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    Reflections

    By Mary Wyatt Byers

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    We must learn to look beyond the mirrors of our lives not only to view the outward appearance of what seems to be but with a deep meditation that allows God to speak to us in ways that exalt His glory in our three dimensional world.

    Rarely are reflections planned; instead, they are usually triggered by stimuli such as smells, songs, words, or visuals. Time and again, we pause to ponder about a variety of issues and things that evoke emotions that may range from silliness to self-pity. More often than not, these are the things that shape and mold our lives.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateJul 23, 2014
    ISBN9781490839097
    Reflections
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    Mary Wyatt Byers

    Award winning poet, Mary Wyatt Byers, is a resident of Charlottesville, Virginia. She is married and has a son and daughter. Among her poetic accolades, she has received numerous certificates of appreciation for her participation in the World of Poetry contests (Sacramento, California/ 1987-91), and three Editor Choice Awards for outstanding achievement in poetry presented by the National Library of Poetry (1993, 1995, 1996). Three of her poems have been published by the National Library of Poetry Organization in its poetry anthologies entitled Whispers in the Wind (1993), Best Poems of 1995, and Best Poems of 1996. Mary has had one play and four volumes of poems copyrighted since 1991. She has published two inspirational poetry books: Seasons of Life: Perspective (2009 ) and Reflections (2014).

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      Reflections - Mary Wyatt Byers

      Copyright © 2014 Mary Wyatt Byers.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations used in this book are from the New King James Version. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission." (www.Lockman.org)

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      ISBN: 978-1-4908-3908-0 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4908-3909-7 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2014909986

      WestBow Press rev. date: 07/22/2014

      Contents

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      Reflections of Family (In Loving Memory)

      Give Me My Flowers

      The Burning Bush

      Tack the Giant

      New

      Angus the Westie

      Acrostic Reflections

      TIME

      DEPRESSION

      FAILURE

      FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

      COURAGE

      PEACE

      FAITH

      GRACE

      SALVATION

      Silly Reflections

      Chips

      When Momma Gets Sick

      The Body

      What If?

      Yam the Cat

      Heavenly Reflections

      Heaven

      Only a Speck

      Who Did You Bring?

      I Don’t Have a Dime

      No Piggybacking!

      Who is Like Our God?

      Though I’ve Never Seen You

      Toy or Temple?

      Daily Reflections

      Morning Prayer

      Evening Prayer

      Obey

      Provision

      Leafy Praise

      Anticipation

      Blessings

      The Lord Is… A Paraphrasing

      Nightly Reflections

      Outside My Bedroom Window

      Midnight

      The Me Inside: The Saga Continues

      Reflections of the Cross

      I’m So Glad

      What More Can He Do?

      When God Held Back His Power

      Truth

      Who Do You Say I Am?

      Miscellaneous Reflections

      School Year ____?

      Accepting His Thanks

      Winds of Adversity

      I Believe in Prayer

      I Don’t Understand

      When Troubles Come

      Mother, God’s Special Sower

      I Am Having a Party and You’re Invited…NOT!!!

      The Dandelion Within

      Fault Finding

      What Shall I Render?

      I Had It Out With Clout

      About Advice

      Reflections of Two

      Two Josephs

      Two Lions

      Two Doors

      Reflections of Encouragement

      Encourage Yourself in the Lord

      Bless the Lord, O My Soul

      She’s In My Hands

      Let’s Praise the Lord!

      A Reason for a Season

      God Knows

      Praise Him Anyway

      God Still Gets the Glory

      Epilogue

      Bibliography

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to my family and friends who have encouraged me in my endeavor to complete this second poetry book. It is also dedicated to you, the reader, with the hope that you might be inspired to listen to God’s voice during your own moments of reflection.

      Acknowledgements

      In thinking of whom to recognize for helping me write this book of poetry, I’d be speaking amiss if I did not give thanks first and foremost to God the Father for His extraordinary way of insisting that I pick up the pen and record what He wanted to speak through my emotions and experiences (usually very early morning). I’d also like to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus, for always being there to mediate with the Father on my behalf during my doubtful and self-pitying moments. At times, it seems I could hear Him saying, Don’t worry, Father, she’s still growing in her trust for what You can do in her life.

      I would like to thank my sister Carolyn (who’s very busy babysitting her first grandchild these days) for sharing her computer expertise in helping me transport photos for use in this book.

      Finally, I’d like to thank my family, friends, co-workers and other individuals who bought copies of my first book, Seasons of Life: Perspective and their encouragement for me to complete another poetry book. I pray that this book will inspire each of them and individuals reading my poetry for the first time to have a closer relationship with God.

      Introduction

      As I write this, I am recovering from carotid artery surgery and watching Dr. Oz whose topic today is Signs of Aging. Oh, wow! I really need that (sarcasm). The audience has just been quizzed on their facial skin by their responses to several questions about the lines around their mouths, between their eyes and whether or not their eyelids droop over their eyelashes. At the end of the quiz, they have been given either green or red cards that tell their skin age based on their responses. Green cards mean their skin is younger than their age, and red cards mean their skin is older than their age. I won’t swear it, but I think that I would’ve received a green card (smile). Of course, some of us might’ve cheated just a little. At any rate, it’s good to look younger than you actually are!

      It has been two weeks to the day since my surgery. Although most of the swelling has gone away, it still bothers me to stretch my neck very far. I still have lots of trouble gargling, rolling my hair, and working at a computer for any great length of time, but I’m so thankful that it’s not what it was a week ago.

      Dr. Oz’s show and my surgery have something in common…reflection. For purposes designed for the writing of this book, I’d like to give the following definitions for the word: Reflection- 1)consideration of some subject matter, idea, or purpose; and 2)an effect produced by an influence, such as a high crime rate is the reflection of an unstable society (Webster’s Ninth Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1988).

      When Dr. Oz gave his audience the quiz, they had to take a moment to look into a mirror and then decide how to respond to each question (definition #1). I don’t know about the people in the audience, but it caused me to reflect about how the years had changed my appearance and, if the truth is known, it hurt. One woman told how she wears makeup because it made her feel more like a diva. Obviously, she no longer liked the image that stared back at her from a mirror. Recovering from surgery has also made me reflect on what my neck looked like prior to surgery and how it now looks (definition #2). Regardless to whether we think it’s important or not, we will be put into situations that will challenge us to reflect.

      The Bible tells us that we, who are Believers, should be reflections of God’s light in a world that’s growing

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