Fireflies and whippoorwills On summer nights of yesteryear Bring to mind the thoughts so dear Stored away in precious nooks And kept in secret far from sight Till in the evening late at night With giggles and smiles and furtive looks You share with those who mean the most And…
I felt the cold autumn breeze kiss my face last night While pausing to consider the enormity of the evening sky A great joy rose up then inside my beating heart And in the midst of my joy I cried out in gratitude I took a deep breath and I…
Soft light, like snowflakes Falling through the air Arriving on your window Sees your sleeping there Soft light, like snowflakes Bid thee sleep in peace Drifting on like sweet dreams While all thy troubles cease
The song like breath it dances It dances in the evening Cross golden grain its waving Deft fingers they are strumming Strumming the harvest grain The golden grain is waving In the breeze it’s waiving And workers lift their voices Lift voices while they harvest The golden harvest grain Their…
Before the light strikes the rocky shore And myst rolls up from the shadowy moor My heart beats, a pounding beneath my chest I pause as I look out on the foamy crest And I listen to the sea and its deafening roar As I watch the snow white sea…
My heart lies wounded, ever broken, wanting to be free Yet not greatly, do I seek it, trying fearfully Not so! Cried He, with fervor strong, to you soundness of mind Tis yours to claim, beloved child, adopted son of mine. He came to earth, to live and die, and…
Sounds of laughter fill the air And I know her tender care Are precious to the ones who know The special girl to whom I owe This blessed eventide
Who is that friend I seek at night With long blond hair and eyes so bright With whom I wish to chase this hour Till sunshine lay upon the flower By the window sil
Peaceful dreams and thoughtful streams of lilting water pure Drifting oer the soft green moor in sweetest songs of yore Wishing best and healing rest to thee of friendship fast To wake the day with voices gay upon the green green grass
Summer days and Spring time flowers Evenings filled with conversation Autumn winds and Winter bowers Mornings brimmed with anticipation Of a future bright with naught to fear And life to live with those held dear These are gifts that God has given Treasured with each passing season Gifts for which…
Rejoice oh Christian, saved by God Let never end the sweet refrain Always rejoice for God is good Sing aloud His praise again In all thy works be known of men A man of moderation For soon the Lord of Heav’n and earth Will come to judge thy nation Let…
Pillow soft as snow white down I yearn for thee with all my heart To let my aching head lay down Upon the comfort of thy face
See the morning fair and blue Breaking on the western sea Soft and glowing, gold in hue Spreading on the greensward lee Fair the sunrise ere the day She danced within the grassy dell Long hair black and laughing gay There he saw sweet Aranel He watched her neath the…
Asleep beneath the frigid cover Lies the fertile lover Waiting for regeneration Eager with anticipation And wanting to extol The hidden beauties of the soul
Oh sweet the rapture of His love How gentle are the nail scarred hands How precious is the wounded side That bore such pain for Love’s demands That bore such pain for Love Precious Jesus, God and King Precious Jesus, Anthems Ring Praises to the Holy Dove Praises to the…
How does one behave when nutty Making baskets and with the bewildered My life has turned into some putty Weaving pond frond still unhindered This my work, my joy, my rapture Beside a river full of reeds In and out the pond fronds go The flowing river is the giver…
Beneath the soft dim tungsten lights Small worlds collide with random purpose Intent upon the stratagem It flies across the soft green surface A battle on a cosmic table Arrayed in lines like Pythagoras Slowly each small world has fallen And in the end they all have left us
In the silent stillness lay A broken man devoid of life Existence lived on weary roads Running from the constant strife And emptiness of sin Yet amongst the cold dark ash There a gift, a spark is given Hope springs fresh from Holy Hands Pierced by nail, whose side was…
I look upon a snow white sea At the crystal flakes on yonder lee And nature whispers in my ear The very hand of God is near And I pause in genuflection I consider His resurrection And the birth that preceded The precious gift that exceeded The greatest gift that…