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    God Love and Me
    God Love and Me
    God Love and Me
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    God Love and Me

    By Sydney Douglas Smith

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    Inspirational collection of poems which I have written over the last 30 years and tell my story of how I found God and how he has changed my life as well as a few poems and meaningful scriptures which have helped on this journey. From 1983 until now I have been growing in faith and in my relationship to Jesus.

    As I have faced life's many challenges I have been able to relate more and more to the poem "Footprints" and can see where I have been "carried". I have discovered the profound love of God and what it means to all of us.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSydney Douglas Smith
    Release dateFeb 9, 2014
    ISBN9781310396434
    God Love and Me
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    Sydney Douglas Smith

    I was born into a "working class" family and spent my childhood learning to "be happy with what you have" My father was the hard working head of a very poor but very loving family.I was bullied by my peers and by the education system and I came to believe the many negative things that were told me such as; "You are a stupid boy", "You can never learn", "You will never be anything in your life".In addition I was brought up in an age where Class and religious distinctions and prejudices decided what sort of a person you were destined to become and more or less how you were to live your life. Any signs of ambition were quickly stifled by a lifestyle and social system driven by the upper class.An inherited work ethic and the ability to care deeply for others (especially the under-dog) are among the life gifts that carried me through-out my early years even though I didn't have a relationship with God then. I found God later in life (about 45), and this led me to college where I learned that I wasn't stupid after all, and I could learn new skills, using my gifts and be valuable to God and other people. I became a Counsellor with Lifeline, and attained many qualifications I thought I could never get.Yes I have been knocked down in life, quite a few times. Sometimes because of wrong decisions I have made, sometimes when others have hurt me and sometimes just because of life, but through it all there has been a great God who even in the depths of my hurt, fear and sorrow has just reached down, taken my hand and gently lifted me!My theme song is a re-written version of the tub-thumping song “ I get knocked down, he lifts me up again”It helps also that I have had a good wife who has stuck by me in the hard times and helped me celebrate the good times, thank you Ruby for being there to lift and encourage me and also keeping me grounded when I get above myself.I currently have a small Life Coaching practice where I teach and mentor “Bright Endings” in a one-on-one environment or group workshops where people can and do move past the mistakes and disappointments of the past and even learning to appreciate some of the lessons learned to help create for themselves a “Bright Ending”After a lifetime of many failures and some great success stories I have learned to lean on God in the tough times and thank Him for everything.We are not able to go back and change the beginnings, undo the mistakes or redo the regrets in our story! BUT we can start now and write a brand new ending.I am living in the peace and calm that comes as we are able to find what I call the "sweet spot' in our life that is the purpose for us which I am sure we are pre-destined to be before we were born.

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      God Love and Me - Sydney Douglas Smith

      Introduction

      I sincerely believe that we must change the way in which we view the world and its people.

      We need to become a world of loving, truly caring people who are willing to give ourselves, sacrificially especially for the many children of the world who are suffering needlessly.

      We the adults of the world with all its riches need to learn to share what we have and to love without reservation everything and everybody because God created us all.

      We are born and we are going to die, these two things are certain and I believe what we do in between is meant to make a difference.

      If we (mankind) do not achieve true harmony with the earth it soon will be snatched away and we will not be given a second chance. We (all people, all Nations) can, and must achieve the ability to live together in harmony. This will take sacrifice especially among our leaders.

      The love we have inside us has the capacity to be a great thing, but it does not become great UNTIL WE GIVE IT AWAY!

      The more you love, the more you are loved and in loving all things, we will find that God does exist and that he resides in each and every-one of us because God is LOVE!

      Your Loving brother in Christ Jesus

      Doug Smith

      A Prayer

      I said a prayer for you today

      And know God must have heard

      I felt the answer in my heart

      Although he spoke no word

      I didn’t ask for wealth or fame

      I know you wouldn’t mind

      I asked him to send treasures

      Of a far more lasting kind

      I asked that he’d be near you

      At the start of each new day

      To grant you health and blessings

      And friends to share your way

      I asked for happiness for you

      In all things great and small

      But it was for his loving care

      I prayed for most of all

      By Doug Smith

      When I must leave you

      When I must leave you for a little while, please do not grieve and shed wild tears and hug your sorrow through the years. But start out bravely with a gallant smile and for my sake and in my name live on and do all things the same. Feed not your loneliness on empty days but fill each working hour in useful ways. Reach out your hand in comfort and in cheer and I in turn will comfort you and hold you near. And never be afraid to die for I am waiting for you in the sky

      Anon

      TO THOSE WHOM I LOVE AND THOSE WHO LOVE ME

      When,

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