Sunday, January 21, 2007



God’s Blanket

Rushing here, rushing there,
no time to rest, no time to spare.
Always wishing, always dreaming,
never living, never beaming.

Temperatures rising from with-in
fighting sickness, cannot win.
Freezing cold, freezing rain,
canceled functions, life’s a pain.

Where’s the vision, where’s the light,
where’s the answers, out of sight?
Too much worry, too much stress,
so many directions, so much mess.

It came so quickly, it piled so deep
it stopped the moving, it let us sleep.
Working’s stunted, studies halted,
Oh, for so many, God is exalted.

God’s blanket was needed, it came just in time,
to slow down the pace and give rest to the mind.
At first it did bother, until those who could see,
God gave us a present, so priceless and free.

We slid on its surface, its depths we would dive,
we rolled it, we threw it, it brought us alive.
We ate it, we packed it, we shoveled it high,
we laid on our backs and gave a big sigh.

The noises were muffled, our visions were brightened,
was God’s blanket to us, here to enlighten?
Amid all this chaos, could there be a cease?
Look out your window and there you’ll find peace.

Take off what blinds you, let go of the pain,
take in God’s treasures, there is everything to gain.
God’s blanket came to stop us and let us restart.
Embrace what is given, let it come from the heart.

Thursday, January 04, 2007


art work by Pat White


Life Forever

I want to live life, just as you lived life,
my life as your life, that life forever.

You gave your all to save all the people,
your life for their life, your life forever.

The strength you showed us, led to believing,
all the we can do, just by receiving.

All that we must do, is put all our faith in
all that you say, to make our lives win.

You make the sun shine, clear all the gray skies,
you breathe new life in to those you hear cry.

Lead us from darkness, show us the pathway,
light up our own eyes to see the right way.

If we do wander, please come and find us,
we need your guidance, someone we can trust.

I want to live life, just as you lived life,
my life as your life, that life forever.

You gave your all to save all the people,
your life for their life, your life forever.