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BILLY
MY ALL-STAR PLAYER

THE
BASES ARE LOADED
THERE ARE TWO OUT
AND
BILLY H.
STEPS TO THE PLATE

HE HAS AN INJURY, YOU KNOW
HIS ANKLE IS NOT FULLY IN STRENGTH
BUT HE LOOKS AT THE BALL
COMING DIRECTLY AT HIM
SHOULD HE HIT?
BUT
WHAT IF
HE CANNOT RUN FAST ENOUGH?
WHAT IF
HE FAILS AFTER HE HITS HIS BEST?
WHAT IF
HE CANNOT FULFILL HIS PASSION
IN THIS LIFE?

BILLY IS STILL YOUNG
AND
I
WILL TEACH HIM
TO SWING AWAY
AT THE PITCHES
IN HIS
STRIKE ZONE
WHY?

BECAUSE
I
WILL BE
THE ONE
WHO RUNS THE BASES
WITHIN HIM

I
WILL BE
HIS
STRENGTH

I
WILL BE
THE
BLOOD OF PASSION
THAT SWEEPS HIM
INTO
MY REALM

I
WILL BE
FOR A LIFETIME
AND
BEYOND
ALL
THAT BILLY H. NEEDS

FOR YOU SEE
I
WOULD
PLAY BASEBALL
IF
I
WALKED THIS EARTH

I
WOULD
STEP TO THE PLATE AND GIVE IT
MY BEST SHOT
AND
I
WOULD
HOLD MY HEAD BACK
AND FEEL
THE BREEZE RUN
THROUGH MY HAIR
AND THE
SWEAT DRIP
FROM MY FOREHEAD
AS
I
ROUND THE BASES
AND
I
WOULD NOT STOP

YES
THERE IS PAIN IN LIFE
THERE IS PAIN
IN RUNNING
THE BASES
BUT
RUN, BOY, RUN
WITH
YOUR WHOLE HEART
AND
I
WILL BE
WITH
YOU

I
WILL BE
THE STRENGTH
AND
THE PASSION
WITHIN
YOU
AND
I
WILL BE
THE HAND
UPON YOUR SHOULDER
AFTER
YOU
BRUSH THE DIRT
FROM
YOUR UNIFORM
AT HOME PLATE
AND
I
WILL SAY
"WELL DONE"

RUN, BILLY, RUN
SWING AWAY
DON'T GIVE UP
GIVE LIFE
ALL
THAT YOU HAVE

DON'T LOOK
AT THE INJURY
AND
THINK ITS OVER
IT'S
NEVER
OVER

I AM
THE GOD
OF
NEW BEGINNINGS

I AM
THE GOD
OF
GREAT STRENGTH

I AM
THE GOD
OF A
GAME WELL-PLAYED

PLAY FOR
ME
AND
WE WILL WIN
WE
SURELY WILL

YOU
READ AND STUDY
THE
BOOK OF JOHN

NOW
AT
MY COMMAND
I
WILL TEACH
YOU
TO LIVE AS
I
LIVE

TO TALK AS
I
TALK

TO WALK AS
I
WALK

TO BELIEVE AS
I
BELIEVE

I
WILL

AND THEN
THE
GAME OF LIFE
FOR YOU
WILL BE
ONE HOME RUN
AFTER
ANOTHER
IN
PERFECT SUCCESSION

"PLAY BALL!"

^^^^^

WILL THE PHOENIX RISE
IN
A SMALL WORLD . . .

DAY TO DAY
THE FUTURE IS KNOWN TO MOST
OR AT LEAST
THEY IMAGINE THAT
THEY KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN
BUT DON'T YOU KNOW
THAT THERE ARE THOSE TOO AFRAID
TO DREAM OF TOMORROW
TO HOPE FOR NEW LIFE
TO BEGIN AGAIN

IT
TAKES COURAGE
TO START EACH DAY
WHEN FEAR
FILLS YOUR SOUL

"BY ITS AWESOME POWER
IS CLARITY BESTOWED
BUT FEAR
COLORS THE FUTURE"
smallvilleledger.com

THE FUTURE
CAN LOOK CLEAR AND BRIGHT
BUT THERE IS ALWAYS
THAT FEELING OF DOOM

WHO
LIVES LIKE THIS?
WHY
DOES THIS RIDDLE
PONDER THE LIVES OF SO FEW
AND YET
ALL
WILL FEEL LIKE THIS
IN THE
COMING DAYS
ALL
THOSE WHO
DO NOT
HAVE A
"HOME" ELSEWHERE
AND
A FATHER
WHO WAITS WITH OPEN ARMS

CLARK
WHERE ARE YOU?
WHY HAVE YOU GONE?
WHEN WILL YOU RETURN?
WILL YOU EVER RETURN?

THE PEOPLE
OF ONE SMALL TOWN
HOPE AND PRAY
FOR THEIR
SON TO RETURN
AND YET
TROUBLE BEARS
ITS SIGN

"THE SKY
FOREBODES TO US
THROUGH
CLEAR SIGNS AND FIXED STARS
THAT THE TIME
OF ITS SUDDEN CHANGE
IS APPROACHING"

WHERE
IS
HOME NOW?

"IT'S A
LONG EXCURSION
NOT
A BRIEF CONVERSION
YOU SHOULD REMEMBER THAT"

_______

A Prophet's observation:

THE SON
BETRAYED/REVEALED

And the Jews cried out
"Let his blood be on us and on our children."
and was it?
 and is it still?

This film
"THE PASSION"
shows exactly what happened
It reveals the hearts of the people
the anger, the bitterness, the callousness, the hatred
and yet
all of history
wants to erase the facts

You can't erase
His death

You can't erase
the people's reactions

You can't erase
THE TRUTH
So, what now?

What
if Jesus returned
in this day and time?

Who
would "hang" Him
upon the
famous Cross?

Would
the
Jews or the Church?

Would
the government
or just
the
"five and dime" people?

I tell you
THE
TRUTH

It
would be
EVERYONE
that
does not
have
His Holy Spirit
within them

Yes
the Jews were blamed
for His death
and the world wreaks and sways
by the possible consequences
of that revelation again
but
the people asked
to be known and remembered
for their part in His death

Know this:
ALL
of mankind
hung the
KING of KINGS
and the
LORD of LORDS
upon the Cross

All of us
Father, forgive us . . .

Mel Gibson
stands alone
to reveal
THE TRUTH
through his film
"THE PASSION"

Will
you continue
to rebuke this man
for his devotion
to
GOD
and the
TRUTH?

He simply
WILL NOT
deny the
TRUTH
or
his
SAVIOR
who hung
upon the Cross

**

THE FATHER
BETRAYED/REVEALED

A man stands
to protect the
TEN COMMANDMENTS
to stand with the
GOD
who stood
to birth this nation
and yet
the people shout
"REMOVE IT"

In other words
REMOVE
GOD'S PRESENCE
AND
DOMINION
OVER THIS COUNTRY

One man
stands firm
Many stand with him
and yet
the government
of these United States
balks at the
FOUNDER and FATHER
of this country

Let this country
be treated
then
as the bastards
they proclaim to be
So be it.

One man stood
A nation backed down
and hid silently
behind their gods
and yet
the bombs
they did fall
The darkness
returned to stay
The shots
they did ring out
and the people dropped
one by one
and the
FATHER
THE ONE
who birthed a
Nation for Himself
remembered
their
cowardice
their
compromising ways
their
hearts of indifference
their
ingratitude
and
answered
NOT
the prayers
from the lips
of the people

The choice
has been made
by
this country

Can you live with it?

BELL # 21