Friday, October 31, 2008

KEE L'Oh-LAHM CHas-DOE


...For His lovingkindness lasts to eternity. (Psalm 136:10). 
As I went for a walk 
On legs that are able, 
I praise You, 
For I am fearfully and wonderfully made; 
I revel in leaves 
And a family picnic table. 
Your works are wonderful, 
How rightly I realize this! (Ps. 139:14) 
...His lovingkindness lasts to eternity.
High above arches the pale blue dome 
On which billowy white clouds have been hung; 
He causes the clouds to rise 
From the ends of the earth... 
I breath in autumn 
With clear, healthy lungs. 
And brings out the wind 
From within His storehouses. (Ps. 135:7) 
...His lovingkindness lasts to eternity. 
Fuzzy brown squirrels 
Are storing up food... 
The eyes of all look unto You, 
For You give them their food in the right season. 
And I munch an apple~ 
Sensing all that is good. 
You open up Your Hand 
And satisfy the wants of all living things. (Ps. 145:15-16) 
...His lovingkindness lasts to eternity. 
My health is restored 
As only He could; 
Who forgives all my sins 
And heals my diseases; 
My strength is as birds' wings 
Going south as they should. 
He satisfies my desires with good things 
So that my strength is renewed like the eagle's. (Ps. 103: 3, 5) 
...His lovingkindness lasts to eternity. 
Tiny purple asters and once-lush green grass 
Now ready for fall are dying away. 
Man ~ his days are as grass, 
He flourishes as a flower of the field; 
Autumn reminds me that I, too, shall die 
To live again in a glorious new day. 
The wind blows over it and it is not, 
And its own place remembers it no more. (Ps. 103:15-16) 
...His lovingkindness lasts to eternity. 
The cold nips my nose 
As I kick about leaves... 
He spreads His snow as soft wool 
And scatters the frost as if ashes; 
Thinking about winter 
With drifts to my knees. 
He hurls down His ice like pebbles~ 
Who can stand before His cold? (Ps. 147:16-17) 
...His lovingkindness lasts to eternity. 
I trust in my Father 
Who looks out for me; 
Create in me a clean heart, O, God 
And renew an upright spirit within me. 
He takes away my sins, 
And I'll praise Him eternally. 
O, my Lord, open up my lips 
So that my mouth might declare Your praise. (Ps. 51:10,15) 
Deep inside, I let out a sigh, 
For You, O, Jesus, are always close by. 
Because I know You, 
I sense You all around me 
And on a day like today, 
I'm just "happy to be." 
Praise Yahweh! Give thanks unto Yahweh, For He is good; For His lovingkindness Lasts to eternity. (Ps. 136:1) ---(c) C. Marie Byars, 1984; Winfield, KS



Monday, October 13, 2008

Farewell

[for the upcoming observances of "All Hallows' Eve" & All Saints' Day]

Tie the strings to my life, my Lord,
Then I am ready to go!
Just a look at the horses---
Rapid! That will do!

Put me in on the firmest side,
So I shall never fall;
For we must ride to the Judgment,
And it's partly down hill.

But never I mind the bridges,
And never I mind the sea;
Held fast in everlasting race*
By my own choice and thee.

Good-bye to the life I used to live,
and the world I used to know;

And kiss the hills for me, just once;
Now I am ready to go!
----Emily Dickinson

*It's really God who chooses us. (John 15:16)