Forty Poems of Purpose And Affirmation
Affirming Your Relationship With God
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Restoring Relationships (Day 20) With you, I need to restore, A relationship today. For you, I spoke and listened, To God, I prayed. To God, I said, “Help me, O' Lord, Restore relationship,” I said, Tell me, O' Lord, What I should say, Lead me, O' God, Say the words I should speak. Tell me O' Father, What I should keep. Then, listen, did I, As God said to me, “Speak to My heart, My son, Then you speak to Me.” Thank you, O' God! I shouted with a cry aloud, For I knew, just then, When I speak to you, I speak to God too. He heard my cry, And so did you. Now, what I should say, Is no mystery to me. I listen to the heart of God, and My heart speaks with clarity, Things unknown. Not with the wisdom of my own, But the heart of God, He makes reconciliation His throne. Jesus saves what was lost before, and Restores forever more. Thank you, O' God, my Father and King, Thank you, O' Lord for restoring our hearts, Our souls.
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Affirming Your Relationship With God is an inspired first book of poetry by Julius M. Ross, Jr. It is a work that captivated the hearts of others before he ever thought of publishing it. As he states: Comments in response to reading my journal entry for Day 20: Restoring Relationships inspired me to begin typing this manuscript. As I read to a friend, she cried and said to me, “That was beautiful.” When I heard this, my faith in what God was doing through my journal entries of verse was increased and confirmed. Then, I knew these words had the power to make a difference, and have an affecting presence in the lives of others.
About the Author
Julius M. Ross, Jr. is a native of Winnsboro, South Carolina. He resides just south of Atlanta in McDonough, GA, and has two adult children: Shani who resides in Delaware, and a son, Julius, who resides in California. He sings with the Praise and Worship Choir and is Christian Education a teacher at the Higher Living Christian Church. He is professional urban and regional planner and a member of the American Institute of Professional Planners (AICP). Throughout his professional career he has been and is actively involved in community leadership and consensus building activities involving, community engagement with stakeholders, government, agencies, businesses, community organizations and residents. His professional experiences include city and county long range strategic and land use comprehensive planning, zoning administration, architectural design, building code enforcement, research, and grant writing. He graduated from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, Greensboro, NC, with a Bachelor of Science in Biology; the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) with a Bachelor of Architectural Studies and a Master of Architecture; and completed further doctoral studies in Educational Policy Studies at the UIUC. Early in his professional career, Julius taught architectural design at the Hampton University School of Architecture, Hampton Virginia, and at the New Jersey Institute of Technology School of Architecture, Newark New Jersey. Before coming to Henry County, GA, he was Community Development Planner with the City of Greenville, SC, Interim Planning and Zoning Administrator for the City of Greer, SC, and managed Data, Mapping and Information Services for the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission, Urbana, Illinois, Most recently, Julius was Chief Planner for Long Range Planning, with the Henry County, GA. Now, he is semiretired, a contracted Planning Consultant. Julius is inspired to write and also makes bamboo flutes and other bamboo musical instruments for peace and relaxation. He is a disciple for Jesus Christ who seeks to continue to plan quality communities; and employ systematic practices for personal, physical, and spiritual growth to achieve the goal of living a life disciplined for serving God and others.