Seth Gatchell
ASPIRATIONS
When I hate my sin more than my pain, And love what I give more than what I gain. When I value sacrifice more than “success,” And how I serve more than how to impress. When I value faithfulness more than fame, My reputation more than the hearing my name. When I…
Read More SEARCHING IN SHADOWS
On every mountain high, and every valley low, On every cruise ship wide, to every country go, To the new career change, to the new, next “real” love, Lasting pleasure his quest; his eyes won’t search above. The shadow of pleasure is what everyman stalks, Feeling high? Numbing pain? Searching like soaring hawks. Salve…
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INDEPENDENCE DAY
July 4, 1776 Oh, Independence Day! Blessed Declaration! The law above a king, blessed separation! Unalienable rights, endowed by the Lord God. Truths that we will hold dear. The governed have the nod. And for seven long years, a war of attrition. Bunker Hill and Breed’s Hill, Concord and Lexington. Fort Ticonderoga, Trenton…
Read More Father
A joy-filled, but hard task, Be a dad? Sacrifice. Of you, much will be asked. Live for self? Won’t suffice! Loving and living, Serving and sharing, Guiding and giving, Teaching and trying. Give them a model, How you love your wife. No room to be idle. Face problems in your life. Wisdom…
Read More Mother
Before I could see you I labored for long weeks. When you finally came, I kissed your rosy cheeks. Every day we loved you for almost eighteen years, Every day in our home, through fun, work, prayers and tears. Nighttime feeding, Diaper-changing, Baby-cooing, Not much snoozing! Learning to talk, Learning to walk, ‘Fraid…
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