I was regretting the past
and fearing the future.
Suddenly my Lord was speaking:
“My Name is I Am”
He paused.
I waited. He continued,
“When you live in the past
with its mistakes and regrets,
it is hard. I am not there.
My name is not I WAS.
When you live in the future
with its problems and fears,
it is hard. I am not there.
My [...]

(Always Say A Prayer)
There’s work to do, deadlines to meet,
You’ve got no time to spare,
but as you hurry and scurry,
Always say a prayer
In the midst of family chaos,
“quality time” is rare.
Do your best, let God do the rest.
Always say a prayer
It may seen like your worries
are more than you can bear,
slow down and take a [...]

A little bitty worry
Started early in the day;
By noon, it seemed my worry
Hovered, standing in my way;
The things and thoughts I should have had
Got buried in my mind,
Until my little worry turned
Into the horrid kind.
By bedtime, I was frantic -
What to do, oh, what to do!
And then I couldn’t go to sleep,
For worrying - fretting, [...]

I would rather have a rose from a garden of a friend
Than to have the choicest flowers when my stay on earth must end.
I would rather have one single word of kindness said to me
Than flattery around my grave when life has ceased to be.
So bring to me one flower, be it pink or white [...]

I may never see tomorrow,
there’s no guarantee,
and things that happened yesterday
belong to history.
I can’t predict the future,
I can’t change the past,
I have just the present memories
to treat as my last.
I must use this moment wisely,
for soon it will pass away,
And be lost forever
as a part of yesterday.
I must exercise compassion,
help the fallen to their feet,
Be [...]