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    Sea of Glass: Prayer as Poetry
    Sea of Glass: Prayer as Poetry
    Sea of Glass: Prayer as Poetry
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    Sea of Glass: Prayer as Poetry

    By Julie Godwin

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    No one ever talks about the beauty in the pain

    the stillness that can only come from accepting its edge

    how the face of God becomes clearer in every. agonizing. breath.

    Suffering is the most damnable place on earth.

    But when I lay here in its wake

    and let it wash over and through me

    I become a sacred, beautiful, holy tragedy

    that is so wholly here

    and so wholly in the realm of angels

    that nothing on this side of heaven can touch me.

    Julie was first inspired to write poetry in the midst of heartache. As her writings quickly evolved into intense, intimate conversations with God, she found herself deepening in her walk with Him and delving into deep places within herself, shaping her faith and worldview.

    In this volume of poems, Julie interweaves her hearts expression with prayer and Scrip-ture, reflecting on experiences such as the beauty found in pain, the baptism of a sweet friendship in Franklin, Tennessee, the loss of love and its subsequent healing, the Lord’s blinding love and crushing mercy, and a premonition delivered by a little old lady in church.

    Sea of Glass shares poems that explore a variety of inspirational topics while inviting us all to reflect on our relationships with God, our loved ones, and the world around us.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateNov 24, 2020
    ISBN9781973686538
    Sea of Glass: Prayer as Poetry
    Author

    Julie Godwin

    Julie Godwin studied at George Brown College in Toronto before feeling the call to enter ministry. She has a passion for service and has served in prisons both as an itinerant lecturer and chaplain support volunteer, in treatment centres where she works with clients to deepen their understanding of the 12 step model, as a retreat leader, and most recently, co-creator and co-host of a recovery podcast. Julie lives in Toronto, Canada, where she is currently working towards a Masters of Divinity in Theological Studies at Tyndale Seminary. This is her first book. www.juliegodwin.ca

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      God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning

      with God. All things were made through him, and

      without him was not any thing made

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