Wonderful Words of Life
If I knew and understood all God’s plans for me,
Where would I go, what would I do and who would I be?
God’s word abounds with wisdom and advice.
His Holy Spirit allows us - the meaning is concise.
But who can learn the meaning when the reader is not there?
Again, God’s word advises to be watchful and aware.
We can learn from mistakes of others or heed the spirit’s call
But life is not that simple and we often hasten to fall.
Yes God is there to help us with a Father’s strong hand.
It may not be our desire, but as the Father planned.
We toil and spin and labor yet for thee;
But seek not your word that you inspired for me.
How to know the will of God, sometimes hard to understand
He says seek and you will find for the Spirit will append.
God’s ways are higher than ours at last you see.
He knows when we should stop when we seek only to flee.
Give us the mind of Christ, Lord your will obey.
Help us to seek tomorrow as we serve you still today.
Guide me with your presence; instruct me day by day;
And help me seek your wisdom, to listen as I pray.
2006
God bringsBeauty
After a long winter’s nap, spring bursts forth in song.
Not like the dreariness of a stark winter’s day long,
But with a burst of color in every bud of every tree;
Every flower opens up in beauty and the birds sing for Thee.
God adorns the flowers and shrubs giving forth a song from high above;
With all the gaiety of birds and bloom, it’s easy spring to love.
Then comes summer amidst the dawn of spring’s bright glow.
The animals are busy building their homes, playfully running to and fro.
The days grow long and the summer sun brightens each new day,
With rays to nourish, to grow and mature along the way.
Thoughts of winter are on our minds no more.
All nature sings but plans a bounty it must store.
With all its warmth and growth of plant and tree,
It’s easy to love the summer, now don’t you agree?
At summer’s end comes the fall of the year.
Growth has stopped as nature prepares for winter’s fear.
The plants bring forth a bounty, the leaves prepare for death.
But oh what beauty surrounds us as fall gives up it breath.
Bright gold, orange and red shows a beauty undenied.
Just as spring bursts forth beauty in life, fall’s beauty is to die.
With all the color and bounty in store,
It’s easy to love fall all the more.
Now comes a time of rest from labors all the year long.
The beauty is gone, the days are short, so where is winter’s song?
God plans every day and times to which there is a season.
If we think and look and dream, even winter has a reason.
A rest from our labors and a bountiful supply of snow
Prepare God’s earth and all of us for the next spring’s glow.
So what is your favorite season many ask and say,
Spring is life, summer to grow and fall prepares the way.
All that God creates is beautiful in it’s time.
We must relinquish human wills to God’s will sublime.
Now whether we are at spring’s bright gaze,
Or basking in the glow of summer’s haze.
We may even breach death as heaven awaits
And we say beauty in death is an impossible fate.
God creates and is the giver of life and breath.
Heaven awaits with eternal life giving beauty even in death.
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God Brings Beauty 2007
