Hypocrisy is all around
It emanates up from the ground
And fills the world with poison air
To propagate our great despair
How little do we know or mind
Of all the history we find ?
The whole truth is what all should crave
If we are to be strong and brave
Can we survive this huge attack
When will we have our honor back ?
The future’s grim, misunderstood
Without God’s love there’s nothing good !
Lord help us to remember this
That life is not a hit or miss
Its purpose has been clearly known
And pathways have been rightly shown.
The way ahead may seem obscure
We need to know that road’s secure
Before we take our dreams to task
And of our God all favors ask !
Dear Lord above please set us free
From much of life’s indignity
Please teach us now how to survive
These terrors which all seem to thrive
Be thoughtful of each act performed
And to the rules try to conform.
Be kind to those who are alone
And left to linger on their own
Beg God remember everyone
Whose suffering is not yet done
Protect us Lord from daily fright
With rising sun to closing night !
Outside the window the world awaits
For the Lord to raise the pearly gates
And for all the clouds to disappear
Before we have spent half of the year
The time has arrived and gone away
To leave us bereft and in dismay.
Dear Lord above forgive us our sin
Open our hearts and welcome God in
May we forever live in the glow
Of every wonder God has to show !
Our Father who abides on high
His wisdom reigns down from the sky
Have pity on the earth below
Where man and beast do ebb and flow
We crave Your Help and Tender Care
For soon there will be nothing there.
If man could but sustain his faith
Arising o’er the power of wraith
To triumph and reclaim his right
Hence revel in his God’s delight
Achieve that goal before one dies
Upon God’s help whence love resides !
Oh blessed Lord, do hear my plea
Have pity on a child like me
I am Your servant sad and low
That folows ever where You go
I wait Your Word with rapid breath
For I am Yours until my death.
There is no day without Your Light
Nor any love that shines so bright
The angels sing Your praise on high
Their voices reaching for the sky
The flutter of their wings is heard
They echo every single word.
I love You Lord and always will
Until earth’s sounds at last are still !
Oh how I wish that I had wings
To fly up high where angels sing
And visit in their choir loft
As day begins, the light is soft
How sweet and clear their voices are
The notes ring out both near and far.
Oh how I pray that I might be
A part of their community
Just think of all the joy we’d share
If somehow I could tarry there
Truth is that cannot be the case
Cause I’m part of the human race !
I love You Lord, You are to me
My joy and life’s Epitome
The whipped cream on my piece of cake
Like mushrooms on my filet steak.
You’re the Beginning and the End
Of all my dreams and my best Friend
I need Your love to help me now
To get me through these days somehow !
AMEN.
I hear the bells ring out for me
They sing a song of unity
The melody I recognize
It brings tears to my tired eyes.
The night is father to the dawn
That breaks upon the early morn
To teach each all the patterns of
God and His never ending love !
This pain I feel, unending bad
So far the worst of what I’ve had
I don’t know how to stop the ache
It’s all too real, no space for fake.
Somehow I have to clear my mind
And beg of God, His peace to find
What is the next that I must do
I need a moment to think through.
The road ahead is blank and dim
I can’t proceed, not without Him
I’m lost alone without a cure
The end draws near of this I’m sure
God is my anchor tried and true
To Him, I’ll be one of His crew !
Nightshades have fallen, all is dark
Tree limbs above are bare and stark
There is this silence that abounds
As nature softens all her sounds.
Yet I can see stars in the sky
That clouds keep hiding from the eye
Oh how I wish that I could be
Some wise old owl perched in a tree
Who comprehends that hopes unwind
To help us each our dream to find !
Whenever I think of the past
And ships that skimmed o’er oceans vast
They traversed round the world they knew
Adventurous, historic too.
Oh how I wish that I had known
This world before it was all grown
Think what a hoot it might have been
To be there when it did begin !
When I was young and full of vim
That was the time I first knew Him
It changed my life that very day
For I began to walk His way.
How simple it was, I did find
As He brought me such peace of mind
A strength I gathered from above
And power of His unflinching love !
Let’s raise our hopes for time to come
And praise the Lord for all He’s done
Thank God above for all His care
And willingness for us to share.
I’d like to think that God is near
To stifle every single fear
And keep us all upon our toes
Doing the best that each one knows !
AMEN.
My heart cries out for all the pain
That visits man again, again
And where’s the peace we’re waiting for
Seems only stress walks through the door.
How much longer must this world wait
For all its chaos to abate,
What happens to the good that’s done
As years fly by, one after one,
Revering God, His perfect Word
The love and wisdom all have heard ?
I cannot wait for dawn to show
From whence the sounds of life doth flow
The darkness of the night will fade
As sunbeams from daylight invade.
The shadows that are left behind
As all the early hours unwind
Do leave with us this lucent sight
Escaping emptiness each night !
For all I am or pray to be
Or all that I shall ever see
Of life revolving around me
Please save me from infinity !
A heart so full it cannot breathe
The gift of love from God received
A joy we all hope to believe
With goals we may at last achieve !
So often that I’ve wished to be
The star upon your Christmas tree
A candle on your birthday cake
And privy to each wish you make.
I prayed quite hard that you and I
Would be together by and by
And now my world is part of yours
You’re my umbrella when it pours.
There is a God who watches o’er
His children that He does adore
I’m positive He loves us all
And picks us up ere we should fall
I’m sure He knew that we might be
In love for all eternity !
A special bit of heaven came knocking on my door
And sounded so familiar, I’m sure we’d met before
Oh my dearest child, you are a wonderment to me
Please come visit me again whenever you are free
I pray that you will share all the laughter and the joy
That God does offer gladly to every girl and boy !
The storm, it thunders all around
With ne’er a silence to be found
The light’ning crashes in the dark
Illuminating all in spark
Its odor makes the air smell sweet
As rivers flood through every street
I wonder if old Noah feared
The wrath of God when it appeared,
Those moments when the clouds did burst
Do you believe that he felt cursed
Or was his faith in God so strong
He held no fear his whole life long ?
Oh my dearest angel wherever you may be
My arms still long to hold you ever close to me
The years may come and go and never shall we meet
Until the final day, perhaps on heaven’s street
And if that day can’t happen, I shall understand
That all I have prayed for falls under God’s command !
AMEN.
My heart is full, it overflows
Clear from my fingers to my toes
Devoid of malice, free of fear
Anticipating one more year.
I think of Noah and his clan
For this is how our lives began
His holy cause for one and all
Because he answered his God’s call.
I sometimes think we’ve lost our way
With Satan’s help from angels stray
Truth is that I cannot be sure
Who does embrace all these impure !
A garden is that special place
Where hope and fear meet face to face
Where dreams are made or fall apart
And courage wins when tears depart.
An island in a lifelong storm
Where each must to their strength perform
A place of peace where God resides
And answers prayers and love provides !
The sun comes peeping o’er the hill
The day is white and bright and still
Each morn brings us another day
Another chance to thank and pray.
How wonderful God’s plan has been
Allowing all to scurry in
We don’t need any special gift
To help us smile or spirits lift
He’s always there with open door
How can we ask for any more ?
Now once again into the breech
To learn the lessons life must teach
A change of pace or brusque reply
To say that we shall get on by.
Tomorrow’s not too far away.
Let’s ask the Lord we’d like to stay
And in these precious moments left
We’ll make our peace or are bereft !
I often think the Lord is there
In every garden that we share
With odors that o’ercome the air
And seize upon our senses rare.
A garden is this magic place
In which God lends to us the grace
That brings a smile to each one’s face
Engulfing us in His embrace.
I wish that I could always be
Involved with such an entity
Like plant or flower, vine and tree
Within our Lord’s proximity !
The tender night reveals our fears
The falling rain does hide our tears
The silent breeze will calm our fright
While love of God safeguards each night !
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Claire V. Bogdanos 