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Midi America the Beautiful

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A Cloud

I saw a cloud and wondered at it’s day Why was it formed thus? Was it to show it’s power or demonstrate it’s grace I would think that it is to bring me something Perhaps shade from a hot sun, or a cool breeze brought with it But yet, no matter what I shall see the good in this cloud And believe that surely God has sent good Knowing thus that God is in control Truly there is no storm, for all things are of God.

A Cross Beside the Road

Oh what sadness it did bring When I saw it so many questions to ask Who had left this life? Was there preparation in their life For such an unexpected time When the spirit would return to God who gave it? Were there those who still mourned Or felt the pain of one called away? Were there tears left to be cried By those left behind to wonder why? Was there a memorial song written Or a newspaper clipping lying on a table somewhere Perhaps forgotten with the passing of time? So many questions yet one surety He had died for this soul I knew the Father had been there Watching with His Love I also saw there was Comfort and Hope These are the things I thought about A cross beside the road.

A Father's Pain

Why is my love thought to be less Is my pain any less real? Do I not have hopes and dreams? And other things that I feel I want to cry and ask God why Not hold my feelings within To say that is gone a part of my life Not seen in this life again I never bore you inside a womb But your life was birthed in my heart A part of me granted by God But now from my soul depart I’ll stand strong as if chosen by God To show the power of love That a man survives the trials of life By strength from a Father above This child of mine cannot return Though memories stay evermore But one day I know I’ll go to him When I step through that heavenly door.

A Father's Prayer

It is today more than a dream And hardly compare to a wish When a man should appear before God And ask for things not amidst. To request such a hope would He grant? From a father's heart would come forth A prayer of love and life hope to see Roll out oh hope of this sort. Not one thing for me shall I ask But yet I know it’s for me That your life, joy, and peace will be theirs In a time that my eyes can see. I have not yet a thing to you give To answer this prayer of love Where could one go to find these things Except to a Father above. And now to close my heart in peace To trust that these things are true I’ll go remembering the love of your Son Was given to all men by you.

A Four Letter Word

So often I had heard it said By those both young and old Don’t use those words that are so short And never should be told I never seem to understand The meaning of those words When as a child in whispers low They spoke those words absurd So I began to think of how Or something different said To change the path their minds would lead The way their words were led I began to ask the Lord What word could change their heart And make them want to look around A different place to start And then the answer came to me As on wings from above The thing God gives us most A four letter word Love

A Letter From Father

I vividly remember the letter that day I thought a letter from father to me Maybe this is what I’ve been asking for I could hardly wait what could this be. It started with the kindest of words I want you to know I love you my son And I’m always glad to hear from you In all the things you need I am the one. I wished though that you would call more I want to hear from you at all times You make me feel as if you don’t care You can call anytime you know I don’t mind. Sometimes I feel you are hiding from me As if you’ve done something wrong So please keep in touch with me at all times And the next time you need it won’t take so long I must close now you do understand Get back to me sometime today And I hope you like what I’ve sent to you I love you my son is all I can say.

A Man Grows Old
	The foundation laid The boards straight and tall The windows carefully placed The carpenter sows it all. Through rain and hail it lasts It seems though not so long The times quickly pass You hardly know it’s gone. And then the time comes When he starts shedding his gold Valiantly he did live As now as man grows old.

A Man's Thoughts

“Well this sure puts a damper on the plans I had for my life,” he thought while the doctor’s words still rang in his mind. Even though he had known the Jim most of his life, right now he seemed like a stranger. A life that was well organized and planned out had been shattered like a piece of glass dropped from a ten-story building. “I don’t want a word of this told to anyone, especially my wife and children. Nobody!” Jim nodded his head in agreement. “ Stay in my office as long a s you need, I’m going to look in on my other patients.” In a time he began to think about had he loved his wife and kids, loved others, went to church, served the Lord, visited the sick, done those things enough to say he could die in peace, having confidence in the Lord? Thinking now of a time when three Hebrew men stood bound before a fiery furnace, having resolved whether in life or death to trust God. And this is what he felt inside. He knew he could face this without burdening others, because God was able. It was as if a voice had spoken softly, “There therefore remains a rest to the children of God.” A peace came over him, as he stood with a smile on his face and walked confidently out of the office and into the new world that he faced.

A Meeting Place

I saw the sign upon it's door A place that I should know But it seemed so hard to find This place that I should go This place was so hard to find The longing I feel within I think I'll try with all my heart To find this place again So many times when I would try I thought that you were not And when I felt I remembered It was as though you forgot But when we find this meeting place That lies within our heart We both will see and understand We have a brand new start To share our dreams of this life In this meeting place we'll find Mother, we can be friends In a life sometimes unkind So come and share this place with me That lies within our heart Share all that's in my life with me And make our brand new start

A Page in Time

I wrote the book to tell a tale In hopes to understand A little more of what life is And what lies within a man It happened once to me I know But also to a friend And even to a stranger there This happening would always lend It was likened to a man of poor And those who had much gain We all fell subject to its chance Like we all can know the rain And yet this happening goes on and on In the book of life is true To know that we shall face No matter what we do And now I know this final truth That the lord if I shall find In my book of life that I now write Death is just a page in time

A Place to Bow

I’m searching now so axiously To loose this thing inside of me From where could this troubling be From which I need set free There is a time for everything A time to mourn a time to sing A time to send a time to bring A word to say a bell to ring So I think the time is now To rid my soul of this somehow Looking, looking I know how Searching for a place to bow And this thing I'll surely do Find this place where I'll run to Even if it shall be new Or else a place that I knew To get before the throne somehow Let O Lord it be now And to you my soul endow When I find a place to bow

A Prayer for a Valentine

The words I need to say---I’m searching in my heart I know they’re there in place---If I could only impart And these words when I find---From within will ne’r depart I’ll choose to share these words ---To one who is my friend I trust that in all you do---Will keep them ‘til the end--- As my heart opens up its’ lines---These words to you I send I found a Valentine for you---It said in simple rhyme I love you, I love, I love you---Forever and all time So this question now I ask of you---Would you be my Valentine?

A Soul Named I

There once was a soul named I Who had no direction to go It wandered aimlessly around Where to it did not know Other souls were to look upon And continue to walk by Not caring any for this soul If to live or die Pushed deeper by a world of hate Trying to capture and bind To deliver to a darkness place No help could this soul find And then a Lamb on a hill Upon a Cross to die And rise again in victory To save a soul named I

A Sure Future

Don’t bet on that horse I heard it said It’s such an unsure thing Don’t trust the word of unknown source In your life may sorrow bring Word upon word said in life But yet what’s told is it true A gossiping lip, a lying tongue To make a glad heart blue So what can man depend upon If not on we ourselves For all the books that we should write Would fill up many shelves But I have found a book of truth And for life is a cure To offer to man who would believe A guaranteed and sure future For these words of life spoken by God When He sent Jesus His Son To suffer and die on the Old Rugged Cross Made a sure future for everyone

A Thought Spoken

A thought so clear spoken when meant for silence Can time replace or thought be changed? Though cast as a dagger striking through the heart Might well have been deserved that spoken But broken never to recover ‘Less a Hand come swiftly and move to mend But I trust that many things said require This Hand again and again For was said in all things we offend many Shall I be able to tame that wild horse? That drags fire and burns hearts I will place it in that Hand of Jesus That reaches down and heals Truly He is able

A Wind of Love

I laughed once again in remembering the time Of better days and joy that was mine The breeze had brought softly a sweet memory When happiness belong to just you and me. Your youth had carried me on in my years Your smile had lifted me out of my tears In words are not the meaning I say So hard to find what I think of that day And as the flower of my age starts to pass The wind of memory forever will last These days I know were so good to me And in these winds I will always see If nothing in life can bring me a smile I can feel the breeze of this wind for awhile It comes at even times I don’t choose Bound softly in my heart I can’t loose So now I thank the Lord up above He blessed me with the touch of your love I knew what no one else now can know A wind of love that forever will blow

A Wiseman Knows the Foolish Way

Still fairer yet was the former times Or is that true? Does our memory fail of things That truly have been Or as we wished they were Does a fool know Or is he just not willing to say? It was as it really was A wise man examines his way And says; I was wrong And truly it was I that erred But a fool admits not the truth So I have found in my days That I at times have been a fool But yet when I turned to my wisdom I became much wiser Is there something to be learned from being a fool I guess; only a wise man would know

Abide

I’ve been here before I can’t remember when It wasn’t very long ago I feel what I did then Oh blessed memory Stir my mind to go And feel the peace I felt This place I should know Simple things of life to say And speak the words I hear While standing in His Presence now To bring me yet so near Draw me now Precious Lord To this place to stay That I might know your will This my hope I pray Ever, ever in Your Love Climb up this mountainside ‘Til that home I finally see Forever to abide

After the Day is Gone

Enough said it now is past How long will its story last? Was it good, was it bad Was it happy, was it sad? Don’t you know what’s done is done? And passing now with rising sun It has been said about spilled milk A day of cotton, a day of silk Not a peep, not a sound No place for change can be found As the tree falls is where it lies As the day lived is how it dies Help me, help me today may plead To yesterday call there is no need This new time now stands alone When after the day is gone

All I Could Hope For

Yes was that same voice I had heard many times I looked to see His Face I could see as it were in the distant His Hand held out and beckoning me This thing I had waited for It had seemed like such a long time But wait I have so many loved ones Friends so close by But with a nod I knew all would be well I must go to Him For now my labor has ceased This is all I could hope for and more As I join Him now to rest So let this be farewell to my earthly tabernacle To receive the promise He died for Yes this is all I could hope for and more

All I Need to Know

Can the wings of an eagle carry so far To a height where I need to be And hide me safe in the cleft of the rock Til the spirit of my soul is free Maybe a time would change for me Or maybe move forward in days When I can fell His Waters of Life And be found to follow His Ways Hold fast now with hands of praise To Him alone that can save Whose Will is to change my life And bring up my soul from the grave So take now the knowledge of Him I’ve learned in my short life’s span If there is one that is able to do The things that are needed, He can It was by him who stood in my place I was unable for self to go He shed His Blood upon a cross And rose again is all I need to know

All Is Well
	Shall my hope fade as the sun Drops from sight in the sky And darkness comes to take its place Shall I never again feel the touch Of His Hand upon my heart Or see the glory of His Face   Shall that which is at my hand So long sought out and desired Fly away as an eagle in the sky Shall I close my eyes to sleep And dare to awake with hope again Or should this thing I now know die   Shall pain be all I know today Its hold stay fast to my heart And pull until its work is done Shall I surrender to its will And give what’s rightly mine Or find life’s dawning of the Son   Shall I forget brought by yesterday And carry still today Or lay upon the One who is Love Shall I then rejoice to know That all is well indeed Because all is well above
All to Save
	I have seen the day of a good thing Yet wondered how it could be Was I the one it was chosen for Or by accident it found me   Tell me friend do you know me Have these days we’ve had been good Do you once carry fond moments Has it happened to us as it should   Oh life of mine go and find it This day the Lord to all gave For finding the path He has chosen Was followed by all to save
Allow the Day
	Allow the day Don't try to stop There is no way For it to flop We carry on From morn to night We're not alone We're in the light For all it brings God puts in place Our voice still sings Amazing grace

An "I Love You" Moment
	Breezes blow going away and coming Sometimes a place hard to be found But I know this feeling I've had many times Upon my heart's sweetest ground   Whisper to me this voice I have heard And what did cause it to speak To my heart this feeling of love In this a moment of weak   Who will stand and say it is true I'm going to have it remain I choose not to lose this moment of love That was shared in my heart again   So careful to cherish and hold in my heart This truth so easy to see Was my thoughts of you that brought An "I Love You" moment to me
Another's Heart
	I said if I could gather that which is in another's heart, would I understand more why they are the way they are? Would I be seeing as with the eyes of God? I might come to understand their pain, their sorrow, see broken dreams, and hopes torn down. This thing I cannot bear, so I choose to see my own heart and let God take care for them. Yet, while doing this I will be more patient and love that other heart, as a mother nurtures her child. What lies in another heart belongs to them and God, not I 'less they should choose to share. Should they do this, I will quickly give it to God who is the maker of hearts. Those things that need mending or changing, it is He that is able, and those things that need to remain, shall remain, for He is God. I think in doing it this way I shall have peace and hope and dreams in my own heart.

As the Leaves of the Rose Grow

As the leaves of the rose grow So does my love light go With expanding colors from the sun The rays shine for everyone. The glowing light within the bush Speeds my heart with such as rush My mind before the day is through Will forever drift to you. The forming outline of the rose The pattern of my love it shows I’ll sit and watch with all my heart Because you’re beauty is such an art And as the sun dies in the sky The rose slowly says its good-bye But though the darkness grows nigh My love for you will never die. For into the night I follow you Until the darkness it is through. And the sun rises then to say My love begins a brighter day.