Lord, You’re in charge of wrong and right
The sun by day, the stars by night
The winds that blow, the rains that fall
The light and dark, life overall.
You are the wisdom and the brains
The loss that memory retains
With dreams that we’re all guilty of
When all are young or bold in love.
The changes come, the changes go
Time flashes by the more you know
As God and all the angels smile
Because each is His darling child !
There is this world outside our door
Filled with guilt, rancor, so much more
A place where sadness multiplies
As lives are trashed before our eyes.
How many more are traumatized
By actions less than civilized ?
Please Lord, accept our gratitude
And in our lives kindness include
Teach us to be the best we know
To do Your will where ere we go !
There are these words that fill my heart
And bring each day a brand new start
With joy and love and common good
Celebrating life as we should.
Oh blessed Lord teach us to find
A better way to help unwind
Confusion and the sadness of
A world that is devoid of love !
There is a choice that one must make
About the path that each shall take
And of the road that lies ahead
With twists and gaps and bumps instead.
Our trail through life is seldom smoothed
It’s crammed with ruts and slightly grooved
Where we who struggle on alone
Will stumble o’er both rock and stone.
Tis best remembering to swerve
When we approach curve uopn curve
This course we’ve taken is intense
But God’s our Help and our Defense !
Have you seen smiles upon each face
Of winners who complete the race
It’s not about their speed or pace
But difficulties they’ve embraced !
It seems to me that you and I
Are more than simply passers-by
We share our life with God above
And are the result of His love.
So much alike, yet none the same
In manner, gait or lifetime aim
How simple it all seems to be
With values based on equity !
There is a flag flies in the wind
Red, white and blue and golden fringed
And from my window every day
Its mighty emblem is displayed.
Sometimes its folds blow in the breeze
And wave to all the leaf-filled trees
Its symbol shouting freedom first
With such a sympathetic voice !
Sometimes I dream ’bout long ago
And all the joys we used to know,
I miss that world so very much
Too sad we couldn’t keep in touch.
Seems now as though I’m in the past
Perhaps one that’s surviving last
Oh how I wish that I might spend
A day or two among my friends.
Well I’m no fool, that is a fact
We cannot bring the old times back
And need to bargain for much less,
Let’s settle for a huge God bless !
Oh to be the hero who lived to see the sun
Early in the morning after the battle’s won
Or to feel the wonder that follows in the morn
Now that all is quiet and hope can be reborn.
Sadly in the shadows, their voices silent now
Those who can’t return or will ever take their bow
Dreaming in a twilight that will not rise nor set
Those men that we’ll remember and cannot forget !
When is the moment we shall know
Our race is run it’s time to go
How can we learn if we are done
Seems we have barely just begun ?
Perhaps tis best to trust our fate
No matter what, it’s not too late
Our faith in God is not misplaced
We live within His world and space
Let’s trust in God and thank Him still
He is our Purpose and our Will !
The night awaits the coming dawn
To waken with a chance reborn
The sun will rise to set no more
Upon a strange and foreign shore
And we are home, at last we are
To bide near God among the stars !
The steeple bells ring out quite clear
And peel so sweetly on my ear
Day after day these sounds I hear
Allay my cautions and my fear.
I am God’s child and full of cheer
Because His Day draws ever near
In all respects I am sincere
He is my Lord and Overseer !
Now I have dreamt so many scenes
And planned my share of happy dreams
I’ve had my fill of weepy tears
Mongst happenings of years and years
But overall God has been kind
And helped me leave my grief behind
I love You Lord, of this I’m sure
Whatever comes, I am secure !
There is one comment I have heard
About God’s Truth and Holy Word
It is the garment we should wear
The word of saints and those who care.
I love to amble through His Book
We need to take a deeper look
There’s not an issue left behind
It answers all and every kind.
I wish this world could take a break
And finally decision make
That God alone is what we need
To keep our faith and justice heed !
There are some words fall on my ear
So full of joy and hope and cheer
A message from our Lord above
Sharing His true and endless love
Teaching all who express their need
To worship Him and to succeed.
We’re flesh and blood not rock or stone
Bred by the pair, God’s word has shown
To do His work as we were sent
And follow where it is He went
Let’s pray that we are not deceived
And one day our rewards receive !
Two thousand years ago or more
When God’s own Son did tred the shore
And angels still had free access
To every spot that earth possessed
There was a man of great repute
Round whom there was a huge dispute.
This humble man of power and fame
Then known as John, his given name
Who thrived on honey and locusts
With leather belt round his waist trussed
O’er his robe of camel hair made,
So sad that he won’t make the grade.
The “Baptist” was how he’d been called
Beheading was his final fall
Remember Herod’s Salome
It was her dance did John away !
In truth, the heart does beat away
Biding its time day after day
And as each day goes whizzing by
The clock will tick and hands will fly
With wings so swift and life so fleet
You’ll feel the spinning on your feet !
Our time, one day will disappear
Along with love and life and fear !
I glance across the roofs and chimney rise
To sight each structure reaching for the skies
Obliquely angled to the morning star
In hope of seeing visions ever far.
A stretch of space that still is waiting there
For anyone who dares to climb the stair
At length to find oneself at heaven’s door
Without the need to dream thus climb no more !
Sunshine is the gladness that sweetens every day
Rain is the cleansing mist that washes grief away !
There is no way I can explain
The value of the sun or rain
Or birds that span this vast terrain
Like herds that roam life’s wild domain,
Or early dawn and morning dew
Like twilight’s glow before curfew
While oceans, lakes and rivers too
Are full of life that’s out of view.
Too much for us to understand
That exists under God’s command.
We need to learn what has been planned
So we know how to take a stand !
” I am a man beyond reproach
And proud to say God is my coach “.
Perhaps these words were said aloud
To Pharoah and his hostile crowd
When Moses stood before the throne
And pled the case for the Lord’s own,
His people and all they possessed
Escaped into the wilderness.
While we who now observe these days
Hold fast remembering God’s ways
The Lord protects us one and all
Until that day His bugles call !
Noisy little housewren, tan, grey and ever small
Early morning serenade is my wake up call
Upon my jaded ears your song doth sweetly fall
Oh tiny messenger, great joys you share with all !
Today is such a lovely day
So full of Spring in every way
My mind is clear, the air has bounce
I need embrace it every ounce !
The buds are blooming everywhere
Their fragrance permeates the air
Oh what a joy our God does bring
To each of us with newborn spring !
Praise God above for only He
Does have the power to set us free
In every storm He is the Port
That we must seek if we are caught.
Without His love we are remiss
His Word brings us eternal bliss
There is this path that does unwind
That only God can help us find !
There is this stairway that I know
I’m not quite sure where it does go
I only know that one day all
Must make that choice their final call
And exit with one thought in mind
It’s Paradise we hope to find !
GOD BLESS !
To all the men we have adored
Our fathers, sons and blessed Lord
The uncles all who spared us space
And grandpapas that kissed each face
Who filled in for each missing dad
In every empty place we had.
This family of kindly men
Who came to bat, again, again
And never once did let us down
Changing to laughter every frown
Whoever dreamt that we might find
Some other men to be this kind
Hard to accept as truth maybe
Love’s more than just paternity !
The world we know has disappeared
With situations worse than feared
It seems they’ve taken the wrong track
Could be there is no turning back !
Tis not some foolish oversight
This didn’t happen overnight
Just part of changes yet to come
Discard the rest and alter some.
Oh Lord, be patient with this soul
That’s only ever had one goal
To try the best here to be true
To all that we have learned from you !
Oh goodness me, what do I see
An errant kite caught in the tree ?
What shall we do, too high to reach
How can we span this giant breach ?
When I was young I used to climb
These twisted branches all the time
Amazing that I never fell
Yet still have loads of tales to tell.
Though apple trees can’t grow too tall
In fact they seem to be quite small
The limbs all jumbled in a bunch
There’s scarcely room to nibble lunch
I’ll settle for just bread and cheese
Beneath the fragrant apple trees !
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Claire V. Bogdanos 