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    Praising Him
    Praising Him
    Praising Him
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    Praising Him

    By Mary W. Johnson

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    Praising Him presents an inspiring collection of heartfelt poetry written by Mary Johnson at age eighty-nine. Between the ages of eighty and ninety, she wrote three books, covering them lovingly with wallpaper so she could give them freely to everyone. In Him was the first book to be published in 2012. Praising Him was written in 2003 and was her second book. Just Meditating will be published soon.

    Marys poetry shared her personal relationship with her Savior. Some poems simply gave praise to the Lord. Many poems spoke of Jesuss cruel death on the cross. She spoke of looking forward to heaven and of being sure you are going there. She gave glory to God who created man and our miraculous bodies. She examined prophecies regarding the end times, always pointing to the Bible and Jesuss example for our lives.

    Her lifetime of Bible study and love of the scripture was evident in her poetry. Through this knowledge, she referenced her poetry to the passage that inspired it. Marys faith and dedication to her Savior was demonstrated through her life of service and giving to others. Her life was an inspiration to her family, her numerous church friends, and her community. Her family was blessed to be able to share their mothers gift of poetry with you.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateAug 16, 2017
    ISBN9781490897707
    Praising Him
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    Mary W. Johnson

    About the Author Mary Johnson was born May 12, 1914, in Wauchula, Florida. Her father was a Baptist minister, who also farmed to support the family. They moved around often in central Florida. She was the youngest child and had six brothers. She graduated from Florida Southern College with a teaching degree in 1940. She married Bernie Johnson June 2nd later the same year. She taught first grade while raising four children: Bernice, Bill, LeAnn, and Ray. Somehow she made time to care for elderly family members in her home. Mary loved to bake and sew. She was very creative and could make and fix anything, often using her special weather-strip adhesive. Mary taught Sunday school for many years and later taught Bible Studies. She became a Bible scholar, studying it daily. She was given God’s gift of poetry at age 80. She artistically made Christmas cards with her poems inside. She wrote and made three books of poetry which she meticulously covered with wallpaper and gave them out freely to everyone. She was a founding member of Scott Lake Baptist Church of Lakeland, Florida. Mary enjoyed reciting her poetry at The Lighthouse Mission, supported by her church. Her indelible imprint was on many, including the 150 plus that attended her ninetieth birthday party celebration at church. Her life of service was an inspiring example to all. Mary had a lot of vitality and loved adventure. She used to say, “Go” was her middle name. She looked and acted younger than her years, and was a lot of fun to be with. She went parasailing at age 90, and a few weeks before she died went for a motorcycle ride with the “Faith Riders”. Her church celebrated her life with a “Mary Johnson Appreciation Day”. She was cheerful and had a smile on her face up until the very end, when she passed away of cancer in 2007, and went to heaven to meet her Savior at age 93.

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      Praising Him - Mary W. Johnson

      Copyright © 2017 Mary W. Johnson.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4908-9769-1 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4908-9770-7 (e)

      WestBow Press rev. date: 03/08/2017

      CONTENTS

      My Light

      God’s Glory

      Steak

      The Gift of Suffering

      My Salvation

      Now’s the Time

      Only Child

      I’m In the Army Now

      If You Were God

      Lighthouse Mission

      Twice Mine

      Food

      Aren’t You Proud of Jesus?

      New Body

      A Merry Heart

      To the Atheist

      Being Born Again

      A New Creation

      Christ Arose! So What?

      Thank You for the Darkness

      How Much Do You Love Him?

      Isn’t That Just Like Jesus?

      His Time Had Come

      Finished?

      Kin Folks

      Would You?

      Will You?

      She Had No Bible

      Still Wrapped Together

      In Love wIth Jesus

      Many Choices

      America, Wake Up!

      Need Rain?

      Sweet Bay

      Church Attire

      The Christmas Card

      Why All the Lights at Christmas?

      Enough

      Jesus’ Sweetheart

      That Mary

      A New Commandment

      Mustard Seed Faith

      I Love Christmas

      Make God Happy

      He Humbled Himself

      Your Choice

      Praise You, Jesus!

      Little Lamb

      Stick Out

      Be Happy Anyway

      Choose Jesus

      Who Pays?

      Giving to God

      Wycliffe Translators

      The Real Thing

      Idle Words

      We Preach Christ Crucified

      In Jesus’ Name

      The Crucifixion

      More About Jesus

      Drifted Away?

      I’m His

      When I Get to Heaven

      Valentine Devotion 2003

      With Him

      The Trinity

      Read On

      O Thou of Little Faith

      Who’s the Doubter?

      Reunion

      Listening In

      Hell

      Our Mother’s Poetry has been published in her memory. It is our desire that this work, her legacy, will go on to bless many, as we have been blessed by her.

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Mary Johnson was born May 12,1914, in Wauchula, Florida. Her father was a Baptist minister, who also farmed to support the family. They moved around often in central Florida. She was the youngest child and had six brothers.

      She graduated from Florida Southern College with a teaching degree in 1940. She married Bernie Johnson June 2nd later the same year. She taught first grade while raising four children: Bernice, Bill, LeAnn, and Ray. Somehow she made time to care for elderly family members in her home. Mary loved to bake and sew. She was very creative and could make and fix anything, often using her special weather-strip adhesive.

      Mary taught Sunday school for many years and later taught Bible Studies. She became a Bible scholar, studying it daily. She was given God’s gift of poetry at age 80. She artistically made

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