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by ruwth
Rated: 18+ · Book · Experience · #2145363
I will be adding stories & reflections as time marches on. Take a gander today!

Contest Entries:

"The Contest Challenge Participant
"I Write in 2018 Participant
"I Write in 2019 Participant
"I Write in 2020 Participant


2021: Independent Writing

2122: "I Write: Enter the Second Decade Participant

2123: "Twenty-three in Eleven Participant




This mixed collection contains fiction, non-fiction, prose, and poetry. Entries vary in length from very short to one that is over 3000 words.

53 entries written in 2018:

53 entries written in 2019:

43 entries written in 2020

2 entries written in 2021

Entries written in 2022



NOTE: All Titles with ~ ~ are either non-fiction or based on a true story.


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March 9, 2024 at 10:00am
March 9, 2024 at 10:00am
#1065921

I Juan 1:9 Si confesamos nuestros pecados, él es fiel y justo para perdonar nuestros pecados, y limpiarnos de toda maldad.I Juan 1:9

Santiago 2:17 Así también la fe, si no tiene obras, es muerta en sí misma. Santiago 2:17

Marcos 9:24b Creo; ayuda mi incredulidad.Marcos 9:24b

Santiago 1:7 No piensa, pues, quien tal haga, que recíbirá cosa alguna del Senior. Santiago 1:7



~ ~ ~ Jesús es jefe! ~ ~ ~



February 5, 2024 at 8:59am
February 5, 2024 at 8:59am
#1063542



This is a collection of hymns I liked to listen to while getting ready for work. I would not just listen but I would also sing along. Many of these songs take me back to my childhood and help me to be mindful of the most important relationship of my life.



~ ~ ~ JESUS is LORD! ~ ~ ~


Written for: "The Soundtrack of Your Life
Word Count: 55 Words

February 4, 2024 at 11:17am
February 4, 2024 at 11:17am
#1063443




He was wounded for our transgressions.
He was bruised for our iniquity.
Surely He's borne our sorrows
And by His stripes we are healed.


This is my first time participating in "The Soundtrack of Your Life. I had a dickens of a time getting the YouTube video to load. I discovered I could not use the link generated by the share button. I had to open the video in a new browser window and copy the web address instead.

I ran into some problems before I even got to that part of the process. I knew the song I wanted to use here. I did not know that there is a much more elaborate musical arrangement of it that does not sound at all like the song I sing. It took me forever to sift through all the YouTube videos to find this rendition. Even it is not what I learned to sing. I guess there is more to this song than I ever knew. The words we sang in church are the ones I have in italics below the video.

I did not care for the more elaborate versions. This simple version that mirrors what I sing blesses me and draws me quickly into worship.

Another thing I discovered online today is that I use the word iniquity whereas all the lyrics I found online use the plural form of the word (iniquities).

Rev. William McCrae (above) might use the singular as I do. I could not tell for sure.

Iniquity rather than iniquities is significant to me because of something I learned along the way.

Transgressions were our sins. Iniquity was our sinfulness.

I will continue to sing iniquity because of the reminder it gives me.

There was one other video that had the song presented in the way I knew. In the end I chose Rev. McCrae. The other video did something I do. I alternate as I sing between our transgressions and my transgressions; our iniquity and my iniquity. Both pronouns are appropriate and remind me of Christ's sacrifice for me, personally and, alternately, His sacrifice for the church as a whole. We are one in Him.


~ ~ ~ JESUS is LORD! ~ ~ ~


Word Count: 360 Words

January 7, 2024 at 9:49pm
January 7, 2024 at 9:49pm
#1062040


I joined Writing.Com in January 2009. The first item I uploaded to my portfolio was "My Psalm.

I was delighted when I received this message:

         I will always remember the first time I saw this!

The second item I uploaded to Writing.Com was:

 Make Your Dreams Come True  [E]
YOU have the power to make your dreams come true.
by ruwth


I had originally written this essay for my college English Comp III class. My professor had given me either an A or an A+.

So, what did the reviewers on Writing.Com think about "Make Your Dreams Come True?

I was expecting accolades. I got 2.5 stars. Here is a link to one of those: Review of "Make Your Dreams Come True" by Keni .

That was a rude awakening but I accepted the constructive criticism and began revising, revising, revising.

You can see my original essay in a dropnote. The finished product (if indeed it is finished) is much more polished thanks to the feedback I got on here.

Many of the reviews are linked in another dropnote.

Here is a three star review with lots of feedback:

Review of "Make Your Dreams Come True" by Sara♥Jean

My favorite line in the original essay was: "You hold the key (or keys) untried within your bosom." It did not stand up to the scrutiny of my fellow WdC members and was cut from the current version.

What do I like best about "Make Your Dreams Come True?

The steps:

Step One: Envision Your Dreams
Step Two: Internalize Your Vision
Step Three: Take Daily Steps
Step Four: Push Through Obstacles
Step Five: Relish Your Victories
Now Do It Again! Back to Step One


Sadly, I have never made a dream come true. In spite of that, I believe in the power of these steps. Do you?



Word Count: 240 Words.


~ ~ ~ JESUS is LORD! ~ ~ ~




November 16, 2023 at 3:13pm
November 16, 2023 at 3:13pm
#1059587
~ In Dark Times ~

In dark times,
         I am thankful
                      God is.

In dark times,
         I am thankful
                      God is love.

In dark times,
         I am thankful
                      God is worthy of our trust.

In dark times,
         I am thankful
                      God is merciful.

In dark times,
         I am thankful
                      God is.



Written for "Thankful Poetry Contest
Line Count: 15 lines
Form: My own design.



~ ~ ~ JESUS is LORD! ~ ~ ~




November 12, 2023 at 9:38am
November 12, 2023 at 9:38am
#1059363

~ Turning Circles ~

My life...

Turning circles,
Treading water,
Going nowhere.

Great plans,
False starts,
No success.

Treading water,
Turning circles,
Endlessly.

My life...





Contest: "Rebel Poetry Contest
Prompt: Turning Circles
Line Count: 11 lines


~ JESUS is LORD even when I feel discouraged. ~




August 30, 2023 at 8:39am
August 30, 2023 at 8:39am
#1054850

Jesus came to give us life.
His Disciples let us know.
He gave His life that we might live.
His Holy Spirit shines through.

His Disciples let us know.
We have the words they left behind.
His Holy Spirit shines through.
To let us know He loves us.

We have the words they left behind.
He gave His life that we might live.
To let us know He loves us.
Jesus came to give us life.



Written for "First and Second Chance Poetry Contest
12 Lines 76 Words
Click here to read about the Pantoum poetic form  
This poetic attempt was inspired by "The Mystery of Malachi"   by Jeff

The first poem I wrote using this form: "~ Passover Tells The Story ~
August 26, 2023 at 7:09am
August 26, 2023 at 7:09am
#1054664
I mentioned in "Note: I am so worn out... I am exhausted all the time..." about feeling exhausted. I did not mention in that note that I have fibromyalgia.

I have had fibromyalgia for years and years and years. I had it before it was even called fibromyalgia. Back then it was called fibrocystitis and was not recognized by the A.M.A. as a disorder.

I have successfully dealt with the pain part of fibromyalgia for the last 23 years by regularly using Zostrix.

Zostrix is a cream primarily marketed for arthritis pain. It contains capsaicin. Capsaicin applied to the skin depletes stores of something called Substance P in the body. People with fibromyalgia have been shown to have more Substance P in their system that the average person. A high level of Substance P in the body causes non-noxious events to be sensed as pain. Reducing Substance P reduces pain.

It has worked for me for twenty-three years.

However, I have never found a way to relieve the fatigue part of fibromyalgia and right now it is kicking my butt.

Years ago, as I was reading Call of the Wild, there was a paragraph that resonated with me about the fatigue of fibromyalgia:

No spring or rebound was left in them...There was nothing the matter with them except that they were dead tired. It was not the dead-tiredness that comes through brief and excessive effort, from which recovery is a matter of hours; but it was the dead-tiredness that comes through the slow and prolonged strength drainage of months of toil. There was no power of recuperation left, no reserve strength to call upon. It had been all used, the last least bit of it. Every muscle, every fibre, every cell, was tired, dead tired. And there was reason for it.


For the dogs, it was too long on the trail. For me, the reason is fibromyalgia. I have no spring or rebound left...

Energy, energy, energy—my kingdom for some miraculous way to beat this unbearable fatigue.

Taking on the responsibility of providing 24/7 care for a patient certainly has not helped—but, look at me, I just wrote an almost 2100 character note.

Is there a contest somewhere I can use this as an entry? That would be a good thing for me and my participation in "Twenty-three in Eleven



It you read all of this note, comment below and I will enter you in a drawing for a Merit Badge...



~ ~ ~ JESUS is LORD! ~ ~ ~





July 29, 2023 at 10:07pm
July 29, 2023 at 10:07pm
#1053318
Recently, my eldest daughter talked to me about a quote in the fourth chapter of Revelations:

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, He who was, who is and who is to come.


We then said those words together. The part of the quote that blessed me the most was "who is to come".

Jesus said, "In this world, you will have tribulations but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." There is my hope. Jesus overcame the world. He was, He is and He is to come.

In the worst of times on this earth, in this life, I remind myself and others that there is more to come. Life everlasting with a new heavens and a new earth. Jesus is on the throne and the day will come when His Kingdom will be completely manifested.

As an old song says, "The things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace. The song Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus. My hope, our hope, is found in those words. As we turn my eyes upon Jesus, our problems or struggles fade into the background and we have the opportunity to experience His peace and His Presence and become enveloped in His Spirit.

The sense of His Spirit today gives us a foretaste of what is to come when Jesus returns and gathers us to Him in glory. As my daughter and I continued our discussion the other day, we both acknowledged that there is no better experience on this earth than being filled and immersed in the Presence of God. This life has nothing better to offer us and yet, this is but a foretaste of what is to come as we join those before His throne who ceaselessly declare:

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, He who was, who is and who is to come.


In that we can find hope: Hope in the forgiveness of our sins. Hope in being empowered by His Spirit to follow Him. Hope in the eternal life we share with Him, because He died for us.

Because He died for us, we have hope.


Written for "Share Your Faith - Back in April!
Prompt: What gives you hope? How do you give hope to others?
Word Count: 370 Words.


~ ~ ~ JESUS is LORD! ~ ~ ~




July 29, 2023 at 9:24pm
July 29, 2023 at 9:24pm
#1053316

~ Is This What The Future Holds? ~


In the Bible, in the book of James, it says:

"Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil."

The bottom line is that we do not know what the future holds. This became painfully clear to me the year my mother died.

In the last months of her life, she was living with my brother. He and I were estranged but she had let him know that it was important to her to stay in touch with me. I lived in Oklahoma and they were living in Georgia at that time. He had made a rule that I could talk to her on the phone while he was at work. We consistently followed his rule.

It was December 23, 2014. Mommy and I were talking on the phone. I did not know what my brother's work schedule would be over the holidays so I decided this would be our last conversation for the year. I explained my decision to her. I did not want to upset my brother and risk losing the privilege of having regular phone conversations with my mother. I explained that since neither of us knew my brother's schedule for the next week, I would call her after the holidays.

"After the holidays" would be after New Year's Day. I told Mommy, "I will talk to you next year!" I thought I was being clever but I was really being foolish. I did not know what the future held. I should have said, "Lord-willing, I will talk to you next year."

My mother died on New Year's Eve. That phone conversation on December 23, 2014 would be not only our last conversation of the year, it was our last conversation this side of heaven. I have talked to her many times since then but it is no longer a two way conversation. These days, I am very mindful of the fact that I do not know what the future holds.



Written for "Write An Essay About...
Prompt: Write an essay about what the future holds...
Word Count: 405 Words


~ ~ ~ JESUS is LORD! ~ ~ ~





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