Simple Gratitude

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My world is quite a simple place

There’s no glamor or glitz,
But I’m the kind of person that
Simplicity befits.
 
I have a sky with simple clouds
And just a plain old sun,
Yet those simple celestials
Still seem to get it done.
 
I have a simple garden here,
With simple little blooms,
And yet the simple scent of them
Fills up my simple rooms.
 
I eat my simple little meals
Within my simple home
And I’m content to simply live
Right here and never roam.  

I know that life offers so much

To other folk than me,
But I am richly blessed with my
Perfect simplicity.

Dancing on a Bleak Path

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the road is easy to walk

I walk it with great joy,
But when the way is difficult
That joy can be so coy.
 
You did not lay an easy path
Beneath your own son’s feet,
So I should not anticipate
A path that is too sweet.
 
And yet my path, though sometimes dark,
Is not filled with His pain,
So why should I look on it now
And grumble or complain?
 
Let me recall when things seem bleak,
The path is there for me,
And let me dance along that path
Though it’s too dark to see.

2 Samuel 6: 14

Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might,

Choose Which You Will Count

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The rain formed sparkling little tears

As it fell from the skies,
Reflecting back the many woes
Forming in my own eyes.
 
This day was not an easy one,
But it was not all bad;
For every moment filled with pain
Two more had made me glad.
 
And as I watched the endless rain
A thought entered my head,
I can either count my tears or
My blessings instead.

Be The Light

There comes a moment in each storm
When sunlight pushes through
And all the world, which once was grim,
Is sparkling for you.
 
Within the orbit of your life
Is someone lost in fear,
But you can be their sparkling light
And fill their day with cheer.
 
So don’t get lost within the rain
That spills along the way;
Become the sunshine someone needs
To brighten up their day.

2 Corinthians 13:11

Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

Let the Light Shine in Your Heart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She held on through the pouring rains,

Knowing they must depart.
She prayed the tempest would relent,
As winds tore her apart.
She never let her spirits droop,
Believing from the start
That, when the storm finally broke,
Allowing clouds to part,
The sunlight that would dry her tears
Would shine first in her heart.

Look Up and Wonder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I look up at the soaring clouds,

The sun that warms the sky,
And still I cannot understand
Why you would choose to die.
 
When we make choices that are wrong
They only hurt this world,
But you were not harmed by such deeds,
Up there where clouds lie furled.
 
So why step down to walk with man
Where pain and fear are rife,
Where every wrong choice that was made
Combined to take your life?
 
Why give yourself, in pain and blood,
To right each willful wrong,
When you could have stayed safe from harm
In heaven all along?

 

How could you so love broken men

That you would sacrifice
The one thing most of us would not
To offset earthly vice?
 
And yet you did that very thing,
That I might see your face
So now, I lift my face to you
And wonder at such Grace.

 

Job 35:5-6

Look up at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds so high above you.
If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him?

Bright Joy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In all the drab and drizzling world,

Where sorrows ebb and flow,
You saw that I was fading fast
With no where I could go.
 
So you sent me a gift of light,
A splash of spring’s sweet hope;
Colors that glow with living joy,
Teaching my heart to cope!
 
Psalm 86:4
Bring joy to your servant, Lord, for I put my trust in you.

John 8:29

 

I walk in stillness by the sea

Alone, beside eternity,
It’s at such times that, gratefully,
I find you walking next to me.
Try as I might, I’ll never be
The perfect child you want to see
And still I find, comfortingly,
That you are walking next to me.

John 8:29

The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.

The Lord's Plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When I’m worried for tomorrow

And I don’t know where I will be,
Or when life moves way too quickly
For me comprehend or see,
I no longer let it shake me,
I don’t hide or try to flee,
For the Lord has a plan in place
And a place in His plan for me!
 
So I rise up through the tempest,
Because I know my soul is free;
Rising far above my worry,
As high as faith can carry me.
Seeking Him, I know I’ll find Him,
Waiting for me expectantly,
For the Lord has a plan in place
And a place in His plan for me!

Psalm 40:5

Many, Lord my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, they would be too many to declare.

Fighting Old Battles Again

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wrestled with my fears last night,

Where I’d go, what I’d do.
I thought I had that fight well won;
I’d given it to you.
 
And yet, as I lay in my bed,
Within the grasp of night,
Those fears came flooding back again.
Once more I had to fight.
 
I grasped each fear hard by the throat
And bade each one be still.
For I may never have a plan,
But my God always will.
 
I will face what might come next
When that time is at hand,
But right now I have work to do;
Obeying God’s command.
 
And, when the time comes to move on,
I’ll have a place, I know.
For God will lay the path for me
And show me where to go.
 
I cast each fear behind me to
The dark from whence it came,
Then wrapped myself in peace and joy
I’d claimed in Jesus’ name.
 
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.