WHEN A LOVED-ONE DEPARTS

when Loved-one must leave you-
Do not shed lonely tears-
Be brave in everything you do----
And God will guide your years.

Wish not to go-before you're due-
As others need your love,
God's word and will are ever true-
On earth, and in heaven above.

Live through your life in useful ways-
God's hand is ever there;
Fret not on lonely, empty days
When time there is, for prayer.

The fight over death, our saviour won-
through the dark vale unto Glory,
He said, ''THY WILL, Not Mine, Be Done''-
And hence, The Greatest story.

So live your life - not in despair-
and remember Gathsemane,
where in agony, He knelt in prayer-
To save souls such as we.

Now, when a loved -one leaves you-
Don't grieve or question, why?
'Tis only time, you know its true-
For they await you, in the kingdom High.

lift up your heart and sing his praise
Don't throw your thoughts to gloom,
Your loved-one went, to walk his ways-
and to prepare, with him your room.

TREAD SOFTLY, STRANGER

I LIVE TO PASS
IN THE HOPE THAT WHAT HAS PASSED
MAY REVEAL THE FUTURE

I LIVE MORE AND MORE IN THE PAST
O!!! JESUS ! WHEN SHALL I BECOME A REAL SOURCE OF SATISFACTION TO YOU?
THIS ARE THE CRIES OF A LOST SOUL,
WHO TREAD SOFTLY STRANGER IN THE MIRE,

WHAT FALSE MOVE THY FEAR INSPIRE,
THE EVER DIMINISHING PATH YOU TREAD,
ONE FALSE STEP, AND THEN THE DREAD
THAT IF YOUR SOUL SHALL ROT IN HELL,
YOU ARE BUT JUST AN EMPTY SHELL.
FOR YOU DO NOT HAVE CHRIST IN YOU....

IF IN DEATH YOU SHOULD ASPIRE
AND ''REST IN PEACE'' BE YOUR DESIRE,
DESTINED NE'ER TO ROT IN HELL,
YOU ARE MORE THAN AN EMPTY SHELL...
FOR YOU DID NOT DIE IN CHRIST

YOU WERE BUT MORTAL,
AND THROUGH LIFE'S PORTAL
DID SOFTLY TREAD AND REMINISCED
OF DEAD AND WORDS UNSAID,
RECALLING THE SWIFT PASSAGE OF TIME
LONG SINCE DEAD,
WHAT MIGHTY HAND REACHED OUT TO SAVE
YOUR SOUL FROM SATAN'S FIERY GRAVE?
YET YOU CHOOSE YOUR MORTAL WAY..

FOR CRUEL IS SUCH THE DEVIL'S LANCE
TO LEAD MERE MORTALS AN INSANE DANCE,
TO JIBE, JEER, JOUST AND MOCK,
BLASPHEME THE HOLY FROCK.
SHARP IS SUCH THE DEVIL'S SWORD
TO SLAY THE POET'S INSPIRED WORD,
TO PIERCE THE SINEWS OF HIS THOUGHT,
WITH PROMISES FALSE THAT LEAD TO NOUGHT.

FIERY SUCH IS THE DEVIL'S CAVE,
THE EVIL DOER TO ENSLAVE,
AND BRIM FULL TO THE CORE
WITH OFFENDERS OF GOD'S HOLY LAW.

WICKED SUCH IS THE DEVIL'S TORMENT,
FORSAKING EVERY COMMANDMENT,
PIERCING AND COLD HIS EVIL EYE,
COLDER THAN A WINTER'S BLAST
OR THE REMOTEST STAR IN THE SKY.

DO NOT BE DECEIVED,
FOR THE DEVIL IS OUT THERE LOOKING
FOR WHOM TO DESTROY, KILL, STEAL ,..........
KEEP THE FAITH I BESEECH YOU
JESUS REALLY LOVES YOU
KEEP THE FAITH I PRAY THEE
FOR THERE IS MORE IN CHRIST THAN IN ANYWHERE ELSE

DONT GIVE UP TRY AGAIN

SOME FOLKS KEEP STRAIGHT AND NARROW
WHILE OTHERS GO ASTRAY
SOME CLIMB GOLDEN STAIRWAYS
SOME STUMBLE ON THE WAY.

WE DON'T ALL TOP THE LADDER
FOR MANY OF US FALL
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVENT TRIED
TO STAND UP STRAIGHT AND TALL

IF IN GOD'S EYES WE 'VE RUN THE RACE
AND YET WE'VE FAILED TO WIN
IF WE HAVE TRIED AND DONE OUR BEST
A VOICE WILL CALL US IN

TO MIX WITH THOSE WHO SCORED THE GOALS
THOUGH LOSERS ARE BUT WE
TO TRY AGAIN IN HEAVEN ABOVE
VICTORIOUS FOR TO BE.
THAT WE FAIL DOESNT MEAN WE SHOULD STOP TRYING
FOR GOD ABOVE IS WATCHING US
AND HE KNOWS YOUR HEART MORE THAN YOU

SO IF YOU ARE REALLY TRYING
YOU WILL HERE HIS VOICE ONE DAY
SO KEEP THE FAITH
FOR HE LOVES YOU
HE MADE YOU FOR A PURPOSE
LIFE IS NOTHING WITH OUT HIM
DONT GIVE UP TRY AGAIN..................
REMEMBER HE LOVES YOU AND I......................

FOR THOSE WHO CAN NOT SEE

For those who can not see there way
''Then let me be your eyes''
Let me explain the things so gay
the joy that's in the skies,
where blue clouds pass the grey ones,
the moon comes peeping through
that is God calling you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let me tell you of springtime, that's only just begun,
where flowers are budding so early,
that don't normally bud till may
the trees are gaining their fullness.
the grass is seeding so green
the sights are really a beauty
and i am ''eyes'' that have seen
what God can do when you let him in your life

Every color you can imagine
is coming and passing my way
So, have faith in the Lord your maker and faith in yourself
And i know you will see!! you will see it, one day.
if not through your eyes, then be it your heart
that will make you stop and say,
''What beautiful, beautiful colors
or are you among those that does not know that God exist???

imagine your self,
Walk beside the water
stand upon the sand
Take a sniff of salt sea scent
Gaze across the land
Notice every contour line
Cliffs that face the ocean
Think upon the wooded pine
By the breeze in motion
Dream beside the island's shore
Gently gliding river
Breathe the bracing air, and more
Oratory deliver
To the sky, the sea, the waves.
As a host address them
Them take refuge in the caves
Nothing can repress them.

Make a place before thy window
look towards the sky
Chimney-pots are thy viewing
Birds that coo and fly
Make a place before thy window
Early in the morning
Look as far as eyes can see
Sunrise in the dawn
Glorious colors of the sunrise
Burst upon thy view
Spreading over all the sky
God's voice is calling you
Make a place and build an alter
Rainbows colors flood
you shall find if you go seeking
A Friend and Guide in God.

A little thatched cottage
In a hollow on the moor
Honeysuckle and roses
Climbing by the door
Flowers in the garden
Growing by the stream
Everything is pleasant
Let us sit and dream
Curtains by the window
There used to be one day
Little children's laughter
won't you come and play?
Little children running
Gate swung to and fro
Music in each movement
Goes fast and then goes slow
Father, mother, children
love was living in ther
silent little cottage
All cold and damp and bare
I hear other voices
As i sit and dream
By the silent cottage
By the singing stream
The flowers gave their fragrance
On the morning air
the place was full of sweetness
the peace of God was there
His presence all about me
From the dew-drenched sod
I saw the cross of Jesus
My all was lost in God.

SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT GOD IS DEAD
THEY MAKE THEIR LAWS, AND ARE NEVER AFRAID
OF FINDING FAULT, THEY STAND AND STARE
THEY DO NOT KNOW THAT GOD IS THERE
SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT GOD IS GONE
THERE IS NO HOME BEYOND THE SUN
THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING CALLED PRAYER
THEY DO NOT KNOW THAT GOD IS THERE
THEY SAY THERE IS NO HEAVENLY LOVE
COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN ABOVE
THEY CANNOT SEE THE STREAMS OF GRACE
THAT'S FOUND IN GOD'S ABIDING PLACE
THEY DO NOT WANT TO WATCH AND PRAY
TO SEEK AND FIND GOD'S LIVING WAY
TO FIND THAT GREAT ABIDING PLACE
TO SEE THE LOVE IN JESUS'S FACE
THEY DO NOT KNOW THAT JESUS LIVES
IF THEY COME TO HIM, HE EVER FORGIVES.
OH!!!!!!!! MAY WE WORK BY FAITH AND PRAYER
TO SHOW THAT OUR GOD IS LIVING HERE.

WHAT IS IN THIS LIFE WITHOUT GOD OUR MAKER?

thoughts out of time

I ve pondered, mused, meditated.
what more is there to say?
Before i slept, I thought of time,
but inspiration flat refused
to hinder or to stay.

Ive grabbed and grasped,
snatched and clutched
at every fleeting fancy............
but vague belief holds no relief,
reflection: remedy.

oh!!! mother Time ! i thought again,
and wrote my final verse,
But while she swiftly slipped away,
conclusions softly dwindled
then , finally dispersed.

Although completely unawares,
perhaps partly expected,
like molecules of rain, we part
and go our separate ways.

lapse of time, i think once more
at every cruel reminder
wish that she could wash away
the pain that just won't die.............

what about you? what do you do with you time,
how much time do you spend with the lord your maker

DO AS YOU WOULD BE DONE BY

WHAT IS THIS LIFE WE LOVE SO DEAR?
IS IT DEATH OR PAIN THAT WE MAY FEAR?
THE CLOCK TICKS BY THE PASSING YEARS,
BUT LIFE GOES ON DESPITE OUR FEARS.

FROM BIRTH TO MARRIAGE AND THEN TO DEATH,
IS IT LOVE AND JOY FOR WHICH WE ARE BLESSED?
THE JOY OF LIVING THE LOVE IN OUR HEARTS,
UNTIL BY DEATH THIS LIFE WE DEPART.

FOR WHENCE WE COME AND WHENCE WE GO,
TO WORK AND HOME GOING TO AND FRO,
THE PEOPLE WE MEET WITH LAUGHTER GAY,
OR ARE WE JUST GOING OUR OWN SELFISH WAY?

TRY WE MUST TO BE GOOD AND KIND,
AND GIVE OUR HELP TO THE POOR WE FIND,
EASING THE STRUGGLE FROM DAY TO DAY,
THEN THE JOY AND HAPPINESS WILL COME OUR WAY.

SO I PRAY THEE TO DO AS YOU WOULD BE DONE BY

DO WE CARE MUCH, WHEN PEOPLE LET US DOWN?
YES WE DO, AND WE MUSTN'T START TO FROWN.
JUST STOP TO THINK, BEFORE YOU TOO SORE,
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE YOU LET DOWN BEFORE.

JUST REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAY, YOU ALSO HAVE TO REAP
NEVER MAKE A PROMISE YOU DONT INTEND TO KEEP.
WHEN YOUR HELP IS NEEDED, GIVE IT WITH GOOD GRACE
AND WHILE YOU ARE HELPING, HAVE A SMILE ON YOUR FACE.

DONT THINK PEOPLE ARE THERE JUST TO HELP YOU
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE, WHO NEED YOUR HELP TOO,
SO TRY MAKE THIS PART OF YOUR EVERY DAY PLAN
TO HELP ANYBODY, ANY TIME THAT YOU CAN