Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 21, 2025
                
                
                
                    [171].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – LIVING IN A COUNTRY TOWN
This poem is a little idealistic but it was written with the aim of a possible country gospel song.  It is not my personal experience, though I have lived in isolated areas including in the semi-desert outback for many years.  I can well
                    
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                    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Apr 26, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    Tommy Tenney, in his new book tells this story.
	He believes that God spoke to him and said, “You know, Tommy, your favorite worship services and My favorite services are not the same.  You leave you services full and satisfied, but when you leave, I’m still hungry.”
	He writes, “God whispered this
                    
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                    Contributed by Dana Chau on Jul 18, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    LEAVING A LEGACY
Paul J. Meyer in his book "Unlocking Your Legacy" tells about the time his mother was found after having fallen in her home.  She died a few days later in the hospital.  The year was 1969.
Mr. Meyer writes, "In the apron she was wearing the day she fell, I found a note that read:
                    
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                    Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 21, 2007
                
                
                
                    "Let a man go away or come back: God never leaves. He is always at hand and if he cannot get into your life, still he is never farther
                    
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                    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 22, 2025
                
                
                
                    [174].  A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – I WAS WOKEN OUT OF SLEEP
11 August 2025.  I had the most terrible dream.  It was so involved and graphic, and it was like justice was closing in on me for some heinous crime though I knew I was innocent yet oscillating with on and off with guilt.  I want to forget
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    LEAVE YOUR GUILT BEHIND--COMMUNION MEDITATION
In their book Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, Dr. Paul Brand and Philip Yancey write: 
"Amputees often experience some sensation of a phantom limb. Somewhere, locked in their brains, a memory lingers of the nonexistent hand or leg. Invisible toes curl,
                    
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                    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 1, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    And then there is the issue of His leaving the rich communion that He enjoyed with His Father. C.S. Lewis addressed this when he wrote, "Lying at your feet is your dog. Imagine, for the moment, that your dog and every dog is in deep distress. Some of us love dogs very much. If it would help all the
                    
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                    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018
                
                
                
                    Note: This story is told from my perspective - Jim Butcher of Madison WV.
I was visiting with one of our long-time members a few months ago and she related an interesting story about her visit to Madison Baptist decades ago.
Rosemary was sitting along the aisle, waiting on the service to begin,
                    
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                    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 6, 2012
                
                
                
                    REASONS FOR LEAVING THE LAST JOB
"Responsibility makes me nervous." 
"Please don't misconstrue my 14 jobs as 'job-hopping.' I have never quit a job." 
"Was met with a string of broken promises and lies, as well as cockroaches." 
"I was working for my mom until she
                    
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