Unseen Hands

Invisible love of unseen hands

Unfold the blankets of the heart

Layers of doubt-wrinkles of shame

Imbedded woes of long ago

Trapped images of fleeting wrongs

Gathered like straw within the mind

Forbidding the joy to be free

One by one the faults are driven

Far from the shattered spirits

To a place of wholeness, within

Realms of hope with blessed peace

Where unseen hands caress

With tender touches of grace

Knitting forgiveness of self

To the hurts of others

Going beyond what needs to be

To belong once again

Where the beautiful memories

Of only the good doth dwell.

March 21, 2012 1

I Took a Walk

I took a walk through my amazing life today

I saw all the people I had met along the way

Some were very helpful and encouraging as could be

One or two knocked me down kicking dirt all over me

A few mocked in amusement as I took the inevitable fall

While others judged I was of no use at all

I still don’t understand why some wouldn’t even let me try

To be the person I was meant to be-Or why?

For in my walk I truly tried to help all I could

Only wanting them to treat others as they should

Now as this walk of life is approaching it’s final end

I just want to say to those I call a dear friend

Thank you for blessing my life on this earth

For through the portals of time I have seen your worth

By your kindness and genuine love you have shown

I pray for you to be blessed and never lost or alone

Until we walk those glorious eternal streets of gold

And our gracious Father God receives us into His fold.

March 20, 2012 0

In the Beauties of Holiness; From the Womb of the Morning (Ps. 110:3)

Sunrise glistens on sleepy dewdrops

Suspended on spidery webs

Birds awaken to sing a new song

Chasing away the dark night

In the beauties of holiness

Life’s at it’s best

And from the womb of the morning

God’s children are blessed.

As starlight fades, the moon scurries on

Leaving behind the feathery dawn

Roses bloom gently among the sweet baby’s breath

Lifting their face to the sun

In the beauties of holiness

The Light shines so true

From the womb of the morning

God’s mercies are new

Daybreak burst forth in rapturous glee

Emblazoned by glorious hues

Clouds race across the steel-blue sky

Dancing to the music of God

In the beauties of holiness

Hearts are reborn

From the womb of the morning

God’s love carries on.

So with each ray of the sun

That pierces the shadowy night

I gratefully receive from the womb of the morning

The beauties of holiness in my LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST!

March 20, 2012 0

Forever Found

Bound by eternity ties ever strong

Keep pulling forward-to further along

Windows of time, through open doors

Forever guided by our expansion of more.

Needs ever filling, needs never met

Comparing the two, it’s not over yet!

Taking and giving replacing the void

Time never spent, hurts to avoid.

Eyes toward the future seeing no end

Mortals walking, souls to ascend

Lost in the darkness, calls to the light

Ever trying doing what’s right.

Heaven eternal granting the dream

Finding the river of mercy’s sweet stream

Cords of compassion, eternity bound

Forever forward-forever found.

March 19, 2012 0

Alongside Jesus

Wandering through the pages of lost time

Across the traces of memories yours and mine

What was I thinking when I did that?

Or, Where was I going as the die was cast?

Grateful hearts then carry us on

Over the ridges of hardened stone

Enduring the valleys to scale mountain heights

Keeping the skies of heaven ever in sight

Climbing always upward with eyes on the goal

His redeeming grace surrounding the soul

Finding at last this safe place to be

Alongside Jesus as He walks with me.

March 19, 2012 0

A Friend for Eternal Life

The Guidepost Family Concordance describes a friend as ‘one highly esteemed’ (pg271). Proverbs 17:17a says: ‘A friend loveth at all times,’ (KJV)and in John 15:13-15 we read where Jesus is telling His Disciples that they are His friends and He theirs. John15: (13)Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (14) Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. (15) Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I haved called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known to you. (KJV). Here He is telling them they have to lay down their own agendas and obey His commands so they can have the revelation knowledge He recieves from the Father. Oh how sweet to be in such communion with the Son of God and to be considered a ‘Friend for Eternal Life’.

A Friend for Eternal Life

To a dieing world He came

Hung on a cross, bore the shame

Gave us a love that will never die

But, still there’s some who don’t know why.

He comes for the poor, the beaten down

Walks the backstreets of every town

Picks up the fallen, forgives the sin

Touches the hearts of mortal men.

He dries the tears, eases the strife

Becomes a friend for eternal life

Cleanses the harlot, washes the bum

Tells of a brighter life to come.

He loves this people, this sinful earth

So he searches the heart finds the worth

Changes life makes it worth living

Sometimes taking but always giving.

A Friend called Jesus, God’s only Son

Was and is the Savior of everyone

Now you know there isn’t any doubt

He’s the only LORD, the One it’s all about.

March 19, 2012 0

By Heaven’s Light

Shadowed lights and echoes heard

Whispers softened not by words

Lingering awareness of freedom won

Snatched from the grasp of death’s on son.

There comes a time in every life

When we all must take a stand and fight

To keep our souls from satan’s strife

To stay alive by heaven’s Light.

So we take our stand against the one

Known only as the devil’s son

No fiercer battle can be fought

But with it our freedom’s bought.

I’ve whipped the shadows in my mind

Left the echoes far behind

With lingering awareness of freedom won

Saved by grace by God’s Own Son.

March 18, 2012 0