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		<title>&#8220;Diamonds from Heaven&#8221; Christian Poems Available Now!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, it&#8217;s now available! If you&#8217;re looking for one of the best collections of Christian poems to buy for yourself, your friends, and your family, especially those experiencing trials and challenges in their life right now, then Diamonds from Heaven is a great gift choice: Click on the image above These Christian Poems were written [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><font size=3>Finally, it&#8217;s now available! If you&#8217;re looking for one of the best collections of Christian poems to buy for yourself, your friends, and your family, especially those experiencing trials and challenges in their life right now, then Diamonds from Heaven is a great gift choice:</p>
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<p>These Christian Poems were written specifically to help people with &#8220;hurting hearts&#8221;, and have touched many lives through the years. The author, Sharon Lambkin, has always had a humble and prayerful attitude towards the writing of these poems. One thing that you&#8217;ll immediately notice is that the poems often include real life stories and situations, about why they were written, and about people who were encouraged after reading the poem. Also, this doesn&#8217;t look like just any ordinary e-book, but it is filled with inspiring and beautiful graphics that helps one to feel the real message in every page:</p>
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<p>Here&#8217;s just one example of the many Christian poems that you&#8217;ll find inside this book, along with a touching background story:</p>
<p><strong>I Love You Just the Way You Are<br />
By Sharon Lambkin</strong></p>
<p><em>I went to Canada to the “Toronto Blessing.” As we sat in the workshop in the morning we were to sit for 15 minutes and concentrate on Jesus and write down what we heard. The poem “I Love You Just as you Are” came flowing onto my paper.</p>
<p>This poem ministered to four people that I witnessed before I left Toronto in such amazing ways. There was no question that it was from the Lord.</p>
<p>The first was a blind 16 year girl that has been estranged from her family for 2 years. She had been told she was no good and ugly. She had not spoken with her parents in 2 years. We were to read aloud what we heard from the Lord. At the end of the service she had a friend run after me for a copy of the poem and she said she was going to take the poem home and reconcile with her parents. She was called into the ministry for the blind.</p>
<p>Blessing No. Two – A lady from the back of the room came and asked for a copy of the poem, said the Lord had given her poetry but she had gotten discouraged and quit and that inspired her to pick up again where she left off.</p>
<p>Blessing No. Three – The Lord put upon my heart to go to a certain lady and speak with her because she needed encouragement. When I did the tears rolled down her cheeks and she had been mentally abused until she did not even know herself anymore – the poem spoke to her to bring about her own worth again.</p>
<p>Blessing No. Four – During the evening service – there were about 2,000 people there – and there was this one woman that I could only see her back and side of her face but it was as though there was a light shining on her and I asked the Lord what He wanted me to do – I did not feel anything in my Spirit, so I just prayed for her and felt that was all of it.</p>
<p>The next morning at the service – her husband sat in front of me – I said “Oh Lord what are you up to I know this is not a coincidence.” The service was almost over and I felt the Lord put upon my heart to give her husband a copy of the poem – I argued with the Lord that he would think I am crazy to just give him a copy of the poem – but how many of you know that when the Lord tells you to do something He doesn’t just let you off the hook. He said “give it to him.” I said alright Lord but he will think I am crazy.</p>
<p>I copied the poem on a piece of paper and put a note on it as follows: “I feel the Lord wanted your wife to have a copy of this poem. If I have missed the mark, tell her it is just a poem, but if I have hit the nail on the head, tell her it is a love letter from the Master.” I tapped him on the shoulder and gave him the poem and note. I tried to get out before he read it but was blocked. He read it and with tears in his eyes turned around to me and said “Boy did the Lord hit the mark.”</p>
<p>They were from Alabama and had been there for 5 days. His wife had trouble receiving love due to an abusive situation with her earthly father and they were leaving that day. His wife would not even come to the service. There were five of them visiting – his wife said she was the only one leaving Toronto without a Blessing so she stayed at the hotel. Her husband tore out of there running to give the poem to her. Can you imagine what a Blessing she had, to know that out of 2,000 people, God chose her to give her that special poem?</p>
<p>This poem has ministered to many, many people.</em><br />
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The mirror of the flesh can<br />
sometimes be very cruel<br />
the enemy uses this<br />
so many he can fool.</p>
<p>Look at yourself in the<br />
reflection of the living water<br />
see yourself through the<br />
eyes of our loving Father.</p>
<p>Man puts worth in how<br />
we look<br />
God tells us our real<br />
worth through his book.</p>
<p>He plants us by the living waters<br />
as trees of wisdom<br />
with healing words from<br />
our Father.</p>
<p>Words from man can leave our<br />
hearts with a deep scar.<br />
The enemy would like you<br />
to think God is very far.</p>
<p>He’s right there with arms<br />
ready to hold.<br />
Waiting for you to surrender<br />
and give him your life to mould.</p>
<p>With every burden you allow<br />
to enter your heart<br />
you have given the enemy grounds for<br />
destruction to start.</p>
<p>As we carry these problems<br />
and try to find ways to fix them or use,<br />
our precious Holy Father<br />
we have, by lack of faith, abused.</p>
<p>Beneath each load of sorrow,<br />
sad face, worry or pounds of weight,<br />
we have not put our trust<br />
in Jesus to determine our fate.</p>
<p>Our Holy Father stands<br />
with outstretched arms that say “come”<br />
this battle for you<br />
I have already won.<br />
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		<description><![CDATA[Sharon, these poems are very powerful. As I stumbled across your pages, I was chatting in IM with a friend who is going towards healing. I copied one of the poems for her. I knew it was just for her. She was shocked. She replied that God had spoken the same thing almost exactly to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sharon, these poems are very powerful. As I stumbled across your pages, I was chatting in IM with a friend who is going towards healing. I copied one of the poems for her. I knew it was just for her. She was shocked. She replied that God had spoken the same thing almost exactly to her 2 days prior. The next day I found another one for her. My heart pounded as I read becuase I knew it was for her. God is using you in a powerful way. I will be putting a link to your page for sure. May God bless you a million times over for every blessing you have given. &#8211;Cindy</p>
<p>I love these poems! A friend of mine sent them to me today, and I have really been down and out. I have a real crisis going on in my life! And these poems spoke volumes to me! Thank You and God bless for sharing these poems with all of us! &#8211;Pam</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your encouraging poems! I&#8217;m going through a tough time physically and spiritually and your poems were very refreshing. God bless you in your ministry! &#8211;Candice</p>
<p>I love your poems. A friend sent me &#8220;Splinters&#8221; and it was just the right thing at just the right time. I know what you mean about picking up the wrong thing. I also read &#8220;Seductions Exposed&#8221;, it opened my eyes and help set me free also. God Bless and keep up the beautiful work. &#8211;Beryl</p>
<p>Just to say that I was truly blessed by reading the poems on your site. I sent a link to my mother-in-law and we feel that several people in our congregation would be blessed by reading them.<br />
God bless you and your ministry here on the web. &#8211;Rose</p>
<p>Sharon you are a special lady filled with love. Your words give warmth and possess the sounds of love. God Bless you special lady, thank you for your gifts, I will share with others. &#8211;Richard</p>
<p>I just wanted to let you know that i enjoyed your poems. They were really uplifting, for I not to long ago lost my husband and your poems really helped me out. God Bless you. &#8211;Gwen</p>
<p>I wanna take the time real quick to thank you for the blessing words I found through your webpage. I just got divorced and was kinda down but now I know &#8220;God has another plan for me.&#8221; Thanks again and God bless. &#8211;Nicole</p>
<p>Your poems minister to my heart so much.. I lost my husband 2 years ago Sept. Suddenly Jesus took him home I know he loved God so much.. God used him to touch many lives in the prison system here in Texas. So many inmates&#8217; lives were changed just because of his joy in the Lord, he gave them the hope they had lost. They made my 3 children and myself the most beautiful hand made cards and each one told their story of how he had touched their lives for this I am grateful. I only hope that my husband knew of his jewels on this earth. I have a hard time because I never got to say goodbye. It&#8217;s so hard for me. The Holy Spirit uses me to write prophecy poems to others also.. I always thought this strange but so beautiful. Since his death I can&#8217;t write anymore.. When you&#8217;re a giver of God&#8217;s Word it is so hard to receive a word. Thank you so much I need the inspiration. &#8211;Ellen</p>
<p>Thank you for your beautiful Poetry. It was what I needed. I have just recently been hurt by some things that are happening in our Ministry for Teens. As I read your poems I begin to see these attacks were not personal. Thanks for your insight. You truly have a gift from God. &#8211;Gwen</p>
<p>I have been so blessed in your page, you see I have been hurting so much and reading your poems has helped me, may God bless you for putting them on, my Mother went to be with Jesus July 7th and my daughter has a heart and lung disease and we have no hope from doctors, but I believe in God&#8217;s power of healing, thank you again for helping me, I would love to have one of your awards, sent to me. GOD BLESS YOU !! &#8211;Jo Good</p>
<p>Sharon. I enjoy your writings. It is so true that God is with us no matter what! I experience pain on a moment by moment basis yet His love completes my life aanyway. &#8211;Roy White</p>
<p>Hi Sharon- I have met many people online who are hurting deeply. Many from abuse and others from illnesses that make them feel alone. I think it is theraputic for people to be able to read web pages like yours. I know I have been helped by it and by the Grace of God, I am able to go on each day. I pray that God with bless you for all the work you do through Him&#8230;. God Bless! &#8211;Diane</p>
<p>I have just started to ready your poetry and I love it. I suffer from chronic pain (see my Health Faith Story at my site) and it is always a blessing to be able to relax and let the Spirit work. Thank you. &#8211;Karen Smith</p>
<p>This is so beautiful! I lost my husband 5 years ago after 41 years of marriage. I have since joined church and now am a leader in a grief support group. There are so many hurting people out there and they need this so badly. Thank you so very much for sharing all these lovely things. I would love to receive all you have. God bless. &#8211;Betty Farmer</p>
<p>Your poetry is from the heart and very inspiring. Thank you for sharing your God-given talent for writing with the world. Thank you even more for sharing your love for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, with the world. May God bless you and keep you in His awesome grace. &#8211;LeeAnn Jones</p>
<p>You are gifted with words &#8211; on a cold computer &#8211; the warmth and of your words com across beautifully and personally. God bless. &#8211;Pia Cruz</p>
<p>I praise the Father for this wonderful gift he has given to you to prophecy to people through a poem. I pray that Jesus always will protect you with a shield of His precious blood. You are a blessing to me and others. God bless you my dear sister. &#8211;Annette</p>
<p>Thank You so much for Dimonds From Heaven. It is beautiful and encouraging.Thanks for sharing what the Lord gives you to lift others up as he did. You are truly an ANGEL in my eyes and I love you very much. Keep loving and sharing Jesus. God Bless You. &#8211;Donna O&#8217;Steen</p>
<p>I had the great pleasure of meeting this lady tuesday and visiting with her yesterday. Sha is an awsome lady and truley inspired of God. Thank you God and Tommy for introducing me to such an amazing person. I&#8217;ve printed out her book so that I may just sit and read it. It&#8217;s beautiful and could have only come from God. Thank you for putting this person in my path! &#8211;Marta Pricer</p>
<p>My brother&#8217;s girlfrind sent me Diamonds from Heaven through the e-mail to check out. And I really do like all the stuff I have found. I&#8217; ve been going through some trying times this past month, and just reading even the poetry has lifted my sprits. Today (like always) I know with out God in my life, I would get nowhere in life. Thank You. &#8211;Gracie R. Garrett</p>
<p>I trust God will richly bless you and your ministry. I am glad to share my burden with you for the hurting and broken within the Body of Christ. There are many who like myself, are hurting and broken. Like Humpty Dumpty, I was broken and hopeless. Due to my own failures my life was in shambles. However, the King of Kings picked up the broken pieces of my life and put them back together again. &#8211;Linda Martin</p>
<p>Dear Sweet Sharon, not only have you been blessed by God with your writing &#8230;. you are a blessing given to me by God. Thank you for your friendship! &#8211;Eileen</p>
<p>I am always looking for inspiration for others, for me the Bible tells me all I need to know and the Lord always confirms things for me through others. The problem is not everyone wants to read the Bible, but I have found He does talk to others through His Children&#8217;s work. I have found many wonderful poems you have written that have helped my friends and I thank the Lord for giving you this Gift and I thank you for knowing how to listen to what He says and then writing it down and sharing it with others.  &#8211;Dianna</p>
<p>I was directed to your site by a friend, and thank God for friends! I have spent over an hour reading and realize what an inspiration you are to myself and so many others. It is very plain to see your love for God, as each poem has been inspired by God. I thank you for listening when He speaks, and then sharing with the rest of us through your works. May God richly bless you. Love in Christ. &#8211;Barbara</p>
<p>When we are hurting first we go to the emergency room, then our private room, then we are ministered to at home, then the saints with encouragement help heal. This is wonderful healing love from the Master at it&#8217;s best. Thank you so very much. An abundance of blessings to all of you!!! &#8211;B. E. Powell</p>
<p>As a widow, I have known pain that can only make me more compassionate toward others who are hurting. Especially toward those who know their situation will probably never get any better here on this earth. I&#8217;m so glad a friend sent me some of your writings. What a blessing!!! Thanks!! &#8211;Shirley Bennett</p>
<p>Sharon I was truly blessed by your letter. There has been so much prayer time put in for our web site. We are trying to reach souls,lost lambs, and help those of the faith to grow spiritually. Sometimes I am up till 2 or 3 in the morning working and praying over a writing. I so pray to win souls. That is what our ministry is really about. I was so blessed by your poems. They touched my heart more than you will ever, ever, ever know. Thank you for bringing me to them. I have been &#8220;richly&#8221; blessed. Father God, we love you. Please continue to put your mighty anointing over this web site of Sharons, and touch the lives of many, many people through it. In Jesus wonderful name. Amen&#8230; Your Sister in Christ, Evangelist, &#8211;Diana Gray</p>
<p>Thanks for your email. It is easy to see that God has spoken to your heart through deep experiences. As one who lost a wife to a drunk driver, had a three year old son with cancer and was once run over by a truck leaving over 400 fractures I understand poetry and I also have written some. Unfortunately Multnomah does not publish poetry, I wish they did my manuscripts are waiting. Like you I found the greatest pleasure in putting my writings out on the net to minister to all God would direct to them. I hope you find your connection with someone in the industry, thanks for sharing these pages with us. &#8211;Darell D. Neet, Webmaster at <a href="http://www.multnomahbooks.com">Multnomahbooks.com</a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s been wonderful visiting your page! Thank you for this very caring and touching ministry, it is so good to see others reaching out! Really enjoyed your testimony about &#8220;Bringing curses on ourselves&#8221;, it&#8217;s just amazing how many &#8220;pagan&#8221; things are incorporated into our daily lives! great that you exposed it! really beautiful site! Blessings and love&#8230; &#8211;Mary</p>
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		<title>Testimony of Sharon Lambkin: Diamonds from Heaven Christian Poetry</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been a Christian all my life, one of those church pew warming Christians, who thought they were doing all they had to do to get to Heaven. Little did I know there was SO MUCH MORE. I started searching for more fulfillment in my life and having been raised up knowing about The [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been a Christian all my life, one of those church pew warming Christians, who thought they were doing all they had to do to get to Heaven. Little did I know there was <strong>SO MUCH MORE</strong>.</p>
<div id="attachment_11" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-11" title="Sharon Lambkin and husband Tom Lambkin" src="http://www.atouchofserenity.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Sharon-Lambkin-and-husband-Tom-Lambkin-300x225.jpg" alt="Christian Poems pic" width="300" height="225" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Sharon Lambkin with long-time husband, Tom</p></div>
<p>I started searching for more fulfillment in my life and having been raised up knowing about The Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I just never knew the personal Spirit Filled life and how precious your walk can be. I was reading a book about the Holy Spirit and I just spoke out loud, &#8216;God if this is of you, I want it.&#8217; My life has never been the same since. The Spirit of the Living God is so real. The Holy Spirit is not floating around &#8216;up there&#8217; for us to look up and pray as if He is far, far away. He is as close as your heart and a thought away.</p>
<p>My walk has become so real and I walk with my hand in the Lord&#8217;s and He guides my every step. Several years ago, the Lord started blessing me with the gift of poems for hurting people. When I would see hurting people, my heart would cry out for them and I would ask Jesus if He had a word for them and within minutes, the words come flowing out. I have not put forth an effort to write these poems or bring words on paper that is not in my heart. They are Holy Spirit inspired poems and speak directly to the person&#8217;s hurting heart. I have seen these poems minister to thousands of people and turn their thoughts straight to our Healing Jesus.</p>
<p>My ministry (we all have one you know) is to hurting people and I pray God opens my eyes to everyone He sends across my path and if I miss that precious soul, then I pray that God will open your eyes behind me to pick up on what I missed.</p>
<p>At the age of 76 I am now turning my attention for these poems to be carried on to help the hurting heart. I prayed &#8220;Lord, if it is your Will, please send someone to me that will carry these poems forward.&#8221; My desire was for someone anointed for this ministry to be chosen by God and not my choice of requesting my children to carry this on.</p>
<p>Within one week&#8211;God answered that prayer&#8211;I received an e-mail from Jeremiah Reyes living in Belgium with a copy of the e-book cover designed for the poems-he has obtained this site and is moving forward to promote the poems. I have no doubt that he has been chosen by God to carry these poems forward.</p>
<p>I am grateful for Jeremiah&#8217;s obedience and I have total peace that this is God&#8217;s Will. These poems are not from my hand, but were given as prophecy poems to hurting people. They have hit the mark 100% of the time from everyone that I heard from, as you will see as you read the stories about the poems. I pray they will continue to Bless and bring a clear Word to their hearts.</p>
<p>Sharon Lambkin<br />
September 20, 2011</p>
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		<title>Welcome to our Christian Poems Website!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello and welcome to our Christian Poems website! This website is dedicated to sharing the Christian Poems of Mrs. Sharon Lambkin, who has been blessed with a ministry of reaching out and touching hurting hearts, and leading them to the healing that can only be found in Jesus Christ. Her poems, filled with complete dependence [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello and welcome to our Christian Poems website! This website is dedicated to sharing the Christian Poems of Mrs. Sharon Lambkin, who has been blessed with a ministry of reaching out and touching hurting hearts, and leading them to the healing that can only be found in Jesus Christ. Her poems, filled with complete dependence upon the Holy Spirit, has encouraged and uplifted many people throughout the past several years. Our goal is to share her work with even more people around the world. We also hope that you will not leave this website without being blessed.</p>
<p>Occasionally we might also feature Christian poems and works by other authors. Feel free to contact us if you want to share your Christian poetry on this website as well.</p>
<p>In Christ,<br />
Jeremiah</p>
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