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    Then I Found God
    Then I Found God
    Then I Found God
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    Then I Found God

    By Rina-Anel Potgieter

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    I thought that once I found myself I would find God, but it was only once I lost myself that God had found me. I put this book together to tell its unique story. The great thing about poetry is that everyone understands it differently. The story of being found when you have no idea where you are is one of the most beautiful stories in the world. Broken down to the ground is barely scratching the surface of where I was when these emotions flowed from my heart, but having that turn around and changing into something beautiful is a story worth telling. My story is better told through emotion, and my emotion is exactly what this book contains.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateDec 29, 2016
    ISBN9781512769845
    Then I Found God
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    Rina-Anel Potgieter

    Rina-Anel Potgieter was born in a small town in South Africa called Heilbron and was raised in a Christian family. At the age of seven, her family moved to Gaborone Botswana, where she graduated from a Christian high school. Whilst living in Botswana, she had faced some life-shaking events. At a young age, she had come face to face with the hard good-byes in life. Her poems document her battles with herself, trying to let go of herself to let God take over.

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      Then I Found God - Rina-Anel Potgieter

      Copyright © 2016 Rina-Anel Potgieter.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      WestBow Press

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

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      ISBN: 978-1-5127-6985-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5127-6984-5 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2016921139

      WestBow Press rev. date: 12/29/2016

      Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      Is This Life?

      Not What I Was Made For

      The Tree

      My Plea

      Day’s Beauty

      First, Pray

      Who Are You?

      Garden of God

      I Go on My Knees

      Calling His Name

      Take My Sorrow

      Let God Be in Control

      Who I Am

      Cold Breeze

      God Changes Everything

      One Glance for Me to Forget

      Of Course I’m Scared

      Drawn Down

      That’s All You

      My Past

      My Soul and Fragile Heart

      The Essence of Life

      It’s More Than Just Pain

      No Longer on Your Own

      My Letter of Salvation

      When My World Tumbles Down

      My Heart Was Tamed

      Time for Change and Embrace

      About the Author

      To my mom,

      Karin Potgieter

      Acknowledgments

      A big thank you to everyone who helped make a dream turn into a reality, to everyone who has supported me through hard times and those that were still there through the good

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