5 Minute Friday -- The Man I Love

On your mark, get set, write.  This is Five Minute Friday.  Today's word is "comfort."

The Comfort of knowing
I am in the arms of the man I love,
His hug and my head on his chest,
Fills me with thanksgiving that God gave me
A Kind Man for a husband,
One that loves me unconditionally.

In Sickness and in health,
For Richer or Poorer,
In Sad Times and Happy Times,
I am blessed by his constancy and dedication,
By his love for God and his love for me.
He's a family man and an honorable man,
He's the husband of my youth.
And he is my blessing.

I am linking up with Lisa-Jo Baker.  

After Talking To My Friend -- 5 Minute Friday

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After, 

I talked to my best friend for two hours

like we were 15 again, 

except now we talk about

health

husbands

grandchildren

parents

memories,

I know

it is still girl talk.

feeling like a girl again,

with all my aches and pains, 

is fun, 

almost like the bad stuff in life never happened.

She refreshes me.

I hope she feels refreshed after our 

two hour conversation.

so far from each other

yet so near in spirit,

we laugh,

we cry,

we giggle,

we say goodbye,

and 

we talk again about something else.

then,

 we have to force ourselves to leave

each thinking of the other

and how she should get her rest.

i love my friend;

how grateful

 i am for my sister in the spirit.

how can we be so much alike, 

when we spent so many years apart?

Lisa-Jo Baker has inspired a whole posse of bloggers to write every Friday on a prompt of her choosing.  Today, the prompt was After.  It's a sort of
stream of consciousness writing style.  You set a timer for 5 minutes and write without worrying about perfection.  You write what is in your heart.
It's a challenge and a joy.  If you want to read more 5 minute Friday posts, click on "the gypsy mama button.  And you just might be inspired to write a blog post of your own, or write for 5 minutes in your journal.  It's lots of fun.

Broken - A 5 Minute Friday Post

Broken-- 

on Good Friday, the ideal subject

because Broken

is what happened to my Savior Jesus.

His body was broken, beat, mangled,

Put on a cross for you

And for me.

He suffered.

He was separated from His Father

By my sin and yours --

                                               The sin of the entire world.  

My Savior, Jesus, died on that horrible cross, that instrument of torture.

He suffered, he died, he was buried, but he didn't stay in the grave.

He arose from the dead on the third day, the pure sacrificial lamb,

God's Son, Jesus,
Our Jesus, who has given us a promise and a hope.