Thank you Lord for this pandemic A global event that we share In different countries, tribes and tongues Through fear and dread, struggles and loss We learn to care as one with love Through kindness and moral support Till we can live at peace with all In fellowship without contempt Thank you Lord for solitude A time to stop and stare and rest From busyness and ruminate On past events, thoughts and actions And lay aside our wayward ways Of selfishness and trivial thoughts That isol… Read More

As a man thinks in the fertile garden of his mind So he becomes in word and deed, habit and his life And harvests from his soul the fruitage of his thought As desired orchards or thorns, thistles and weed From my youth I’ve read and known the Word I learned it by heart and live by its tenets and laws I think in line with the principles and examples of the Word And walk gingerly along its ways in all daily activities Far from servile, idle and wayward thinking and doing The Bible is my consta… Read More

The howling winds of summer days Bend tree branches to dance on air And blow debris twirling crossways From streets and roads unto courtyards The showering rain of summer days Wetting gardens and streets and fields Watering farm crops that grow and sways So farmers reap bumper harvest The shimmering light of summer days Shining longer into the night Giving displays and light relays Of golden sunset in the west The restful ways of summer days Lying on beach, watching the sea Soa… Read More

To do the washing up And laundry with gladness And see neither as chore But part of cleanliness Is to celebrate life To be awake in Now And enjoy the moment And count it all as gain Resting in the present This is true happiness To be free from worries And not dwell on the past Or dread an unknown future But hold the present fast This is true happiness To have the time to roam Or sit and stare awhile Skywards at drifting clouds Or at scenes for a mile This is true happiness To sleep and rest at n… Read More