air in and when the cold comes keep in the warmth light a candle near the mirror admire each stark shadow and count the glimmers in your eyes that is hope let it carry you and when the sun returns it will light up all that you are written by Megan Token Nov. 2022
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Watch the Sky

  Watch the Sky tent canvas walls protect me from clocks the forestry allows me to leaf my watch on my bed stand the sky sun moon and stars their journeys guide mine and how I spend the little time among them presently I lay staring  at the sky among the trees for once I lay still while their shadows grow longer Poem written by Megan Token July 2022
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Thoughts on Singleness

  Thoughts on Singleness July 2022 I am 24 and I have never even been on a date.  “What’s wrong with me? No one has even asked me out on a date, so there must be something that I am missing, right? Is it my clothes or my hair? My personality? The way I walk, or talk? Is it that I can be a bit of a loner? Does my body, mind, or soul need to mature? Is God waiting for me to learn to be content with myself first?  I’ve heard others say: “it’s good to figure yourself out before dating someone else.” “Singleness is a time to do what you want.” “Being single is so free.” “God has the perfect one for you.” “Don’t worry, you will get married eventually.” “God is growing you (or your future spouse) until you both are ready.” The reality is I may never get married. I do not feel “happy and free” about being single.  The truth is Jesus accepts me as I am and fills in my empty places. He alone makes me worthy. In other words, nothing I do will change the fact I am single ...
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Lenten perseverance 2022

 Hello friends!  As you may recall I chose to turn off the television shows for the whole lenten season. What I knew going in was that I was spending too much time watching tv as a distraction and as a time filler. What I did not know was what was going to come out of all that free time.  God knew.  First, I was at a loss of what to do with myself. Normally I turn on a show when I am eating a meal. Now, my thoughts were free to be heard and to wander in the silence; I began to turn to the last thing I expected: prayer. Meal times became prayer times. I would pray for my food, and my body, and then I would pray for my family, my friends, and anything else that came to mind. Every thought was brought before the throne of God at least twice a day if not three times, whereas before, I had prayed exaclty zero times. Did I keep a perfect streak? Absolutely not. I definitely watched movies as a distraction sometimes. I would sit there while my roommate watched her televisio...
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