God's Book Of Dreams
A Collection of Inspirational Poems and Essays
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God’s Book of Dreams
God has a book that He has written
On each one of us,
He’s titled it, “Life’s Story Yet Unseen”.
It’s been completed long before
He formed us out of dust,
Contained there also are His many dreams.
God’s clearly seen each one of us
When we were yet unformed,
Our frame was never hidden from His view.
And in His Image each of us
Mysteriously formed,
Arrive precisely on His wondrous cue.
He knit together each of us
There in our mother’s womb,
So intricately curiously wrought.
As if we were embroidered
Such a thought just makes me swoon,
Into the world each delicately brought.
His knowledge of us infinite
Too wonderful for me,
It’s high above, completely out of reach.
With all my ways familiar to Him
None that He can’t see,
His dreams of me, ‘tis those I now beseech.
God’s thoughts of us like sands upon the seashore
So we’re told,
Are precious and too numerous to count.
And likewise are His dreams for us
Determined long ago,
A plan to now fulfill them we must mount.
The secret then is asking God
For all the dreams He stored,
And kept uniquely hidden, locked away,
To be released and never by us now
To be ignored,
Let’s let them come to life in us today.
Psalms 139 1-18
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About the Book
God’s Book Of Dreams is the second volume
by Mark Crouch, Portraits Of Life
being his first volume, published
God’s Book Of Dreams makes a departure from Portraits Of Life, which consists only of poems, in that the author has included a select group of essays. In the essays the author makes no attempt to develop a theme or subject matter. Rather, in meditating over his life experiences, he doesn’t gloss over mistakes and regrettable activities. Instead he bares his life to the reader, trusting that its contents might be of interest and, hopefully, enjoyment. His honesty, humor, and a keen perceptive analysis of human behavior will undoubtedly make that possible.
In the poetry the author philosophizes on varying aspects of life, of personalities, of nature, and the animal world. Furthermore, the preponderance of poems in God’s Book Of Dreams are either biblically based or they give vivid vignettes of God’s creation, some unique as the alligator, or the frog, or the hummingbird.
It is the author’s desire that the reader will find affirmation, inspiration, and hope, as well as develop a genuine thirst for the Eternal as he reads this volume.
About the Author
Coming from three generations of
forebears who felt called to missionary work, Mark Crouch showed no inclination
to follow in the tradition. Though born
in
Possessing maverick tendencies, he dropped out of college, calling it boring and uninviting. Finding himself successful in salesmanship, he was often afforded the advantages of travel, which fed his curiosity about the world around him as well as satisfied his thirst for adventure. In his ‘30’s he returned to his early spiritual upbringing, which eventually led him to pursue studies in the Bible. But it wasn’t until his mid ‘40’s that he suddenly began to write poetry, which culminated in his first book of poetry called Portraits Of Life.
In this his second book God’s Book Of Dreams, he has combined poetry, largely Biblical or inspirational and a group of essays. The essays were written almost two years before rhyme began to surface in his mind.
Loving the outdoors from infancy, he took every opportunity afforded him to observe and study God’s animal and bird world, even the intricate behavior of insects.
Enjoy exploring with him the
beauty and grandeur of God’s incredible creation in God’s Book Of Dreams.