The Best Day Ever

       The Best Day Ever!                           

This is the day I've prayed for

The day I wanted to come

Lord, I said I want nothing more                     

Than to stand ~ to sit ~ to walk some

 

Lord, it's lonely in the bed in there

They stop in to say hi or wake me up

I can't see outside;  I have time to spare

Lord I love you ~ please fill my cup

 

 

Give me joy and a sense of peace

That comes from your word as I seek your face

I praise you Lord!  You have given me the feast

I made my food!  I sat in my place!    

 

 

I'm tired now Lord, but oh! what a day.

I bathed myself and fed our pets

I felt no loneliness, I read, I prayed

OH LORD!  YOU GAVE ME THE BEST!

 

 

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Mother's Day

                              

If it wasn't for my mother, I would not be here

She wouldn't have had a chance to calm her child's fears

Instead she gave birth to four wonderful little girls

Little by little the fabric of our lives unfurled.

 

She joined the world's mothers in happy pursuit

Of spoiling her kids and making them look cute

She dressed her girls in home-sewn clothes,  

Curling their hair in rags as on and on she goes

 

She never gave up on any of her kids

No matter what stupid things we did

She lived her life in service to the Lord

And to her girls whom she adored.

 

Ten years ago she went to be with her Father

Where with her loved ones she now could gather

I love you, Mom as much as ever

And your love for me will last forever.

 

Mom, I miss you terribly, but I know I will see you again in Paradise.

                 

                               Thanks, Mom

 

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Dee had a Birthday - I read it and missed it.

                        

Dearest Dee, you son Phil loves you so

That he shared your birthday with all he knows

I promised a poem just for you

But the days went by and it wasn't through

 

Today I'd like to say I'm sorry to be late

And another day I would not/could not wait

I put your name on the tag above

To send to you lots of Birthday Love

 

I really don't know you, we've never met

I know your son through the Internet

I wrote him a poem on his special day

I think I should write one every day

 

So Dee, this is my wish for you . . .

Happy Birthday today and all the year through.

 

Many blessings to you,

 

              

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Searching for the Scent of You

              

I wrote this to Robert while he was here in the U.S. and I was finishing up the details of installing new directors to the ministry:

 

Everywhere I go I search for the scent of you

I lift a shirt, a hat, the jacket you wore last fall

Sadly  your scent's not there anymore and I shed a tear or two

 

We put our lives together in the Lord and began to share

Our thoughts, dreams, dislikes and our intense love

I never thought in a million years I would find that anywhere

 

Then came the terrible crisis which pulled us apart

Anger, rejection, lies and a lonliness we couldn't bear

Betrayed by those who seemed to love us, this broke our heart

 

Still shattered and caught up in the weight of it all

We prayed, fasted, asked our Father to intervene

On our knees and on the floor we prayed,  He answered the call

 

Our love is stronger now, tested by the fire

Burned up, cleansed, newly ready for our Lord

Who but God could lift us higher?

 

Praises to the King!  Praises to the Lamb!

Our life is stronger now

Because of the great I AM

 

 

Tags: poetry, Christian, love