Prayer For Wisdom Needed

[Jerry]

Today, I am working on the second edition of one of my poetry books, The Seasons Of Your Pilgrimage. I am out of all the copies of the first printing, and wanted to add some more to the contents of the book when I print it again. Now is that time. I just got my tax return back and have the funds, plus made arrangements to meet with the printer tomorrow.

I need wisdom for the final content, and the order of the contents. I wanted to add the message I preached at my Mom's memorial (for comfort, as well as to give a clear Gospel presentation to those who may be grieving over the loss of a loved one). I also wanted to include several more poems by myself and others - ones that I wrote around the time of my Mother's health decline and homegoing, and ones that helped me or others during this time.

Please pray for wisdom for me as I edit this content today, then show the printer tomorrow what I want done. I am certainly willing to share copies of this book with anyone here who may be interested.

I will also post the updated contents with links when it has been finalized. Thanks for your prayers.

[Psalms18_28]

Praying. I generally don't like poems that much unless it is expressed visually (like in arts or sign languages, and sometimes musics)

I love artworks, so maybe you can add those too? It helped me relate poems better (what can I say, I'm deaf, so I'm very visual)

[Jerry]

I can't do that with this book - it is just printed, not published. Many of the online poem pages have nice backgrounds on them though.

[Jerry]

Ok, input time. I need to decide exactly what ones of these - or all of them - to include in the 2nd edition. Please give me your input tonight or tomorrow morning, as I am going to the printers in the afternoon.

In addition to what is already in the book, The Seasons Of Your Pilgrimage:

Our Mom's Victory Through Faith (Eulogy and witness to my family), includes these two poems: Rising In The Arms Of Love (already in the book, but I will remove it from the section it is in to have it here), and Through This Valley (I will make it so these two poems will stand on pages by themselves within the message, as I did with several hymns within two of the other Bible studies within the book)

Since Yesterday
Eternity
Mother's Day In Heaven (Written the following year about my Mom, and appropriate as the 4th section of the book is about going home to Heaven)
Day By Day
In His Time
Lent By The Lord (written right after I came back from my Mom's Memorial)
"No Accidents" (written by a friend of Bill Smith - my pastor's brother-in-law - to comfort friends and family when his wife went home to be with the Lord)
The Father Of The Fatherless (Written a few years later, as a testimony to my friend's faith and to offer comfort when he went home to be with the Lord)
Prayer For Comfort
The End Of The Fight