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Thanksgiving Day

	I have seen the end of all things Is good for His Will to be The troubles of life that come But beyond this we see   In His Hand is joy unspeakable Yes full of Grace and glory Waves may roar high above And still to remember He told the story   The roaring lion may go about To search and to seek to devour But there is One who still sits on High Who is in control each hour   Never seen the righteous forsaken Nor his seed begging for bread Will for sure meet every need Because of the Words He said   A promise kept in best of time No better place to walk in His Way The sun may rise and then it may set Every day starts a new Thanksgiving Day
The Scarlet Thread
	A wounded heart broken without,within What shall it take once to mend Though over and over try once again More time is needed and this we must spend Searching a soul to find it all To put back together no matter how small Listening carefully for each piece call Bringing it back from where it did fall Patient, be patient and fix it just right Restore as before this we just might Working diligently into the night Praying, oh praying bring hope into light Now with all pieces taken into hand Is there a way, is there a plan Is there on which we can stand If it is then this we demand A Hand reaches down of what we read For all things are possible has been said Christ given promises lift up our head A heart sewn together with a scarlet thread

The Seed

The seed fell softly upon the hardened ground and for a time lay still and quiet. Even when the sun came out and bore hard upon the seed it still remained. Then a gentle drop of rain touched the seed and it became alive. There was movement within the seed as the raindrops continued to fall from Heaven. The seed took root in the hardened soil as the soil began to soften and the roots carried the water deeper and deeper until the ground became soft and brought forth seed of its own. And such is the heart the hardened heart that has been touched by the seed of love.

The Story's Not Told

Ring a bell, sound an alarm Let voices sing out true Tell it; tell it so all can hear How He died for me and you From page to page is written down Let’s read it loud and clear To all heed the gospel call His coming is drawing near He spoke when all was said and done And the last word we should hear Reached the four corners of the earth His coming is drawing near Let us continue to cry aloud The things once said of old Until we hear the trumpet sound To the last one the story’s not told

The Wedding Band

Around and around it goes To a place where it began And no matter how the path It shall return again Its days continue on With no other path to go This circle that it takes Is all that it does know God did make himself This way intended to be For His Love circles a life For all eternity For love that gives shall return To be given again Touching Love everyday To the hearts of men So to you now I give This promise to always stand In Gods Love together be Part of this wedding band

The Wind Calls
	Come here, come here The wind did call To say a word For one and all Let me show This day I pray Just where can be A brighter day He blows the trees And pushes the cloud Can’t you hear He cries out loud Can’t you see In the things I do How I your God Made all of you And so to look For life begun He gave to you His only Son

These Tears That Brought Me Here

Shall I close the door on these tears that brought me here? How could I forget what was resolved in my soul Because of the sorrow that caused the tears that brought me here When I saw what He had done before I had been born As if He had known me back then How could one love me that much before I knew Him? Yet He welcomed me into this place Where He wiped the tears that brought me here Now these tears have changed into that of appreciation From the same eyes that cried the tears that brought me here Remove from me not the memory of those tears that brought me here Could I forget the Love I felt when He changed The color of my eyes from the blue of sorrow to the white of Joy I shall remain forever in this Love I found because of The tears that brought me here So that is why I am thankful and shall never forget These tears that brought me here.

Things He Can't Remember

There are things He can’t remember But that is fine with me For these things just bring me down To a place I don’t want to be Yes there are these things of past Try to pull me from my goal The higher places that I seek And the peace here in my soul He said the forgetting sea Was where these memories go And where this place exactly is Is something I don’t need to know So when they come creeping back To my God I do defer Because my sins will always be The things He can’t remember

Things I Mean
	I’m sorry I need help I am strong I am weak I have hope I have fear I need comfort I need to hear you I nedd to see you Friends are good Family is good God is good There’s nothing can be compared Heaven is worth it all There’s something I want to tell you You’re my friend He’s my Lord I love you I love Jesus He loves you

The Important Minute

Would I give some of this for another thought? Or share with uninvited wanderings To give that which is ours to the waters Carried away to else’s memories To approach this time with care and planning Knowing the things I should say or do To share would be a lessening of meaning Of what this truly should mean As we pass words only for this time You will know that it is yours and yours alone I write with sincere of heart what I say That a friend would know is true I’ve given this important minute to you

This Love of Mine and Yours

I could never say you are old A new day brings life again For that which shall never be forgotten Yes a time I remember when Today seems the same as yesterday In this thing I always recall And I can know it now as then Each dawn once again to call And to this my heart shall cling To never let it go Nor even yet with folding hands As if I did not know Not once again for it never ceased But stayed there all the time And not replaced by empty thoughts This love of yours and mine Times may pass yet it remains This love of yours and mine No parting ways or sad good-byes For this love of yours and mine

This Thing

This thing though to bring me down has only brought a greater awareness of my constant need for my God and Father. Truly I have failed but I am a winner because of the Blood He freely gave for my sins, then and now. He is able to cleanse me of all my sins. I acknowledge my weakness as a person and desire to know Him and the power of His Resurrection. Though I fall short of His Holiness, it is He working in me His Will. And even though sometimes it is painful, I realize I must be conformed to His Likeness. This I know is life and more abundantly. Therefore I more willingly submit myself to Him and His Judgement. I will use the faith He has given me to believe that He is working all things for my good. To Him I commit my life and my ways that He may order my footsteps and open His Hand and fill me with His Goodness. This and His mercy will follow me all the days of my life. In the end I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever.

This Time of Year

	Here we go again this year We must give hope and good cheer Yes that time draws ever near A time not for shedding a tear   I'll give a gift you'll do the same Would I dare to think it is a game If so now to hide my shame If this the reason who is to blame   Is this the way we should behave When to a cross Our Savior clave To the end our soul to save For fallen man His Life He gave   Alas the truth so plain to see He did it all for you and me That our lives like His would be Pass from death and live eternally   Let us all unwrap His Gift so dear As this season of joy draws near Stand and proclaim without a fear That each will be like this time of year   I opened His Gift to find His Love And now I show it to you
Those Hands
	Their hands felt so different As though years of learning stood And even the way they spoke to Was with all wisdom’s good Laughter springing so sincere That said in all I love you Not spoken then but known Yes the things they would do My childhood memories linger still Of the house I loved to go And spend soul filling hours With those hands I grew to know Time may pass to yesterday But their love will always be In my heart of Jesus taught Shown to the light for us to see Ending 1 They’ve moved on to a resting-place But still in dreams I know I saw Them in Heaven loving with Those hands of Grandma and Grandpa Ending 2 Nothing else in life replace The blessed love I always saw While growing up underneath Those hands of Grandma and Grandpa

Thoughts of Home

Wouldn’t take long I said to myself Going to a place my heart’s desire In my memories draw my plans Of its treasures I must inquire Knowing now shall never be Never again to be as then But is a place of sweet remind Each time I choose to go when For younger days my mind replace But those I’ll never forget A special place they shall be kept For those my fondest yet For sure my strength in days of old Those times in youth recall Of school day morns and innocence Still to love them all Can a man return to young As child again to win Brought quietly without reply With thoughts of home again Yes those thoughts of brother and sis Sweet days with mom and dad Of friends and school, red rover play With thoughts of home made glad Though those days in memory replay The only way to come again Still winding down memories lane Those thoughts of home have been Times may change and lives move on Days past may fall like rain And all of life is said and done My thoughts of home remain

Through All My Life
	A smile just after a tear A rainbow just after the rain Sunshine after a dark night As God has done it again Yes promise after promise To us always give Joy comes in the morning He died for all to live I can because of Him A Hope for man to stand Before His Throne eternally Prepared for us a Land No more to feel the pain Of life's uneven ways And not to weep again Through Grace given days Now I bow to say His Name Not just in time of need Knowing in His Word He spoke Through all my life to lead

Tickle Toes

	Oh my what a little foot I see Does this foot have eyes watching me Can I walk up this foot to your knee And cause you to laugh with glee   Just stick your foot out and show This is the way I will know That to your knee I will go And promise to tickle you slow   Oh tickle toes don’t be mad You know my tickling’s not bad And if before you are sad Then my tickling will make you glad   Oh I see what you mean The best tickle toes I’ve ever seen I’d like them still if they were green And even more when they are clean   So now I’ll pull off your nose And wet you down with a hose Light your face until it glows And tickle your little tickle toes
Til Heaven
	Walk with me awhile I said to Him For my journey is long I have worries about this road I'm on I don't want to go wrong Hold my hand as we go along That I'll know you're ever with me Stay right here by my side Until Your Holy Face I see Let Your Spirit live within A heart once full of sin Refresh and restore a joy I need A crown of life to win Though life on this road gets rough With You I have no fear The one thing I desire the most Is when You hold me near The Blood you shed upon a cross That makes the demons quake Will wash and make me white as snow Til Heaven my home I make

Time of Silence

	I know I must go and there stand I wish to hear what He has to say I am persuaded of the power of His Words I need to hear Him speak today   I have that permission to come and stand Before this King that I now know Though in awe I enter His presence It is with joy to this place I go   If I should speak would be to praise Say His Name time and time again Yes as His mighty Voice to me resound He whispers to me, welcome friend   His beauty more than life can tell In all before Him I seen by me Honored far beyond that of mortals That here before Him I should be   And now He bids with open arms That closer to Him I should stand And hear Words from the Master Potter Oh, my time of silence in His Hand
	Time for Words
	Come here He said and We shall see What it is required from thee Can be told so simply Of a death upon a tree Yet this thing that had to be Is the reason you can be free Take me now I want to know Where is this Place I should go And why He came to earth below To start His Love in my heart to grow By this I know His Grace to show As He Blood did freely flow Up now it must be said Though from a Cross He’s dead Was to this truth His Father led So the Cleansing Blood to shed Lay Him in that gravely bed Yet rose again to become the head As so before your life has past The time for words that will last If upon Him your soul to cast Not solved by feast or fast In your heart these words thou hast The time for words that will last

Tis the Dawn of a New Day
	Tis the dawn of a new day With things to be done New thoughts to be thought New races to run Yesterday’s everything is now memories Some in sorrow, some in fun This new day is different From the one before We’ll walk a new path We’ll open a new door For nothing in yesterday can we change It’s chapter is closed, alas evermore

Today I Said A Prayer
	Today I wrote a letter and sent it to God I told Him of my troubles and things gone wrong Of how I needed more Grace from Him to stand And how I could only sing a troublesome song   Today I made a call to the Throne of God I dialed straight through by the Holy Ghost I told Him I needed His Help immediately And above all things I needed Him most   Today I sang a song into the air toward Heaven Poured out my soul to the Great One above A song of woe to me and sadness multiplied Oh that He would speak to me His Voice of Love   Today I said a prayer and started it with thanks Yes honor and glory and praise to Him alone How He is more than enough for all I need And quietly in a time of peace all my pain was gone
Today I Showed Love
	What opportune time is this I face To do a thing hard to do For it was hard words spoken about That was thrown at me by you Now I’m at this place of decide The choice to forgive and forget For when to do good evil is near As though this time has been set Ah yes seventy times in a day Is something that’s easily said But proof comes forth from a heart When your enemy is asking for bread Stand now for a time such as this Know just as He did forgive Stand tall and give an account of your love In all let your enemy live So this I do because I have found From One sent to us from above When I’m feeding my enemy I can say today I showed Love

Tonight
	Tonight I took it upon myself to pray Was easy because this I wanted to do I needed to thank Him for all And yes the time to say thanks for you   It was good this thing tonight I did To take the time His Love to know And yes with cascading waves I feel You came to me by His Love to show   My heart to Him with flowing thanks The place once dark now full of light So many blessings given free to me And yes I thanked Him for you tonight
Touch
	Heart have you asked for help There is one who will hear Lie not there on a shelf broken When Love itself is so near Yes I see those pieces beside As if were torn apart Love will come when you call Use your voice oh broken heart I see that footprint of one Trusted by you to be true Hold fast to that which never fails God's endless Love for you Let that which He alone can do He knows where each piece fell So shattered as glass broken now By His Spirit make all things well Oh is better now I see you smile With praise to your feet you stand Honor and glory to Him who would Touch a broken heart with His Hand

Trapped

I only came here for a visit And now I find myself trapped Is there no escape from this? As around me this liquid is wrapped I struggle so hard now to stay Above so beneath I won’t drown I’m tiring and becoming much weaker As I feel my life going down Surely those passing by can see me My life in a desperate strait With my lips I try to cry out And this liquid keeps telling me wait I’m learning to swim in this liquid In a life I don’t want to choose For hope is slipping beneath me And it seems this battle I’ll lose And now I hear of a story Of one Jesus God’s Son As told by one who would love me Until this battle is won For tho’ I’m trapped in a bottle His love shines down in this place To lift me out of this bottle And save because of His Grace

Trembling and Fear

Walk a mile where before has been walked Shout a shout came forth from another Sing a song from other mouth springs Use a word meant for your brother But yet to stand for one's self And sing what's in your own heart Beginning today to speak for yourself On your own with Him to start Do what's yours for Him did call And prove your own work again Walk to the place that He sends He'll lead where He's already been Have peace within your heart When you make your calling sure And talk with Him alone His yoke is easy to endure Yes let each prove His own work Before a Loving God so dear For it is He who called us all To learn with trembling and fear

Truly

He called softly again my name Why should I turn from this way I am enjoying the life I've made I do my own will day after day My plans are working just fine I see no need in my life for Him Just something else to concern myself But yet I can see the lights grow dim I have chosen not to follow that call It all seems so useless to me I can do it my own way So why can't He just see Now as sorrow takes hold of my soul And I turn to those things I know Searching for help and for friends Until I find there's no place to go Again I hear my name called so softly Could He still love me I said After the awful things I've done And my life now as good as dead I asked can I know as I am known Am I a whosever will be free Then Blood washing over my soul I found that He truly loved me

Truly the Day

	She said she now had hope in her life. He had done something in her life no one else could have thought of, much less have accomplished.  Where did that peace come from she had asked herself at first? How could she be this calm with everything that had happened? Was it just simple words that were spoken into her heart? She would think not, because these words spoken had brought with them a calm assurance that everything was going to be fine.  She gave a small chuckle as she rose from the chair and headed for the bathroom. “Well a shower and off shopping, I think I’ll buy myself a new dress. I’ll call my sister Mary and see if she wants to go.”  “Truly this is the day the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it.” Good parting words she thought.
Twinkle and Glow
	Twinkle little eyes from what you see For truly is God that watches over me Making His Angels dance with glee This my eyes know in Thee   Glow little eyes from the Love He gave Yes all the children His Life to save In everything my life to be brave For His Love my little eyes crave   Twinkle little heart and cause to love Gift sent from Our Father above Peacefully settle my mind like a dove Yes little heart cause me to love   Glow little heart for time He does lend For is precious that God does send Knowing in time all He will mend Glow because He is your friend   Yes eyes and heart twinkle and glow From the Love my Savior did show Resting in Him His Love to know Yes eyes and heart twinkle and glow
Two Sides of the Bridge
	Ah,but why should I cross over Was not I that caused this divide For sure this is all I can say Yes this cloud of innocence stands between Not I, not I, this I can safely say This bridge is for them to cross Who built this bridge I might ask Would the answer come for me If so, where would it take should it come Yes it stands over rough waters And I just can't see the way across This cloud of blame is for another Will Love surely show right And did! When slowly lifts the cloud Now I can see this bridge from both sides I know I can cross over This bridge I walk upon to go over Yes from either side to find peace Let I be the one led by Love Now as I start over I see one coming from the other side