Wednesday, July 30, 2014

GUIDE TO HAPPINESS

                         THINK DEEPLY
                         SPEAK GENTLY
                         LOVE MUCH
                         LAUGH OFTEN
                         GIVE FREELY
                         PAY PROMPTLY
                         PRAY ERNESTLY
                         AND BE KIND

PENNY

          I FOUND A PENNY TODAY
          JUST LAYING ON THE GROUND,
          BUT IT'S NOT JUST A PENNY
          THIS LITTLE COIN  I'VE FOUND.

          FOUND PENNIES COME FROM HEAVEN
          THAT'S WHAT MY GRANDPA TOLD ME,  
          HE SAID ANGELS TOSS THEM DOWN
          OH, HOW I LOVED THAT STORY.
     
          HE SAID WHEN AN ANGEL MISSES YOU
          THEY TOSS A PENNY DOWN,
          SOMETIMES JUST TO CHEER YOU UP
          TO MAKE A SMILE OUT OF YOUR FROWN.

          SO DON'T PASS BY THAT PENNY
          WHEN YOU'RE FEELING BLUE,
          IT MAY BE A PENNY FROM HEAVEN
          THAT AN ANGEL HAS TOSSED TO YOU.

Sunday, July 13, 2014

A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR LOST SHEEP

          THE KING OF LOVE MY SHEPHERD IS,
          WHOSE GOODNESS FAILS ME NEVER.
          I NOTHING LACK IF I AM HIS,
          AND HE IS MINE FOREVER.

          PERVERSE AND FOOLISH, I HAVE STRAYED,
          BUT YET IN LOVE HE SOUGHT ME;
          AND ON HIS SHOULDER GENTLY LAID,
          AND HOME, REJOICING, BROUGHT ME.

          IN DEATH'S DARK VALE I FEAR NO ILL,
          WITH YOU, DEAR LORD, BESIDE ME;
          YOUR ROD AND STAFF MY COMFORT STILL,
          YOUR CROSS BEFORE TO GUIDE ME.

          AND SO THROUGH ALL THE LENGTH OF DAYS,
          YOUR GOODNESS FAILS ME NEVER;
          GOOD SHEPHERD, MAY I SING YOUR PRAISE
          WITHIN YOUR HOUSE FOREVER.