Waking Up Is Hard To Do: coming into the light

James Alson Valentic

Author House, Mar 29, 2012 - Religion - 342 pages

Waking Up Is Hard To Do is a poetic journal in which the author, James Valentic, writes to, at times, and at other times, about his Lord, his wife, and other relationships as well. In this book, you'll find poems relating to his faith, his at times turbulent marriage to his best freind, Sharon and a spotlight on some difficult strongholds James has had to overcome in the waking up of his heart and soul to his patient God, and his longsuffering wife, and his blessings and responsibilities as a believer in Christ, a husband, and a father. Throughout is a recurring theme of spiritual, mental, and emotional renewal and laying hold of the promises of God in Christ Jesus.

Contents

• Now is the Season: 3
• For Such a Time as This: 4
• Yet I will Live: 6
• An Offering: 8
• He met me where I was: 21
• I nearly went down to the pit: 24
• wounded in the making: 27
• Am I correct?: 29
• I Release you: 33
• Ill live to be freed: 40
• Restore my soul: 43
• I Wont Give Up: 45
• Cry for Help: 48
• Deliverance: 50
• Light Has Dawned Again: 51
• But Now: 53
• Born again you say? Live free or die: 60
• I was fading to gray?: 62
• Rise Again: 64
• My Advocate: 65
• My burden of disclosure: 69
• A sign in the depths: 74
• It Will Conform: 78
• Youre pardoned: 80
• Whom Do I Have I In Heaven But You?: 82
• You are mine: 84
• The cool of the day: 95
• Lullaby: 98
• Brazen or Bold Before the Throne?: 99
• A Plank in the Flesh?: 101
• This is a new day full of mercy: 103
• The Face of Love: 105
• TO HAVE AND TO HOLD: 121
• If I fail with my wife who am I to hold out words of life?: 123
• One would ask why: 126
• Will You Yet Sail With Me?: 130
• Im afraid of her shadow: 139
• Jack Frost?: 141
• I understand: 142
• Whispering in the dark: 149
• At Your Side: 150
• I wont have to try: 152
• Samantha: 155
• Father I Lift up My Son: 156
• Where is your faith?: 160
• 42106: 164
• The Storms Make Everything Plain: 167
• Touch Me Lord: 169
• To See His Face: 171
• Your humble servant: 173
• I wantbut do I willto be led?: 180
• Waking up from the Dream: 187
• Closer to Thee: 189
• Falling in judgment: 193
• Boxing the air can still land you a sucker punch: 195
• Whoa where was the grace? I stand corrected: 196
• Open their eyes LORD: 198
• Mr Nice guy?: 203
• Your Word: 205
• Fresh Fire: 208
• I no longer concern myself with: 210
• STABILITY: 214
• Fuzzy Wuz a Bear: 220
• Stained Glass and a Steeple: 221
• I have tasted and seen that the Lord is good: 223
• the Bride: 234
• The Kingdom is not about eating and drinking but about: 237
• Taking or Making a Stand?: 240
• At the end of my rope: 241
• Prune Sheer Thresh: 244
• In the Masters Hand: 247
• The Seeds: 251
• Back to the Tree: 262
• The sign of Jonah: 265
• The Kingdom connection: 269
• Im clay: 277
• Boom: 289
• Father and son reunion: 292
• If I consider myself a sheep: 293
• Facing selfdefeating selfdoubt: 294
• Was Jesus really there? for ?: 302
• Youll Lead Justice to Victory: 305
• Your Truth and Love Prevailed: 307
• Becoming an oak of true righteousness: 311
• It wasnt what it seemed: 313
• I sought you Lord and you answered me: 320
• Blinded by the lights: 326
• tshirt: 327
• To Forgive or Not to Forgive: 328
• Suddenly: 329
• The Good Shepherd: 332

Bibliographic information

• Title: Waking Up Is Hard To Do: coming into the light
• Author: James Alson Valentic
• Publisher: Author House, 2012
• ISBN: 1491840234, 9781491840238
• Length: 342 pages
• Subjects: Family & Relationships / Marriage & Long-Term Relationships; Poetry / General; Religion / Inspirational