Take each day ...

Take each day and hold it tight

From earliest dawn to dark of night

So much to see so much to have

Our God is content with seeing us glad

Moment by moment and hour by hour

We can watch our days beneath God's power

We hear the birds;  the humans, too:

Our God is present with His "I love you" 

Take each day and hold it tight

From earliest dawn to dark of night

So much to see so much to have

Our God is content with seeing us glad

We have the good times and  have the bad

The times when nothing can make us mad

The times of laughter;  the times of grief

God is ever present with His sweet relief

Take each day and hold it tight

From earliest dawn to dark of night

So much to see so much to have

Our God is content with seeing us glad

Take time to listen and take time to care

Be open handed and  ready to share

Don't gloat when wealthy or weep without

Our God is our Everything inside and out

Take each day and hold it tight

From earliest dawn to dark of night

So much to see so much to have

Our God is content with seeing us glad

Savor everything

Appreciate each moment, appreciate each day 

Hear all that is beautiful along the long way:

The flower that's blooming; the bird who will sing:

There is something so beautiful, in almost everthing.

The stormcloud, that's booming; the river that winds;

Grass that is covering..  whatever earth gently binds

Everything's  a blessing; yes everything that is

We have only to start looking to discover life's bliss

Take time every morning;   take time every day 

When night time is falling: watch  lights slip away.

Each second and minute;  every hour and year,

Resolve it inside you to be observant and hear

Our hearts will be singing; our lives will be sung

Because we've  discovered what Eternity's brung:

A life full of happiness and a world full of joy

Something this world can never ever destroy..

I feel so good inside

Today is a little bit,  cloudy; but,  I feel so good inside

Because I've found that ray of sunshine no amount of cloud can hide

It is the love of Jesus and the energy of our Lord,   most High

Who lives within my being, keeping me happy,  morn to nigh

It's not the happiness of having or the fleeting feeling of fame

But the sweetness that comes from knowing I'm protected by Jesus' Name

Peace forever unending and a loveliness yet to be described 

Is living within my being it's become God's Sacred shrine

So let not your heart be saddened or your soul be given into blues

When  storm clouds soak your being with a weather you'd never choose

For God almighty can fix things in a way that no other one can

He'll turn your sorrows in to sunshine and every blue He surely ban

Look and see

Every minute, every second; every molecule of air we breathe

Is a witness and a prophet for the God in whom we believe

Every flower, every grass blade every creeping.. crawling bug

Is an echo and an invite from our  God who wants a hug

Let us love Him and let us praise Him in everything we say and do

Life is passing and so fleeting before you know it, it is through

Oh see the mountains and the valleys and the sand so pure and fine

All the secrets of our Creator are written in them: seek and find

Listen closely to the morning, to the noontime and  the night

So much loveliness so much melody so much from our God most high

Let us love Him and let us praise Him in everything we say and do

Life is passing and so fleeting before you know it, it is through

Take some time, now; yes..  this moment; set aside that phone in hand

You will hear it and  you will see it: all you need to understand

Close your eyes now, rest a moment, before you go and do your stuff

Let God's spirit move within you and hear Him saying  "I am enough"

Let us love Him and let us praise Him in everything we say and do

Life is passing and so fleeting before you know it, it is through

Jesus said to me

Mary Magdelen's account

The grave is empty, don't linger here

Go tell the others and do not fear

Sufferings came but did not last

They had their time but had to pass

I saw you weeping; I heard your cries

The pains you carried were no suprise 

For I saw them all inside My Heart

Come rest with Me; let healing start

The grave is empty, don't linger here

Go tell the others and do not fear

Sufferings came but did not last

They had their time but had to pass

You weren't like others you would not run

From the Cross that held God's Only Son

You stood right here so brave and true

So now I say these words to you:

The grave is empty, don't linger here

Go tell the others and do not fear

Sufferings came but did not last

They had their time but had to pass

Don't shrink away from what God wants

Despite the jeers and groundless taunts

Of those who seem to know it all

You are the one who hears His call

The grave is empty, don't linger here

Go tell the others and do not fear

Sufferings came but did not last

They had their time but had to pass

Look at this Love, here.

Look at this Love, here, has there been  any greater

Than what we are seeing here: done by our Creator

Surrendering His  offspring, His Only, Divine Son

He rescued our beings from all that we've done

O love  of our Lovely, Divine, Loving Lord

He created our beings and sent down His Word

To rescue us forever from the everlasting death

He wore what we wore until His last breath

He looked like one broken; like one in great trial

He bore all our insults and our greatest denial

Like a lamb led to slaughter:  he carried the tree

That would hold Him till lifeless, on the hill of Calvary

O love, of our Lovely, Divine, Loving Lord

He created our beings and sent down His Word

To rescue us forever from the everlasting death

He wore what we wore until His last breath

They laughed and they mocked Him: the very same ones

Who knew  of His kindness and the  miracles  done.

Forgetting His healings: His great selfless love;

They cried out for His destruction: this,  lovely, Divine Son

O love, of our Lovely, Divine, Loving Lord

He created our beings and sent down His Word

To rescue us forever from the everlasting death

He wore what we wore  until His last breath

We stand here, remembering, that great awful day

When the Blood ran so freely from the Lamb who would save

Every being and every person, who would willingly run

To His Heart, so  pierced and so opened to receive everyone

O love, of our Lovely, Divine, Loving Lord

He created our beings and sent down His Word

To rescue us forever, from the everlasting death

He wore what we wore, until His last breath

So now we will live it: this faith, that we have received

From the hands of the Almighty in whom we were were conceived

Into the the path of His Eternity,  His way ever divine:

Our hearts will remain restless until with Him we dine

O love, of our Lovely, Divine Loving Lord

He created our beings and sent down His Word

To rescue us forever from the everlasting death

He wore what we wore until His last breath

He wore it for us

There's SomeOne who knew the betrayal of friends

Who held in Himself  our beginnings and ends

He carried our shame and the depths of our sin

So that we might attain true salvation within

He wore for us all, the crown of our shame

And bore on the Cross the weight of His Name

Redeemer and Savior and Rescuer of all:

He forgave every sinner the great ones and smalll

They led Him away but it was our sins He carried

He went to His death like one getting married

He knew in His heart this great mission He bore

And accepted our sins that made Him so torn

He wore  for us all, the crown of our shame

And bore on the Cross the weight of His Name

Redeemer and Savior and Rescuer of all:

He forgave every sinner the great ones and small

Three hours of agony and excruciating pain

Everyone ran away ; but those chosen to remain

He saw there the faithful that would ever come to be 

And cried out for forgiveness for sinners like me

He wore for us all, the crown of our shame

And bore on the Cross the weight of His Name

Redeemer and Savior and Rescuer of all:

He forgave every sinner the great ones and small

The king of the Universe and the Savior of all

Allowed Himself this suffering, this terrifying call

Of carrying our  shame and the sins of us all

He buried our guilt and wants us to recall

He wore  for us all, the crown of our shame

And bore on the Cross the weight of His Name

Redeemer and Savior and Rescuer of all:

He forgave every sinner the great ones and small

The irony of Palm Sunday

The same people who waved their palms of praise and  adoration

Would cry out for my crucifixion and my utter desecration

I knew that this would happen and that   it was all supposed to be

So I   embraced it all most willingly and readied for  Calvary

It isn't the hip hip hurray that I seek and want from  you

But rather a loving heart and those hidden things you do 

For one day a person can praise you and another day tear you down

If you would be My disciple..  let your loyalty be your sound

The fakeness of it all I knew and would  let it all begin

They waved their hands and palms but I knew the price of sin

Hail hail, the mighty King :  the song they spread around

Would be followed  up  by a chorus,  that had Me tortured  and cruelly bound.

It isn't the hip hip hurray that I seek and want from  you

But rather a loving heart and those hidden things you do 

For one day a person can praise you and another day tear you down

If you would be My disciple,  let your loyalty be your sound

I went from all of those festivities  to the days of Calvary

I experienced the greatest excitement then was left abandoned as can be

I let it all happened ...I tell you . .I could have stopped it, at any time

But then you wouldn't have  had your Heaven or promise of salvation sublime

It isn't the hip hip hurray that I seek and want from  you

But rather a loving heart and those hidden things you do 

For one day a person can praise you and another day tear you down

If you would be My disciple..  let your loyalty be your sound

Now is the moment

Turn it all  off now and quiet your mind

See how much beauty you are able to find

Inside  the quietness and without any  noise

You should begin hearing God's subtle voice

Now is  the moment and now is the time

Try to be creative, you don't need to rhyme

Think of His greatness and think of your God

All that He's given you: all that you have got

Write it all down now: in list form, or  not:

All that is beautiful and things you forgot

Blessings and memories and heartaches and pain

Let them all come out like pure falling rain

In all that is happening He's here, now, for you

He's always been present; He'll  carry you through

Whatever is difficult: the   hell, fire or cold

Just leave a door open:  He'll rescue your soul..

 

So sing out for the moment and sing out, with love

To Him, Who has given  us so much  from above

He's always a Creator and is giving us new things

We only have to look out to see what He brings..

Everything's a gift

Before the sun rises and brightens our skies

Creatures are singing and   asking us to  rise

To join in their melodies and join in their song

We welcome the morning and we shuffle along..

The sunlight starts shining and dancing around

With garments, all glowing and treasures unfound

It touches the universe; and  creates such a shine

That everything it lands on becomes so Divine

Everything's so beautiful and this we can see

God is in love with us... loves you and me

He made us, so perfect and gave us so much

We can always behold Him and feel His sweet touch

So let us be thankful and share it around

God is so awesome, and  wants to be found

By everything created; and,  in everything seen

God calls us to be with Him: you know what I mean?

Cries from the earth

I am looking for that one,big,  miracle that'll make everything all aright

Someone Who'll reach down and spread healing to everyone far and wide

Our world is so sorely broken and so many fallen down in awful war

A whole entire nation is looking like  rubble and so much smoking floor

How can we not all feel it... all those terrible ..cries.. within

Brother  and sister Ukranians brutally murdered by  a wild man's sin

Though we may not be, at all,  related... we are, related through God above

How can we not all dig down inside us and plead mercy and unrelenting love

I guess we have all grown so numb to the suffering and pains of one another

That we look away from  news that tells us that we lost one more sister or brother

Family we may not claim to be kin to but  are bound to through our rebirth

Are now crying out to us for consideration as they lay dying upon this earth

Love like God

We're not here to fuss and fight

Let us bring our Savior's  Light

Called by birth to set all free

Let us live what we believe

You cannot be God's child.. it's true

If you bear hatred inside of you

For God is love and love we share

So that God  can be everywhere

Do not think that God could hate

Some poor sinner or reprobate

For He can only send out love

That is all He is capable of

Like our Father to Whom we pray

Let us shine on along the way

Giving  to all with selflessness

Readying our hearts for Heaven-ness

It's okay to cry

 No need to hold them in

All those pressures deep within

God Almighty gave a way

For you to heal yourself each day

It's okay to cry 

Let the tear ducts run till dry

All the sorrows hurt and pain

Let them fall like morning rain

It doesn't mean you're weak

If there's teardrops on your cheek

But rather it will show

What the heart can only know

It's okay to cry 

Let the tear ducts run till dry

All the sorrows hurt and pain

Let them fall like morning rain

You feel ashamed, I surely know

But you can let those feelings go

In that stream so pure and free

You'll find strength... so. let it be

It's okay to cry 

Let the tear ducts run till dry

All the sorrows hurt and pain

Let them fall like morning rain

God made them all you know

All those diamonds that you show

Every tear that you will weep

Angel guardians hold and keep

It's okay to cry 

Let the tear ducts run till dry

All the sorrows hurt and pain

Let them fall like morning rain

So let them fall,  as they will

They're more healing than a pill

You'll  feel  much better, if you do 

Tearful sighs are part of you

It's okay to cry 

Let the tear ducts run till dry

All the sorrows hurt and pain

Let them fall like morning rain

The happiest I can be

I have nothing, really,  to boast of ...no records or  phd

I'm not popular or even famous; no model..as you can see

But what I  have I will share it: whatever it may be

You can count on it and bank it: a friend I'll always be

Some have their riches and houses and even a life of luxury

But I'll be lucky  take care of whatever bills may come to me

I haven't the freedom of flying or the   traveling here or there

But if you should ever need me;  I'd be quick to show I care

What is about,"the joneses" and the keeping up with everyone?

Why is it,  we're so in  need of being praised for what we've done?

Are we, all,  so  codependent on hearing that others see us well

That we're willing to define our happiness by whatever society seems to sell?

I have decided for once and always to pull away from the trending crowd

And  go a little bit, counter culture ..despite the popular  voice so loud

It isn't the "hippest"  thing  to do this: to go and be ...so uniquely... me

But it is what will make me and  my me-ness, the happiest I can be...

Snowflakes in March

What a lovely morning sight

Flakes were falling: so,  so, white

Just to visit  for awhile

Long enough to make us smile

Now they're gone and moving on

But they blessed our early   dawn

Snowing  memories for the year

What  an awesome gift most dear

So we'll hold it all so  deep 

Like  some   treasure that we'll    keep

With a value  more than  gold: 

We will keep them till we're  old ..

All God's love

So much beauty, right before us; we don't have to travel far

In the flowers in the windstreams in the early morning star

We are present every morning but do we see what we're passing by

Squirrels are romping, birds are feeding and there's beauty in the sky

Just a moment, a tiny moment, to catch a glimpse of all God's love

All around us, we are gifted, with so much lovingness from above

See the seedlings poking sweetly through the early morning dew

They are whispering sweetest echos of God's loving grace for you

And the branches of the oak trees and the limbs of every spruce

Wave serenely through the breezes who are carrying secret clues

Just a moment, a tiny moment, to catch a glimpse of all God's love

All around us, we are gifted, with so much lovingness from above

As the day wanes and the evening brings about that glorious glow

You can hear them, all the angels, through the stars that brightly show

Nothing keeps us from the Almighty everything leads us back to HIm

We're not orphans or even strangers.. God makes a way again and again

Just a moment, a tiny moment, to catch a glimpse of all God's love

All around us, we are gifted, with so much lovingness from above

I hear the sparrows and all the crickets and every creature God has made

They paint us pictures and sing us songlets of how God's love is so displayed

In every moment and every second in every breath that we will take

We have the angels, and their  ensemble, to help us in each step we will take

Just a moment, a tiny moment, to catch a glimpse of all God's love

All around us, we are gifted, with so much lovingness from above

Where is happiness..

Where is our happiness, really; is it here or over there?

Is it found inside a person or is it floating in the air?

Can I save my money to have it; or is it something totally free:

Tell me, if you know it: where can happiness truly be?

I   saved and saved my money so   I can finally buy a house

Then bought  me a  line of clothing:  pants and shirts and blouse

I travelled around the country  and even went across the mighty sea

But if this is truly happiness why wasn't enough for me

I hung around the mighty and have had the best to eat

I burned the midnight oils so I could pamper  hands and feet

All around me, I  built up mountains that proved I had so much

But if this was really happpiness why do I feel out of  touch

I finally slowed down my buying; my  running here and there

And then began to notice.. all of  the things I had every where

It wasn't about anything visible  that I  finally began to see

That all this stuff was nothing ... I was captive to my own spree

I was bound to all the buying because I thought it was over  there

In the acquiring and  the having.. but I was stingy and wouldn't share

I had everything I could have  wanted but   I wanted the others see

That I was truly happy but it   wasn't inside of me

For I wasn't free from all the wanting: I  kept wanting more and more

I was addicted to all the acquiring and I had so much to store

I was wanting to boast of everything because somehow I believed

That happiness was only happiness if the others could perceive

Now I know so different because I am  finally on  the ground

Weighed down by all my whirlwinds that had me running  around

Spending and having and going until it all  it was truly  old

And I began to see that happiness isn't something bought or sold

Unplug it all

Unplug that ole computer and turn off your cell

Everything that is blaring: remove it, as well

Just for a moment, or perhaps even a hour

See how you feel unplugged from that power

Inside of your being and without any noise

Tell me, can you hear it: that Almighty Voice

Challenging you to a newness: an innocence within 

That will easily discover the beautiful again 

But only if you're willing for a few moments  a day

TO pull away from the things that are pulling you away

From all of that is discoverable withnin you and out

If you silence your spirit even the daisies will shout

So slow down your tempo and slow down your pace

Life wasn't ever meant to be a commpetitive race

Despite all of the hoopla and the media campaigns

Your happiness isn't found in any of their chains

But in the humble recognition that the whole world will lie

To take from your being what  money cannot buy

So stay sober in your spirit and be ready to rise

Knowing nothing can compare to the riches inside...

Just for you

Reach out and touch it: the air if you will

Tell me, if you're willing, what is it:  you feel

Coolness  or hotness or something in between

Reach out and grasp it this untouchable unseen

Look out and see it the sun so, so,  bright

Marvellous in immensity... too much for our sight

Warming in its fullness and so easily found

Look out and see it:  it's dancing around...

Listen and hear it all the sounds of the earth

Creatures are romping; while, others give birth

Squirreels and  robins and  plantlets, as well

Each have a message  something secret to tell.

Taste all the sweetness of the fruit bearing trees

Savor the loveliness of the busy buzzing bees

So much to be tasting from the world all around

If you go out looking there's a banquet to be found

Now, let all, of your senses keep on working,  alone

Think of everything beautiful and every lovely tone

All the world around you was created just for you

Don't let it go by unnoticed whatever you may do..

Which way should we go?

Doing something.. . we must always be doing something

This is what we're  hearing from  the endless mass of nothing

Who think that we are valued by the things that we can  do

Isn't it odd,  how we are being  brainwashed to believe that this is true>

But what is  all  that something..that..   we must absolutely do

To be considered as  someone:  important, valuable and true?

Is it the raking up  of  money or in  the  building up of our bank

Tell me  what you think it is: that will move us up in  "rank"

Society keeps on  telling us:  to burn those midnight oils

And never to take a break from this: our blood, our sweat,our  toils

Yet, if,  we are  bringing in so much to build our lasting  nest

Who are we really doing this for;  when we can never really rest

It is a complete and utter falacy to think that we are more 

Because of what we bringing in from the most expensive store

We cannot foolishly believe this:  that we are, what we can display

Instead we should really realize that we become a societal slave 

We cannot be truly happy if we are needing  more and more

And cannot find true wholeness in the shopping mall or store

Yet we  will lay down every credit card and load the car or  plane

Seeking for what's inside of us; aren't we all  a bit insane

If someone would tell us ..it's  foolishiness; we'd brush it all away

Because we're  addicted to the havingness and know no other way

After all we worked so hard for this:  this,  moneyness, you know 

So don't try to tell us that:  this spendingness must go..

Despite your challenges

If you make effort while you are drained

Drenched in hurt and feeling pain

Rejoice in knowing that you're so great

Despite your challenges and weakened state

Sometimes you're feeling so  inadequate

And feel that pull to up and quit

But you keep on trying through out the day

You're really a star in your own way

Just taking the moments to smile and shine

While  others are asking you for  some time

When you would  much rather  be all alone

You're quite amazing in what you've shone

It isn't in great things that we prove true

But in the  overcoming in all that we do

To make things happen though nobody knows

The hidden struggles that remain unshown

Oh if only we could see

 

Oh if we could only see

How much we could, truly, be

If we could let it go

All that has hurt us so..

 

Let go the hurt and the hate

Those moments of harsh debate

Let nothing  hold   your heart

Every toxin must  depart

Oh if we could only see

How much we could,truly, be

If we could let it go

All that has hurt us so..

For too long we dragged it along

All that anguish, all that wrong

Crippled by the weight within

We can't let  newness in

Oh if we could only see

How much we could, truly, be

If we could let it go

All that has hurt us.. so

We would cast away the hurt

Those feelings that we're not worth

A happiness, that's still  unknown

Because of the baggage we still  own

Oh if we could only see

How much we could, truly, be

If we could let it go: 

All that has hurt us so

We were meant to be so glad

That we live like we've never had

Any sorrow or worry so long

That we cannot lift our heart in song

Oh, if we could only see

How much we could truly, be

If we would let it go: 

All that has hurt us so

 

 We don't have to deny the cost

 That brought us so much loss

 But we do  need to let it go

 All that has hurt us so

 

 Oh, if we could only see

 How much we could truly be

 If we would let it go

 All that has hurt us so..

Evening rest

Evening calls us all to rest

In these  hours: we're her guest

Quietly singing in the breeze

She sends whispers through the trees

Hear the sunset she's around

Speaking with  an unheard sound

Moving spirits with her glance

Giving hearts a chance to dance

Like the daylight night's aglow

With a beauty you should know

Simply speaking she won't  shout

Let those worries come on out

Calming moments time to rest

Day has left this last request 

Lose those worries: rise anew

See the next day's, just for you

For your heart and mine

In the morning, if we'll  look outside

We can see so much beauty: it's  magnified

Artiscally created and placed all around

God's splashes His colors on sky and  the ground

We ponder it daily yet ..it's just not enough

So much of God's Godness: is in all this stuff

Our rushing's so habitual we pass it all by

All of this amazingness of earth, sea and sky

We hurry each morning and rush the outside

Not noticing the soundlets that are  unamplified

The whispers of nature and chirping of birds

Are a  whole different language without any words

 

We must pause for a moment,  inside of  our head

If were going to appreciate it:  dawn's special spread

Of beauty and uniqueness and glow all divine

God has arranged it for your heart and mine

Like diamonds on the ground

The day is cold and damp again

But I am feeling warm within

The Holy Spirit lovely guest

Is keeping fires within my chest

Chilling droplets dance around

Soothing me  with all their sound

Pittering.. pattering ..all the day

Creating rhythmic words to say

Not so pretty at first sight

Dampness gives these bones a fright

But the sparkling rains  around

Look like diamonds on the ground

Stop to listen look to see

All this beautiful artistry

Forming in the drops so small

We can hear them ..yes.. they call

There is beauty where you are

There is beauty where you are

You don't have to travel far

In your heart and in your soul

There's a beauty you should know

In the elements and in the trees

In the blowing of the  breeze

In the greenery we can see

There is such beauty: yes, indeed

Many there are who  often try 

To purchase something money can't buy

And so they'll run and rush around

Seeking excitement in every town

But, as you grow in depth and love

You'll come to see like God above

That tangible things can't satisfy

They  leave you empty and wanting to buy

Once you've  found it... all you need

Your soul will rest and be so free

From all the need to spend and run

You'll live in all that God has done 

Hands Outstretched

Hands outstretched, I'm always here

Ready to help those far and near

No cost or pay; just Love Divine

For all who come to this heart of Mine

I've waited long; oh, yes indeed:

Heard every call and saw every need

But I had to wait for you to see

That you must ask  this help from Me

Hands outstretched, I'm always here

Ready to help those far and near

No cost or pay; just Love Divine

For all who come to this heart of Mine

Oh, struggling soul be not afraid

To bring your hopes and soul all frayed

I'll lift you up and give you peace

Just turn to Me and I'll set you free

Hands outstretched, I'm always here

Ready to help those far and near

No cost or pay; just Love Divine

For all who come to this heart of Mine

See here these wounds I bled for you

I embraced the cross that's what I do

For souls so dear: so in need of Me

I climbed that Hill of Calvary 

Hands outstretched, I'm always here

Ready to help those far and near

No cost or pay; just Love Divine

For all who come to this heart of Mine

What's more I come to you in prayer

And hear your words with loving care

I'll  take them all and hold them here

Inside My heart I'll keep you near

Hands outstretched, I'm always here

Ready to help those far and near

No cost or pay; just Love Divine

For all who come to this heart of Mine

Go now and think of all these words

Written down for you in simple verse

I love you now and forever more

You are My child and I am your Lord

Hands outstretched, I'm always here

Ready to help those far and near

No cost or pay; just Love Divine

For all who come to this heart of Mine

Open up your heart

Open up your heart let Me come inside

Show me all the things you think you have to hide

I am your Loving Lord and will heal you every hurt

Do not be afraid I will always keep My Word

I see you've had those wounds for so very long

I want to take them all and make up for the wrong

I know you've suffered much and have wept so many years

I come to be your Savior and will  wipe away your tears

Open up your heart let Me come inside

Show me all the things you think you have to hide

I am your Loving Lord and will heal you every hurt

Do not be afraid I will always keep My Word

I truly understand every sorrow that you knew

I have felt your every pain everything you've been through

When there was  no one else, no one who would see

I was always there,  you could always come to Me

Open up your heart let Me come inside

Show me all the things you think you have to hide

I am your Loving Lord and will heal you every hurt

Do not be afraid I will always keep My Word

I am the Healing Shepherd of every wandering sheep 

I know where they have been too they are Mine to keep

so no one takes them from Me though many often try

I gave My life for each one and for each one I did die

Open up your heart let Me come inside

Show me all the things you think you have to hide

I am your Loving Lord and will heal you every hurt

Do not be afraid I will always keep My Word

Take down your walls and let out those tears

Take down your  walls and let out  those tears

Let them flow freely and expose all those years

Of hurt and of heartache pent up, for so long

It's okay to be weak and  also be strong

You smile to the world and are holding it in

It's okay to be fragile and soft deep within

You're not meant to be heartless or cold as a stone

Let the world see it honey, all the scars that you own

Take down your walls and let out all those tears

Let them flow freely and expose all those years

Of hurt and of heartache pent up for so long

It's okay to be weak and also be strong

You say they won't get it if you let them inside

So you're hiding those stories from people outside

You carrying them  deeply and they eat you away

Come now be free now and start a new day

Take down your walls and let out   those tears

Let them flow freely, and expose all those years

Of hurt and of heartache, pent up for so long

It's okay to be weak and also be strong

There's something so freeing when you stop being afraid 

To let all the world see what's keeping you this way

You're marvellously beautiful and you surely will be

A help for those struggling to be opened and free 

So,take down your walls and let out those tears

Let them flow freely and expose all those years

Of hurt and of heartache  pent up for too long

It's okay to be weak and also be strong

Let's do this .. children of God

Today let us become those people who love  everyone  along the way

And let us bring to the mass of humantiy a sweet remedy wtihout delay

Let us not become like those who are contributing to all that is awfully mean

But rather let us be like those, ready to  rescue ..where help is never seen

Let us live like the Godliest people who are ever radiating the inward light

And absent ourselves completely from discussions that are not right

Let us be that haven of hopeness for a world that is so lost in dispair

And when we hear of another's sorrow... let us be ready to say, "I care" 

It costs us absolutely nothing to become those people of peace

For a world so badly broken that it can no longer sees its disease

We can become those rays of sunshine  and those carriers of God within

By help the ailing and wounded to find their wholeness and life again

Let's do this.. oh children of God..

This lovely winter day

The sky is wearing a greyish blue

While earth is drenched and soaked all through

The rains have passed and the sun will rise

We watch and wait for these wakeful  skies

Robins, cardinals and some squirrels too

Are looking for some  treats; I know, it's true:

A sprinkle of bread or some crackers all fine

Will be a delight and not out of line

The chills of winter are hanging around

And I can see my breath this early dawn

Yet in all this coldness, a beauty surrounds

My heart and soul with wonderful sounds

I love to ponder it this creativeness

That's ever before me, in all of this loveliness

God the Almighty is so, easily found

Sprinkling His kindness and blessing each sound

The Prodigal

 There is a story:  the prodigal son 

 That shows how sin  can be undone

 Despite the worst... the best can be

 God spares us all continuously

 

 Though many are true and so sincere

 The prodigal children are  all unclear

 Of what is right and what is wrong

 But God the Father's love is strong

 

 He'll wait and weep and wait some more

 Till all the prodigals come in His door

 Not calling to mind their terrible falls

 He'll rejoice and lift them one and all

 

Not tonight

Some nights keep the soul awake

Whispering memories that'll shake

Blissful somber from our eyes

It's okay to stir and rise

Like a demons mighty roar

Noises shake our inner door

Rousing us without a care

Satan tries to hurt and scare

With the shield from God above

We'll  give that evil one a shove

Not tonight we'll shout and claim

For we're strong  in  Jesus name..

Rains are falling

Rains are falling soft and sweet

Gently moving like padded feet

Whispering hushing all around

Love that rythmic soothing sound.

Drenched in waters mother earth

Receives the  rains who gives rebirth

Seedlets nestling  down below

Nurse the silence's loving flow

 

Soon the sun will rise again

And the soil  will dry within

Pods will open making way 

For the plantlets spring display

So much mystery so much love

In each lesson from above

All the elements all around

Teach us through their secret sound

We are all siblings

Each of us is  so different:

Some may feel like a million dollars 

And others.. just like a half a cent

But no matter how much or little you think you're worth

Just know that each of us 

has their thing to do on this blessed earth

Some, of us,  may create some mighty things

While others can barely  scribble 

or put together anything

We are all together a  compilation of a complete whole 

But alone we are just a portion 

waiting to be added to the universe's soul

So don't look askew at others, with such a judging eye

Thinking they are hardly doing anything...

wishing that they would  try

Casting judgment, on others ; who do we think we are

We are nothing without the  company of others 

Not even a dying star..

We are all of us unique but also the same

For we have been imprinted with eternity

And have, but one,  Father:  God is His name

Though some may argue against it always true

Each of us were knit together through God's Spirit

And are siblings  no matter what we do

Thank you God

Every morning and throughout the day

I will try to see God along the way

Inside each moment  and in each space

I will hear Him speaking and see His face

For He  is in the flowers and in the trees

His voice is sounding throughout the breeze

His touch I can feel it;  it's in the sun

And shines out freely on  everyone

His love  pours out through falling rain

It drenches our earth and soothes eacg pain

He sings His songs in the birds so free

He wakes me up to their lovely symphony

The whole of earth and  the sky above

Are a constant reminder  of His love

He made them all and He made me too

So if I'm grateful, I know what to do

I'll  rise each morning and spend each day

Saying I love yous along the way

For every gift and for everything

I'll praise my God and readily sing

Don't let the morning pass you by

 

We see the blueness yes we do 

A  sprinkle of clouds, that  are passing through

A shimmering of light with goldenness

Is creating so much beautifulness

Don't let the morning pass you by

Without gazing up, into the sky

And seeing what is there to see 

So much love for you and me

Sounds of happy birds we hear

Some are far and some are near

Breezes softening the atmosphere

Giving us a calmness and not fear

Don't let the morning pass you by

Without gazing up, into the sky

And seeing what is there to see 

So much love for you and me

Droplets lingering on the plants

Morning dew with soulful dance

Creates a sparkle at first glance

We must rejoice at such a chance

Don't let the morning pass you by

Without gazing up, into the sky

And seeing what is there to see 

So much love for you and me

Having seen the beauty of each day

Are we not able to  pause and pray

To thank the One who made a way

For us to know Him in such array

Don't let the morning pass you by

Without gazing up, into the sky

And seeing what is there to see 

So much love for you and me

Be a valentine for all

Today we are called to be lovers not only for  that special one

But to everything and everyone around us until this day is done

Yes let us give  all our kindness and caring and give with an endless heart

To everything and everyone about us: so that  goodnes has  a place to start

To the world of creatures and plantlets as much as to our own human kind

Let us be a ray of sweetest sunshine and a givingness so easy to find

Let us not limit our giftedness to people but be willing give to all we see

The valentine that has been etched inside of us since all of eternity..

Then we will be living this holiday of chocolates and cards and sweets

Not limiting it to something so commercial that it fades away like all our treets

No we will become that valentine forever thats meant to be shared for all  ime

Lets be that transport of happiness and for everyone..let's be  God's valentine

Balance..

Just look out the window and see what you can see

Listen to the universe and hear its mystery

Though movies can captivate and the internet can find

Nothing  can compare with God's beauty on your mind

SO put aside the temporal and shut off the old net

Just for a few moments .just see what you'll get

Without any of the media and without any of the noise

See what you'll  discover without using your voice

The wind and the elements and the trees in the breeze

All of the creatures who can romp as they please

Yes everything created and everything around

Shares with us secrets that's never can been found

There's places for everything and for everything a time

And so it is  we are needing those moments sublime

To balance off the everything with what won't ever end

A life with  our  Infinite and ever loving friend

The sweet melody of birds

Oh, hear, all the sounds, of these lovely birds singing ?

Doesn't it soothe you .. these songs that they're bringing?

Sweetness and lightness.. they will  share with us all:

Joyfulness is coming from these birds: great and small/

Every morning they greet us with their most beloved song

It's enough to inspires us the whole morning long

Carefreeness. other worldliness all of this combined

Comes from their melodies, like a kiss so  Divine

No earthly composition.. no, nothing can compare

With their sweetness and pureness they willingly share

Though  many are  accomplished there  never will be

A sound so uplifting as their  beauty  melody

Help for all who need

What can I hope for or expect for my heart

I stand here all broken, all scattered apart

The wise ones, they shun me:  the rich mock my name

Oh what can I hope for; outside of this shame

The love of the good God, the Eternal most High

Will reach down from the Heavens and answer my cry

He'll lift up my lowliness and mix it with His love

All this I can expect from the good God above

What am I to others or who am I at all

I can barely look forward; I continually fall

The great ones of society deny me their light

Oh who will befriend me in this deplorable sight

The love of the good God, the Eternal most High

Will reach down from the Heavens and answer my cry

He'll life up my lowliness and mix it with His Love

All this I can expect from the good God above..

My health, it's now failing andI am growing so old

I won't last another decade; oh, this I've been  told

My mind is all mixed up and my bones they all creak

Who'll help me find comfort and the solace I seek

The love of the the good God, the Eternal Most High

Will reach down from the Heavens and answer my cry

He'll lift up my lowliness and mix it with His Love

All this I can expect from the good God above

So whenever you're weary and are not able to rest

And when everything seems hopeless despite all your best

Know this to be certain; it's  as certain as can be

There's One who will deliver you: both you and me

The love of the good God, the Eternal most High

Will reach down from the Heavens and answer your cry

He'll lift up your lowliness and mix it with His Love

All this you can expect from the good God above

What really matters

I am sorry, I cannot change what you see

When you look at me, so pitifully..

I cannot change what you  see

You cannot know me.  looking at me.. from the outside

With all of your judgements, so full of pride

You keep on looking at me from the outside.

But there is One who knows and can really see

What you fail to acknowlege and view in me

There is One who can really see..

You think,money can buy you happiness

So hour after hour, you  slave and stress

You think money can buy you happiness??

In the end, who'll be the truly happy one

When life is over and our days our done

Who will be the truly happy one

Will it  matter what kind of wealth we knew

When the dirt is shoveled over me and you 

Will it matter the  wealth we knew?

So think over everything while you  can

Don't matter whether you're a woman or  a man

Think over everything while you can

I'm pleading and I'm writing and hoping I'll see..

Let there be peace,now , oh, let there be peace

May all of our warring and fighting now cease

Put away, all the hatreds and put away the fight

Let go of this ugliness, that counters the Light

Oh when will we see it and  when will we know

That all of our quarreling is having to go

We're not meant for destroying, oh  no we are not

God made us for loving,.. for good things:  we're taught

Oh, why must we tear down and why must we fight

The left sight the right side .... is anyone right?

It's terribly terrifying...and..so frightful to see

What's happening around us: isn't how it should be..

The firing of weapons and the flaming cars too:

What book of the Bible has taught this to you?

Tearing up of properties and destroying the land:

Oh my dearest Jesus we are all out of hand

I am pleading and  I am  writing and I'm hoping I'll see 

Someone who's reading will join up with me

To cry out with  reasoning and plead with great care

Hear us oh peoples God wants Love  everywhere

Would you

Would you take some time today

Stop the rush  and pause to pray

Would you let our good God in

Give Him space; let grace begin

Would you look around today

Give a smile along your way

Help someone you may not know

Lift a heart.. share your glow

Would you turn your ear away

From hateful tongues that lead astray

Would you stand for what is right

Protect the helpless in their plight

Would you try to start anew

Giving like you use to do

Turning back to what is good

Forgiving all...you know you should

Just a moment

All around us we can see

Fingerprints of the Deity

Father, Son and Holy Ghost

They crave our love and love us most

How can we continue along our way

And not desire to stop and pray 

To Him who gives and help  us all

Let us pause, right now .and hear Him call

No matter what we say or do

We have some free time:this is true

For the frivolous or mundane..

Why not some moments  in His  Name?

It's totally .a free choice, this I know

But I have to let His SPirit flow

Into your mindspace for a spat

Isn't it wonderful to think like that?

Good morning, everyone

Good morning, everyone: good morning to you, everyone, everywhere

I am lifting  you all up to the One, Who, willingly, receives every prayer

May you all be blessed and find everything you can ever need today

And may you find comfort and beauty in every moment along the way

Good morning to you elements all you minerals and atoms and all

May you join together to bring your blessings to both  great and small 

Sent by God's word and Spirit  you ever edify those who venture to see

The beautifulness inside you that often leaves us loss in endless mystery 

And to all you wild and tame animals: I also say good morning to you

God created you, so very early, to be companions to us in all we  say and do

So many differnt kinds of you but you all have this one common strand

God spoke out His word and you came forth from His, Almighty,  Creative Hand

Good morning, to you,  all you heavenly ones, all you angels and saints above

You have finished the race  and are, now,  basking in the portals of love

Help us, as you can, now;  to live our lives, worthy enough to be

Rewarded with Heaven's welcoming and an unending happiness in Eternity..

When all is said and done

When you peel back the layers and look down inside

Is there anything  tangible something glittery to hide

The soulness inside you, yes that spirit that's you 

Wasn't created for anything  that is sparkly or new

For the things like our vehicles or the houses we own

Are temporary possessions: dissolving  like a bone

We can't take them with us so they should help us to be

More like God's loving little children  or we'll weep endlessly

When the angels from Heaven come down from that throne

And call out to us gently to finally come home

The attachments that hold us will become our  last test: 

Will we fly up to  Heaven or be damned by selfishness?

For all those in California knowing great loss

Though, I might be, in my sheltered place;

 I know  many of you may not be

So I'm reaching out to all of you,

 with my heart upon my sleeve

Praying and truly hoping that;

 after all these storms have,  passed

You can begin to start anew with grace

 and find some peace, at last.

Times, such as these occuring,

 are so very difficult and  unique

It's hard to know what to say of them,

 or how to soothe and speak

To the devastedness enveloping you;

 or the uncertainty that is real

But I will pray and truly hope that

 my words can heal your hurts I feel

My heart is breaking, inside of me,

 over everything you have lost

Your years of building up has become

 like ships:  beaten up and tossed

Across the waves of destruciveness

 you see hopes shattered again and again

Oceans pouring out like endless rain

  have left you wondering where to begin

Like so many souls who have passed through trials

 there  will be another day for you

And though. right now, you cannot see it clear..

 Hope will rise to pull you through

The rebuilding up and  restoring of

 what nature has severely torn apart

Will reinforce your faith again inside

 and heal your sorely  broken heart

I've been There

In one of the psalms I read that: 

I will rise and waken the dawn

Is it really possible to do this; 

can I, really,  urge the morning along?

Can I rise up so early that I can say that: 

I  have welcomed the morning star

Or, will I simply waken to realize that:

 such an ambition is going too far>

The time has come for a pondering: 

for a considering of all my ways

Before I can  embrace the daylight;

 I should lift up my heart in praise

With all of the creatures of the universe;

 and with all of the land and sea

Become a song of  heartfelt gratitude

 for the One who gives so lavishly

It isn't , so hard to do this;

 and  it isn't, really,  so hard to  start;

But, I'll have to set aside some  moments,

and be ready to open my  heart.

I will have to open up some spaces

 and  I will  have to prepare my mind and will

So that Eternal Immortal;

 can share   this Heavenly Meal

Then. once, I'm nourished with this manna: 

 this food, the angels, all, know

I can embrace each hour and each second

  no matter how fast or slow

I can approach  each person around me 

with a loveness so pure and  Divine 

That they'll know for a sure, I've been there:

a visitor toGod's transforming shrine

 

Things we can get for free

The early sunlight's dancing and is tapping on my  window

While  messengers of lightness are lighting up my pillow

Slowly I am rising up and am stretching toward the skies

Trying  hard to focus so I can see through  blurry eyes

All the world is  whirling;  and I can hear it  everywhere

So many souls are ..zooming around,  without a single care

About  what they might be passing up or having a chance to see: 

If only we could slow down; we would know some  tranquility

I stand, here , like a stranger to what might be .. ok

The buying and the traveling and the stashing up  for another day

But the purchasing and amassing is something we should  inch into

Knowing that there's a debtedness that these can  attach us to

So,  we  learn  to love the landness, the creatures  and the tree

The inexpensive soundness of the lovely birds and bees

They are part of the many treasures that our world can never buy

Freely given to each of us: we have only to open our inner eye

They're ours to take advantage of without a single cent

We can participate in viewing them; for all are Heaven sent

It's the other stuf attached to them that puts us all in debt

When will we learn that happiness doesn't cost a single cent

Losing grace

What values do we sacrifice to be in the "in crowd" 

Is acceptance so important, that, we'll do what's not allowed

In the eyes of the angels or in the eyes of our  Lord...

Do we need  a few reminders or are we just getting bored?

Inside of our own spirits and inside of our heart

We have a written  an itenary , right from the start

We are chosen and beloved and made just for Him:

Why world  we compromise "this" for something so dim?

Everybody is doing it; so, it must,surely, be allowed

Don't point out any wrongness or things could get loud

Let me run with the wildest and choose to be free

Doesn't matter if it's wrong or if the angels might see?

We have lost all of our filters and have sacrificed grace

We have surrendered to temptations and given Satan a place

Dressed up in the promises of the rich and the great

We are wooed by the demons and we eat from their plate...?

Happiness

Take time to listen, to what the world has been trying to say

Everything, around you, has so many beautiful messages along the way

All of the creatures: the flowers, the trees....the birds

Are sounding off sweetly, with their powerfully grace filled words

It's not, in the buying, that you'll find the things you need

But in the having of what's already planted inside you as seed

Take time to nourish it, the beautiful garden, of grace and love

You will find refreshment, in the loveliest gifts, from God above

I know;  it sounds, so foreigh; so unreal, to think that you can be

Totally satisfied, with something you cannot touch or see

But, if, you're truly, in touch, with the God of love and prayer

You'll  know that, happiness, is something you already have to share

Turning the page to 2023

The pages have turned from 22 to 23;

What will be different for you or for me?

Will there be changes or will we make moves?

Time will reveal wbat paths we can choose.

Learn from the old; and embrace what is new.

Let's build on what's good, from the year 22

Not holding the past; or dragging it in

Will make room for blessings;  23 can begin

Remember the good and let go of  the bad

Look forward with hopefullness and we can be glad

To embrace what is coming for the year 23

And soon we will echo: "its the best it can be"