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Growing by Leona Ebling

Please be patient with me I was created many years ago
But I am not perfected yet you see my growth is mighty slow
I have trouble with my "diet" it's what's inside of me
that causes me the troubles that a lot of people see

My faults, my doubts, my fears, they are many through the years
I have shared a lot of laughter but, also a lot of tears
were shed mostly alone as I struggled, and in strife
I'm trying to perfect myself "growing" through this life.

There is no way I have found to grow all by myself
I need all kinds of people and things to help me gain this wealth
I need love, hope, peace and joy from HIM who lives on high.
As well as critics, and encouragers who in this life pass by.

But most needed is the help I receive from God, then family,
Then words spoken or looks given from folks like you I see;
And as I walk, I sometimes run ahead and lose my way
And I have to go back and try to find the path where I lost my way.

You see every day is a lesson, and every day we grow.
Sometimes we do it fast sometimes it is so slow
I'm glad my teacher is one of love and yet strict enough to be
One who will help me live down here and grow to live in eternity

by Leona Ebling [email protected]

*Reprinted with permission

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