Poems for expressing thanks to God for His many blessings and to encourage us to trust the Lord for strength. Poems to remind us of the sacrificial death of Jesus and the eternal hope and promise of heaven. Poems to reveal the true message and joy of Christmas and to inspire us to celebrate that joy all year long. Poems to challenge and poems to comfort. Poems to meet you right where you are in every season of your journey through this life. Inspire your heart to praise and encourage your soul to persevere with 232 original poems and more than 30 black and white photos. Rick Ellinger, author of A Cross for Christmas, An Angel for Easter, and The Rule of the Referees series, shares 232 poems he has written since 1987, and over 30 photos he has taken over the last few years. His prayer is that these poems and photos will inspire you, the reader, to a greater awareness of God's bountiful blessings of comfort, direction, and strength through all of your experiences, challenges, and joys. Many topics covered, including: Christmas, Crucifixion, Spring, Fall, Winter, Summer, Armor of God, Cults, Light and Darkness, Tribulation, Beatitudes, Psalms, Proverbs, Creation, Compassion, Dancing, Death, Blood of Jesus, Angels, Christian living, Daniel, David, Dreams, faith, footprints, friends, joy, Joshua, new life, mercy, love, peace, patience, perseverance, praise, pride, pro-choice, pro-life, pollution, resurrection, sacrifice, second coming, spiritual warfare, trials, transformed life, testimony, victory, wisdom, worry, rhinos, WWJD, trust, temptation, strength, soldiers, shepherds, religion, rapture, prosperity, protection, priorities, Living Water, Bread of Life, Lazarus, Lamb of God, Jericho, gifts, Gospel, freedom, despair, deliverance, deeds, works, cross, believe, Noah's ark, daylilies An index by topic and an index by Scripture reference are included in the back of the book to make personal study much easier. Need help or encouragement with a particular topic? Doing a Bible study or devotion and want a poem to go with a certain Bible verse or passage? Simply refer to the index in the back to find the appropriate poem.