Turning the pages

 The pages, will, now,  turn..to another calendar year

But what does this all mean for each one of us here..?

Will it mean resolutions or some sighs of relief;

Or simply another celebration that's become a routine

We welcome you 2021 but we fear you..just as well

We've just through passed a year that was as scary as hell

The virus has been running through every place we know

We would like it very much if this old Covid would just go

The headlines were so many and we want to leave them all behind

To embrace this brand new year... we'll have to readjust our mind

Hoping against all hope that everything will become okay

In finances and in healthcare and in our living of every day

We welcome you 2021 but we fear you..just  as well

We've just passed  through a year that was as scary as hell

The virus has been running through every place we know

We would like it very much if this old Covid would just go

To truly move ahead we must learn to embrace the new

Letting go of painful pasts is never an easy thing to do

But trying with all we are to move forward so we can see

That 2021 might be that year that we've  been longing for it to be

We welcome you 2021 but we fear you ..just as well

We've just passed  through a year that was as scary as hell

The virus has been running through every place we know

We would like it very much if this old Covid would just go

Don't you now who you are?

 The night isn't always going to be dark and the day isn't always going to be  light

Sometimes the opposite will happen..and the wrong will turn into right

So let us trust ourselves to That Someone Who holds the night and day in hand

He'll straighten up our every confusion and lead us to understand

Our God is  a loving God and He's never able to do ....but  right

The darkness that sometimes surrounds us  isn't a forever thing to fight

For our God is a God of all Brightness and of a Wisdom that is ever clear

He will reach  down from His place in Heaven to keep each one of us ever near

So turn away from that negative thinking that tells you. you are not a prize

God sent down His Only Begotten to ransom  you with so great a price

Outstretched on a tree of Calvary to undo the curse of that sin

He will continue to remind us of Eden and forgive  us again and again

Our God is a loving God and He's never able to do ....but  right

The darkness that sometimes surrounds us  isn't a forever thing to fight

For our God is a God of all Brightness and of a Wisdom that is ever clear

He will reach  down from His place in Heaven to keep each one of us ever near

You are each one ..an original copy.. created from all time to be

A child of the Most High Creator.. a participant in the Divine Trinity

Destined to be a light forever... shining out..to a world.. in need

Let the Spirit of God be your counselor and The Light that helps you see..

Our God is  a loving God and He's never able to do ....but  right

The darkness that sometimes surrounds us  isn't a forever thing to fight

For our God is a God of all Brightness and of a Wisdom that is ever clear

He will reach  down from His place in Heaven to keep each one of us ever near

Tiny Sprinkles

 Tiny sprinkles..soft and white

Fall from Heavens ..bless our sight

Like a blanket covering all

Snowflakes gracefully peacefully fall

Oh.. to see them ..all should know

Makes me smile .and inwardly glow

Something about them feels so right

All is beautiful ..they're so bright

Before we walk and press them down

Snow is like the Bridal gown

Crisp and pure and beautifully white

Loveliness is on their side...

How to see them..when they fall

All these snowflakes..over all?

Do they change your deep inside

Make you feel like Heaven's light???

While we are sleeping

 Let the silence of the evening..lull your heart and soul to sleep

Close your mind and calm your spirit..for the angels watch and keep

All the peoples of all the nations..every one us ..far and near

Are protected by God's spirits: the guardian angels are ready to hear

As the night falls and the day flees take some time for quiet prayer

Do not worry about all the troubles though they shout out everywhere

For the God of all things living.. will take care of you and me

He is loving and He is Almighty and He can calm the raging sea

When we're sleeping and not watching .. there are those who never sleep

They are beings ..quick and careful.. guardian angels for humanity

Let us love them and invoke them;  like we would a trusted friend

For these angels are ever ready and will be with us to the very end.

It's the day before Christmas

 It's the day before Christmas and you're still on the run

There is just one more present and then, you will be done

With wrapping and fussing and cooking nice treats

Tomorrow is really Christmas and the whole family meets

You're looking it over..all  the work that you've done

You're counting the presents..is there enough for everyone

You sitting down slowly to get off of your feet

It's Christmas eve finally..is it all really complete?

But what about Jesus and the whole manger scene

Is He part of this picture ..do you know what I mean

With the running and the fussing and the wrapping galore

Have you included a memory of what it's all  for?

Today the Good Almighty has let us all in

He has opened up the Heavens and let us begin

To travel most surely to This Place we all seek

He's  promised us entry through This Baby so meek

Just a baby and some hay

 Just a baby and some hay 

Some may say on Christmas day

But we know as shepherds knew

God was in This Babe ..so true

Lowly creatures, all  around

Acknowleded God, through humble  sound

Bowing low, they gave Him heat

Manger animals were first to greet

Hospital beds and urgent care

Were not a part of Mary's share

She bore her Babe in bitter cold

She knew no comfort we've been told

And St Joseph who was nearby

Must have felt the urge to cry

A man so strong..so capable

Could not change what seemed horrible 

But why would God Who made us all

Choose a manger and a stall

If not to teach us in some way

That He is the Hope of any day