Come

Come, soul, for thou art weary;

Rest at My table here.

The bread you'll find life-giving,

My wine thy soul shall heal.

Come, soul, for thou art troubled;

Rest in My arms awhile.

My strength is never waning;

Come, rest thy heart from guile.

Come, soul, for thou art hurting;

I all thy prayers have heard.

In thy quiet moments, Child,

Find strength within My word.

Go, soul, for thou art strengthened;

And in My Love abide.

Spread My words to ev'ryone;

And I thy hand shall guide.

9.30.2016

Unnamed Poem -- Forgiveness

I cast off my chains now before You,

O beautiful Savior and King,

For You who from sinning has saved me

Are Lord above each living thing.

O, Father and Master, I come now --

And as a small child I come --

For You in Your bright, shining glory

Hath beckoned me and called me Home.

My Home is not out in the world;

No, my Home is here at Your feet.

For though I know not of Your Love, Lord,

Your Spirit shall make me complete.

O, Father, what action of service

Could possibly purchase such Love?

For You Who with Your blood has bought me

Has called me to Home up above.

9.28.2016

Heaven Gained an Angel

On June 23rd, 2015, Heaven gained an angel.  This would be her seventeenth birthday. 

The angels danced as Earth let sigh
The day Heaven gained an angel.
The flowers turned their bright heads high,
The day Heaven gained an angel.

So many people shed a tear,
The day Heaven gained an angel,
And one small girl lost many a fear,
The day Heaven gained an angel.

She fought her life away, they said,
The day Heaven gained an angel.
And though but small her fire burned red,
The day Heaven gained an angel.

Her friends sit by this Remembering Day,
The birth of Heaven's new angel,
And think of Zion, coming their way...
To bring with it Heaven's new angel.

9.27.16
To Lauren -- though we never got to know each other, you have taught me so much.  It will be good to see you again. 

Unnamed Poem -- My Testimony

It was a chain that strongly bound me
In my dungeon of despair.
'Twas a plea of mercy grounded
On the flight-wings of a prayer.

'Twas a sin that kept me stalling
From a Love that, by design,
Would steal me out of darkness;
"O, My child, you are Mine."

'Twas a calling from the faithful,
'Twas a plea -- "O, sinner, come!"
In a sacrifice forgotten,
God had given us His Son.

'Twas a prayer I offered solely
To say, "I'm sorry, Lord."
'Twas the whisp'ring of an angel:
"Come and find true Love."

'Tis a tie that strongly binds me
To a Love so freely giv'n;
'Tis a mercy offered daily
From the highest courts of Heav'n.

-- September 13th, 2016.

A Repentant Sinner

"Lord, I did this, and I'm sorry,"

I gave to Him my sin.

"And if You do not mind, My Lord,

I would be clean again."

Do not you know the Scriptures?

I shall forget thy crime.

O, Child, you have come to Me;

I'll do it every time.

"But Lord!  how I have fallen!

And God, I am not pure!"

But Child, still I love you;

In this thing be sure.

He took my sin then from me,

And laid it by the side.

O, Child, come thou to My arms;

Let Me be thy guide.

"Oh, Father, how could You love me?

I Thy blood denied!"

Dear Child, now remember this;

My love the oceans hide.

I died upon a tree for thee;

I shall thy sins forgive. 

And in My light thy days shall shine;

And in My love, you'll live.

I who should the Lord condemn,

Now stand in grace so free;

And I shall never soon forget,

The love He showed to me.