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[Robert Overstreet]

As coordinator of Watchmen Of The King Intercessor Mentoring Fellowship I want to make contact with prayer warriors within the Alliance circle of friends and colleagues. Having served as Alliance missionaries in Mali and Burkina Faso, W. Africa, for nearly 44 years, my wife and I have seen God minister to many through prayer. We retired from overseas service with the C&MA in 1997. Be encouraged to communicate with me. May the Lord bless us all as we intercede for each other and others the Lord leads across our paths..

[Kenny]

As coordinator of Watchmen Of The King Intercessor Mentoring Fellowship I want to make contact with prayer warriors within the Alliance circle of friends and colleagues. Having served as Alliance missionaries in Mali and Burkina Faso, W. Africa, for nearly 44 years, my wife and I have seen God minister to many through prayer. We retired from overseas service with the C&MA in 1997. Be encouraged to communicate with me. May the Lord bless us all as we intercede for each other and others the Lord leads across our paths..

Would you be willing to share one of your poetry writings and post it in this thread for us?

Grace and peace

[Robert Overstreet]

This is to reply to the request of Kenny who asked me to place a poem on the site.
Lord bless, Robert D. Overstreet

To further correspond with me via email here is my address: wotkimf@gmail.com.

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When God closes the door

When God closes the door
And shuts us into His love
It is never without reason
‘Cause His purposes are sure.

When God opens the door
And invites us to walk through
We must listen and obey His Word
‘Cause the best is yet to come.

And when God opens the door
It’s always His invitation to walk through –
To begin a new era in His plan
So He can bless us even more.

Sometimes we see God shut the door
To a life or existence not worthy.
As with Noah and his wife and family
Who were shut off from the evil of their day.

But Noah and his wife and family
In God’s timing lived through the flood
As they saw God unleash His judgment
On the wicked world that denied Him.

‘Twas a perfect picture of God’s working
To shut us in to His love
To cause us to wait upon Him
‘Till the tempest has ceased.

Life is full of such experiences with God,
Shutting us into Himself for a season
‘Till the storms cease their fury
And the sun finally breaks through.

So, dear child of God, rest in Him
When He has shut the door
‘Cause the tempest will cease
And you will see the sun shine one day.

We always learn a lot in trial
Though for a season things seem uncertain.
All we have are God’s promises –
And they are sufficient to sustain us.

Why do we fret when a door is shut
When it seems all we’ve known is blessing?
Only God knows the answer, and He is faithful.
It’s always, always for His good, and ours as well.

When God closes the door
His hand is upon us
To lead us into the future
And we are to follow.

Amen and Amen
Rdo

See Psalm 130:5; Habakkuk 2:3; Isaiah 40:31; Ephesians 3:16
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Poetry comes from the soul, and all my poetry comes from a soul
in love with God. “When God Closes The Door” came to me as I
contemplated how a conflict in my life drew me near to God, even
though it seemed at the time a closed door was all I could see.
May this poem answer your crying heart as it did mine. Should this
poem strike a chord in your heart, write and let me know.

Robert D. Overstreet
wotkimf@gmail.com