Nanny had unwrapped
The christening gown
Handed down through
The generations
Grandma hand-knitted
The booties
Laced them with
Pure white ribbon
The God parents
Presented a shawl
White as fallen snow
And we stood together
Beside the font
And welcomed him
Into the family of Christ
The Sun rules in daylight hours
Shining
light across the shadow
The
Moon rules over the tides
In
their perpetual ebb and flow
But
God rules in the heavens
A Sunday school teacher asked her class,
“What was the name of Jesus' mother?”
One little child answered proudly “Mary”
The
teacher said, “well done very clever”
The teacher then asked another question
“What was the name of Jesus' father?”
A boy called Terry answered “it’s Verge”
the teacher was Confused at the answer
She
said, “that’s not the right answer”
Where did you get verge from Terry?”
The boy said, “Well
you know everyone
Is
always talking about Verge n' Mary
I am so blessed
To have a family
A caring network
Who look after me
I am so blessed
To have with me
A circle of friends,
Who are like family
I am so blessed
To have in every way
God in my life
Each and every day
A song to sing in heaven
Where the holy angel’s tread
So sang my heart in joy
The word of God was spread
In
our church’s Sunday school class our children
Have
been learning about the Ten Commandments
After
the class had studied hard about the first nine
They
approached the last one with some confidence
The
teacher asked the class if anyone could tell her
“What was the tenth commandment for a moral life”
Susie raised her hand, stood tall, and proudly quoted
Within the silent echo
Of the last rites
As the last words of life
Reluctantly give way
To the first words of death
God reaches out his hand
And you alluringly ascend
