Tears and Memories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The memories of loved ones lost

Have filled my thoughts today.

It seems as if each place I turned

I found them in my way.

 

I really didn’t mind, at first.

The joyful memories

Came flooding back into my heart

Like a warm summer breeze.

 

But each one reminded me of

The grief that I had known,

Until the breeze became a gale,

And I was tossed and blown.

 

I know that these days will happen,

Life can leave us forlorn.

Yet, I found comfort in knowing

That those lost, are re-born.

 

So, I will dry these pointless tears

Knowing You’ll see me through

Until I stand with them again

In lifting praise to You!

 

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Just Being Still

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I stayed much busier today

Than I had meant to be,

But now I’m setting time aside

For only You and me.

 

I find myself anguishing, Lord,

On that which now is past.

Although those sins are forgiven,

For me, the stains still last.

 

It is as if my life’s been marked

By both darkness and light.

And though I’ve chosen life with You,

I can’t make past wrongs right.

 

I wanted to spend time with You,

To be still and just know,

That though I have doubts about me,

I know You love me so.

 

I know the past that torments me

Has been washed clean by Grace,

But sometimes I just need to be

With You in a still place.

 

 Psalm 46:10

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”

 

Learning To Shine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I heard the darkness say to me

That I would fall today,

But I refused to answer it

And, instead, chose to pray.

 

I lifted up my voice in joy,

I claimed His peace as mine.

I walked in faith that, by His Grace,

My better me would shine.

 

I’m not a perfect Child of Grace,

But this much I do know,

Living life within His Light

Is the best way to grow!

 

Galatians 5:22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.