28, 3-8 – SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, TERRI HILL INTERVIEW
Today we are interviewing Terri Hill. I met Terri at an event for Martha’s House this summer. After asking Martha about an interview, something led me to ask Terri. She is the founder of Executive Document Productions. Her resume encompasses so much more than that as I found out talking with Terri at another Martha’s House event. It’s amazing what you can find out over dinner.
I did ask her if she would look through the three books and find three poems she liked so they could be read before and after the interview. I’ll read 2 short ones now. This one surprised me and yet it didn’t.
From God Still Rhymes (© 2018, by Tim Carter), pg. 25
This one surprised me and yet it didn’t.
FIRST VALENTINE (written in 1973)
love is a valentine
and you are mine
all of life starts
when you give your heart
to shine as the sun
on that special someone
and all that you are
is what you share
being sure always to care
for the ev’ning star
all your giving
is what I am living
you have given your gift
giving my spirits a lift
giving yourself to my keeping
not knowing the weeping
of a broken valentine
we haven’t the time
for it is filled with happiness
everything from our togetherness
love is a valentine
and you are mine
From God Still Rhymes (© 2018, by Tim Carter), pg. 130
WHO AM I?
Jesus asked his disciples,
“Who do you say I am”?
Who did they think he was?
And in times of doubt I ask myself,
“Who do I think I am?”
At these times in my life
I know I must reply,
I am reborn,
I am saved,
I am forgiven,
I am redeemed,
I am made holy in his sight,
I am blessed,
I am loved,
I am a child of God!
And there, without words,
Is the rhyme of who I am,
I am one with God!
Forever in his sight
I am now made right.
Though I may stumble and fall,
My name he will always call,
Always and forever,
He will leave me never.
Yes, I am a child of God.
That is who he says I am.
INTERVIEW
Let’s finish with her third choice.
This is from Living In God’s Rhyme (© 2017, by Tim Carter), pg. 72
And one we did last week.
THE HEALING OF FORGIVENESS
“Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling
and slander, along with every form of malice.
Be kind and compassionate to one another,
forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” Eph. 4:30,31
What needs to be said about this verse?
Though some words may sound terse,
They are covered in the blood
Jesus shed for those he loved.
He has loved
And still does.
Though we have sinned
He has sent a mighty wind
To lift his people up
As we drink from his cup.
We are hurt in so many ways,
Slander, malice, anger and rage.
We are left alone, left defeated.
That’s what we do to those God loves.
Sometimes we are they, the other one,
To whom the harm and hurt is done.
We all keep a running total, we tally the sum
Of each and every day they block out the Son.
We are told to forgive throughout God’s word,
Told enough that we should have heard,
If with God we live
We are called to forgive.
If God can forgive, so must we.
It is by his forgiving of our sin
That over death we do win.
Why is it so hard for us to see?
God loves so much that he died.
Died in the form of his Son
For the times we lied,
For all we have done.
A death we deserved,
A death we did earn,
But now as we turn
Our place is reserved.
Jesus died once for all,
For all who hear his call,
The call of God’s holy grace
That one day we may see his face.
We are but mere mortal man.
How can our sin against another
Be greater than our sin
Against he who created man?
We are commanded to forgive,
So then we must have the trust
To accept the word we have heard
That for God and his children we live.
God loves us
And if we love him,
We will follow his commands.
We will love our neighbor
And with them we will stand.
It is when were are one with God
And one with our fellow man,
Those who have scorned and hurt
That the healing can begin.
God healed us through the death of his Son.
His forgiving of our sins has healed our souls.
Though God is perfect, was he healed of a broken heart?
Does he smile more at each new day’s start?
Do We Forget?
It is often said, “I can forgive, but I will never forget.”
His word says, our sins forgiven, he will remember no more.
Forgiveness begins the healing, forgetting is the cure.
His ways are not our ways
And our ways are not his ways.
But though we may ask why,
We must always and forever try,
Try to understand
What he commands.
Prayer
If you give
Him the times
As you live
His word rhymes
And, we are the kings kids and you will never get rid of us because we are His with Jesus.
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