Introduction - A poem by Peter Rhebergen


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EACH NEW DAY A MIRACLE

Welcome to 'Each New Day a Miracle', the poetry collection from which my website (EachNewDay.com) takes it name. Why this particular name? Agatha Christie, one of my favourite authors, once said:

"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."

and I have always loved her sentiment that "to be alive is a grand thing." This is the underlying premise of 'Each New Day a Miracle', that to be alive is a great gift of God, and the poems on these pages celebrate that gift with all of its smiles or tears.

I have written poems for most of my life, and some, I think, are very good, and some, I know, are not. I have placed them in this book, regardless of whether they are good or bad, because they achieve what I had hoped to achieve when I wrote them, and because I think they could be of value to you.

I do not pretend to be a great poet, I am simply a man who has lived some years and has written of his experiences in the form of poetry. When you read these lines you are in a very real sense reading a very personal journal. Many of the words on these pages have sprung from the realization that I have no one upon whom I can rely other than God and are therefore uttered as cries to Him for help, as praise to Him for His wonder, and as my reflections of and upon the universe He has made for His glory and for us to enjoy. These poems are for me a form of worship, it is my prayer that in reading them you will be encouraged to worship God as well and praise Him for the life He has given you, regardless of its pain or joy.

I love how words can express so well our deepest thoughts, and I know that the One True God cares and that He hears me, whether I speak of joy or grief. He is the cause of every smile and the comfort for every tear. These poems are my praise to God for His wonder, my cries to Him for help, and my thanks to Him for His care. No one is more worthy of my praise and devotion than God; and I hope that these poems will make your own walk with Him more sure.

Thank you for reading these poems, may God bless you through them.

MY PERSONAL FAVOURITES

While I am pleased will all the poems in this book, I know that my appreciation of them will vary on my mood and circumstance. That being said, the poems below are those that I am most pleased with, regardless of my mood or circumstance.


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