Sunday Poem ~ Did You Ever Talk to God Above?

Silhouette of woman praying by HighbridgeDid you ever talk to God above?
Tell Him that you need a friend to love.
Pray in Jesus’ name believing
that God answers prayer.

Have you told Him all your cares and woes?
Ev’ry tiny little fear He knows.
You can know He’ll always hear
And He will answer prayer.

You can whisper in a crowd to Him.
You can cry when you’re alone to Him.
You don’t have to pray out loud to Him;
He knows your thoughts.

On a lofty mountain peak, He’s there.
In a meadow by a stream, He’s there.
Anywhere on earth you go,
He’s been there from the start.

Find the answer in His Word; it’s true.
You’ll be strong because He walks with you.
By His faithfulness He’ll change you, too.
God answers prayer.

~ Frances Towle Rath

P.S.  This song has been precious to me my whole life.  I found the words applied to everything from broken toys to miscarried babies.  God is my friend and I’m strong because He walks with me.

The Gratitude Attitude

XBOX Wife Ten Things Tuesday

Instead of doing a list of seven things for Thankful Thursday I’m writing a list of ten on Tuesday.

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I’m thankful for…

  1. Behind the Blog show on Blogtalk radio – especially the chat time.  My kids are learning to occupy themselves while Mommy’s show is on.
  2. getting new books in the mail from Christian Fiction Blog Alliance. [Brown paper packages tied up with string... ;) ]
  3. my husband having yesterday off work
  4. so he could grocery shop for me
  5. and we could go bike riding as a family.  [He got all of our bikes back up to par.]
  6. figuring out how to use twitter fox.
  7. not having to buy a nebulizer, yet.
  8. three weeks of schooling done! [It was nice to have a holiday.]
  9. the computer still working and my man keeping it that way.
  10. Another blog award from Blue Castle. [How nice!]

Sunday Poem ~ The Ridiculous Optimist

Tableau of Lady Visiting a Laborer and His Family Outside Door of Their Cottage

There was once a man who smiled
…Because the day was bright,
…Because he slept at night,
…Because God gave him sight
To gaze upon his child;
…Because his little one,
…Could leap and laugh and run;
…Because the distant sun
Smiled on the earth he smiled.

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He smiled because the sky
…Was high above his head,
…Because the rose was red,
…Because the past was dead!
He never wondered why
…The Lord had blundered so
…That all things have to go
…The wrong way, here below
The over-arching sky.

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He toiled, and still was glad
…Because the air was free,
…Because he loved, and she
…That claimed his love and he
Shared all the joys they had!
…Because the grasses grew,
…Because the sweet winds blew,
…Because that he could hew
And hammer, he was glad.

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Because he lived he smiled,
…And did not look ahead
…With bitterness or dread,
…But nightly sought his bed
As calmly as a child.
…And people called him mad
…For being always glad
…With such things as he had,
And shook their heads and smiled.

~ Samuel Ellsworth Kiser

Thankful for Hope

Thank you Lord …

  1. for my son’s schooling going well, so far.
  2. for a new bracelet in the mail.
  3. for a new bunny to love (You’re nobody till some bunny loves you).
  4. that my husband loves me even when I’m an emotional mess.
  5. for the free books I received through Christian Fiction Blog Alliance.
  6. that I didn’t get the virus my husband and daughters had.
  7. that I can hope in God.

I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Psalm 16:8-10

Sunday Poem ~ Love For All

God loved the world of sinners lost,
And ruined by the fall.
Salvation full, at highest cost,
He offers free to all.

Love brings the glorious fulness in,
And to His saints makes known
The blessed rest from inbred sin,
Through faith in Christ alone.

~Mrs. M. Stockton