When you’ve trusted God and walked His way When you’ve felt His hand lead you day by day But your steps now take you another day Start Over. When you’ve made you plans and they’ve gone awry When you’ve tried your best and there’s no more try When you’ve failed yourself and you don’t know [...]
Some things a man surely know, If he is going to live or grow; He needs to know that life is more Than a man lays by in store, That more than all he may obtain, Contentment offers greater gain. He needs to feel the trail of mirth, To sense the beauty of the earth, [...]
Often when it seemed I found Goodness here, there, all around, I saw on closer scrutiny, The goodness came from inside me. Why did the whole world seem to smile? Because I laughed with is awhile, Why was all earth so bright with sun? Because my light heart gave it one.
For thinking before acting… For hearing before judging… For forgiving your enemies… For being candid and frank… For helping a fallen brother… For being honest in business… For thinking before speaking… For being loyal to your church… For standing by your principles… For closing your ears to gossip… For bridling a slanderous tongue… For harboring [...]
The world won’t care if you quit And the world won’t whine if you fail; The busy world won’t not notice it, No matter how loudly you wail. Nobody will worry that you Have relinquished the fight and gone down For it’s only the things that you do That are worth while and get you [...]
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep and you weep alone. For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own. Sing and the hills will answer; Sight it is lost on the air. The echoes bound to a joyful sound, But shrink from voicing care. Rejoice and [...]
It was so hard to forgive Those who hurt and did me wrong, The one who lied and those who tries To snuff out my victor’s song I took the shame and sorrow They heaped upon my soul, I bent and broke in pieces No longer strong and whole. My self esteem was zero, I [...]
