GOD HELP ME

 

In my latter years I only ask

That God grant me in my senility

To forget people, I never liked at any rate

And the good fortune

To run into the people that I do like

And the eyesight to differentiate

OUT OF THE MOUTH’S OF BABES – THE WEDDING

 

Six-year-old Ellie was in church

With four-year-old Luke her brother

They were sitting in the church

Attending a family wedding together

Luke laughed, sang, and talked out loud. 

Pulled faces and generally messed about

Finally, his big sister had had enough

Luke was spoiling her special day out

“You're not supposed to talk out loud in church.” 

“Why?” Luke asked “Who's going to stop me?”. 

Ellie pointed to the back of the church and said,

“Those two men by the door are hushers see”

WE STILL BELIEVE IN YOU

 

Master of the universe

Great architect of nature

Builder of the galaxies

Every facet and feature

Don’t listen to our silence

Most benevolent creator

And think us unworthy

Don’t condemn us like a traitor

We are misguided only

That is just our nature

We will turn to you again

For man is a fickle creature

GOD AND SCIENCE

 

I believe in God

I believe him to be the creator

The creator of heaven and earth

Of the stars and the planets

I believe him to be the creator of the universe

The scientific community

Talk of the big bang

Which sparked off the creation of the universe

They call God a myth

And his creation a myth

Science of course call it the big bang theory

Theory being science speak for a guess

Or put another way a belief

They can no more prove their belief

Than I can prove the existence of God

For all their contempt for belief systems

They are locked in one of their own making

I have faith in the creation

But if there was a big bang

Then God pressed the button

OUT OF THE MOUTH’S OF BABES – THE LORDS PRAYER

 

Three-year-old Katie had been learning

The Lord’s prayer with her mother each night

She would repeat each line after her mother

Practicing and practicing to get it right

Katie’s mum carefully enunciated each word

Going over and over each line in detail

Finally, Katie went solo “Lead us not into temptation”

She carefully recited “but deliver us some E-mail”

THANK YOU

 

Thank you for the morning

For the new day dawning

Thank you for the dawn chorus

Refreshing and delighting us

Thank you Lord for another day

And for tomorrow if I may

FORGIVENESS

 

I find it hard to forgive

But we are taught we must

To be a good Christian

We must first forgive others

Before God can forgive us

But I find it hard to forgive

I cannot let go the bitterness

Or it’s associated baggage

The betrayal of those I thought friends

The deceit of family

The put downs and the knocks

The adversities and animosities

I cannot make that commitment to forgive

All I can do is promise to try

Try to climb that ladder of forgiveness

One painful rung at a time

And if I do succeed

In becoming a better person

A more forgiving person

If I manage to slowly climb the ladder

And earn Gods forgiveness

I will only do so with His grace

And not by some sweaty effort on my part