THE LORD IS SHEPHERD OF HIS FLOCK

 

The Lord is Shepherd of his flock

As well as being a fisher of men

And he does his Fathers bidding

On the fields and copse and fen

HEAVENLY BODIES

 

The sun gifts us

With warmth and light

Endowing and sustaining

The green earth with life

Then when day is done

After the setting of the sun

The Moons silvery disk appears

Boldly bright through its phases

And stars are liberally sprinkled

Across the curtain of night

These gifts from God

Make our days complete

COME WITH ME NOW

 

At his bedside

The gentle angel stood

Watching as he slept

Listening to his quiet shallow breath

Then the angel softly spoke

And reached out a hand

“Your time has come to see the lord”

“Come with me now”

Then he slept no more

And he left his empty body

Taking the offered hand

The angel smiled and they began to ascend

To a better place and time

Traveling upward through a tunnel

Toward a light becoming ever brighter

Its brightness became almost blinding

Until with the angel he emerged

Into the land of light and love

The angel left him with a smile

With those who had passed before

Familiar faces greeted him

Loved ones from years past

Who showed him round heavens paradise

Where milk and honey flowed

Scenes of unimagined beauty met his eye

And the sweetest perfumes filled the air

Music was everywhere invading every pore

From simple refrains to grand symphonies

Musicians played on instruments of gold

While choirs of angels sang

But the most overpowering feeling

That assailed his senses

Was of everlasting love

I THANK THE LORD ABOVE

 

I thank the lord above

As I stand in the quiet of the morn

And when spring lambs are born

For the fields so full of flowers

And the peace of the twilight hours

I thank the lord above

For the blueness of the sky

And for a new born babies cry

For the smell of summer rainfall

And the joy of a songbirds call

 

I thank the lord above

When winters shroud is on the land

And when I take my beloved’s hand

When my lovers face is all aglow

And when we make angels in the snow

 

I thank the lord above

As I stand at the alter with my bride

And when I look at her with pride

When I stand together with my wife

I thank the lord for my life

HEAVENS GATE

 

Teardrops stain my cheeks

Now my love you’ve gone

Gone to join the angel’s throng

As sad and lonely I live on

 

I am comforted to know

In my sadness and despair

I’m alone but you are with me

As I feel you everywhere

 

With my faith for strength

I wipe my teary eyes

Safe in the knowledge

That no one really dies

 

We will be together again

If my beloved you will wait

Beyond the golden portal

Just through heavens gate

OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES – PAUL AND THE CAT

 

At nursery school

Little Paul told his teacher that

On his way to school

He had found a dead cat

 

“How do you know?”

The nursery teacher said

To little Paul

“That the cat was dead?”

 

“Because it didn’t move when

I pissed in its ear” he replied

“You did WHAT?”

She exclaimed in surprise

“You know what miss,”

Explained little Paul,

“I leaned over and went 'Pssst'

And it didn't move at all”

THE HOLY INFANT

 

In the presence of the lowly beasts

The prince of peace was born

And to his earthy joyous cries

They bowed low head and horn

The Shepherds stood in wonder

As the child they stood before

The child the angel told of

Lay before them in the straw

Countless miles the Magi came

Having traveled from the east

In lavish robes they knelt before him

And bowed lowly like the beasts

Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

Were lain reverently before his stall

Precious gifts brought from afar

For the holy infant born for us all