I, Vincent Dylan Ralph, Lawrence Academy, Merry Hill, NC, graduating class of ’09,
would like to join ‘The Daily Lily’ in congratulating all the Grads of 2009. We hope and pray for your success in every way. I wrote the following poem and had the opportunity to recite it at one of our graduating ceremonies 2009 held at
Lawrence Academy.

Wit-ting-with the Lilies-Samaritan
“Good Samaritan” a charitable or helpful person (with reference to Luke 10:33).
Does “Good Samaritan” have application in our lives today? If so, how?
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Beauty
“One never realizes their true beauty until their eyesight begins to fade.”
Sara
Old Hands
What do you think?
“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy– think about such things.” Philippians 4:8 (NIV)
I have just seen the last dvd by Joyce Meyer’s, “Battlefield of the Mind”, in my local community Bible study. One of the scriptures she shared was this one, in Phillippians. She said, “where the mind goes, so does the man”, and she cautioned us to be careful what we think.
Alice Adventures in Wonderland-Chapter XII
Remember that when we left Alice last time she was in court where there was a trial going on over stolen tarts. By now Alice is growing so large that she upset s the jury box with her skirt as she stands up. The trial finally proceeds after this upset and when asked by the King what she knows she replies, ‘Nothing whatever.’
In response to Alice’s large size, the king declares, “Rule 42 …All persons more than a mile high to leave the court!” Alice retorts that she is not a mile high and that it’s not a regular rule and that the king invented it just now. To this brash comment the king replies, ‘It’s the oldest rule in the book.’ Alice is undaunted in her defense and firmly states, “Than it ought to be #1.” (Sounds like he is making up the rules as he goes? Is that legitimate?)
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Wit-ting-with the Lilies
debauchery diˈbô ch ərē| noun
‘excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.’
Have you heard or used debauchery recently? Have you lived a life of debauchery? Or, are you living a life of debauchery?
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Bible Study
But if any man draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. He who draws back through fear, or because of trial, in him God hath no pleasure. Hebrews 10:38
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My Pledge
Memorial Day
Remembering those who paid the price
To heed their country’s call
Thus sparing us the tyrants heel
Did gladly give their all.
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David David
This psalm of David sixty-nine
So thrills this aged heart of mine.
For sake of rhyme, I paraphrase,
To speak of David’s wayward ways.

