This Woman's Heart
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A WOMAN’S HEART - GOD’S DWELLING PLACE
A woman’s heart, God’s dwelling place, where peace and love reside
and Father, Son and Spirit are welcomed to abide.
Within that heart is found a space for family and friends
and a quiet place where she has stored
sweet memories to tend.
Deep within those chambers her children’s sounds are scattered,
along with precious images
of those times that really mattered.
Marriage, birth and even death are pictures that she keeps,
of smiles collected through the years
and tears when grief was deep.
The conversations and the prayers of friends that she holds dear;
the many fun times that she had
are all abiding here.
This house has hidden nooks to store a woman’s dreams and sorrows
and shelves to keep her joys and fears
and hopes for her tomorrows.
But the largest and the best of rooms is for the honored guest -
where only God may dwell within
to comfort, save and bless.
This holy place is where she meets her Maker and her friend,
where God reveals the hidden things
and where love never ends.
ONE DAY
Every heartbreak, every tear
every sorrow while we’re here
every suffering, every pain
everything we failed to gain
has been sent to make us grow
to help us see, to let us know
that one day it will all make sense
when we see the evidence
of Christ and what He’s done for us
that He is loving, wise and just
for when we die and leave this place
and we see Jesus face to face
we then will know as we are known
and with all joy shout “I am home”!
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About the Book
This collection of poems spans fifty years in the life of the author’s journey. From her first poems written during her teen years, to as recently as the summer of 2014, the poems reflect her life as a wife, mother, divorced woman, grandmother, friend, deaconess, and singer. Most importantly, however, the poems reflect her relationship with Jesus. Each poem reveals the heart of this woman, who has known great joys as well as great sorrows. The result of these experiences has been an ever-deepening relationship with God and her gratefulness that He has given her the ability to express herself through poetry. God has blessed her with a wonderful family and great friends, and these people—along with her faith—have provided the inspiration for her poems. Her greatest desire is that these words of truth and hope, with some humor thrown in, will give you a glimpse into her heart and, in turn, will touch the hearts of her readers and leave a legacy for her family and friends to enjoy.
About the Author
Kathleen was born in Phoenix, the eldest of three children. She has lived in Arizona and Colorado and currently lives in Beaumont, California, with her daughter, Amy. Her son, Chris, daughter-in-law, Gina, and their two children live nearby, and she enjoys spending as much time as she can with her children and grandchildren, who are the joy of her life. Her retired life is full and she keeps busy as a deaconess, co-leads a women’s Bible study, and, along with her daughter, sings on the Praise Team. Kathleen also volunteers on the maternity floor and with hospice at the local hospital. She wrote her first poem at the age of fourteen and doesn’t plan to stop expressing her heart through poetry as long as the Lord gives her life.