LESSONS OF HUMILITY
In Loving Memory
The following selection of poetry was submitted by Monica
Garrett and has a poem about the Garrett's daughter, Grace.
It was written by her Mother in Law, Helena, who died at the age of 90.
Many who pass before us leave a voice that leads the way.
Thank your for your beautiful memorial and for sharing with us, Monica.
May God richly bless you.
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GOD HAS NOT PROMISED US A SMOOTH PATH
God has not promised
Us always a smooth,
Carefree Path...
But He has Promised
Us always from all
of our Troubles
a glorious aftermath!
He has Promised Us
His Light
Along the Way,
And To Listen To Us
When We Pray.
He has Promised
To be with Us
In Sorrow
And He has
Promised Us
A Bright and Shining
Tomorrow!
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MY LOVE FOR THEE
Bright as a Lighted Candle
Shines In My Heart
My Love for Thee
Bright as the gleaming
of a Star...
and
that shining Love Sets
Me Free!
Bright as the gleaming
of a Star...
And that shining Love
Sets Me Free.
Free from Doubt
And free from
Fear.
All worry Now
has flown on swift
Wings - I know not
where. I only know
It to be gone.
And Peace that passeth
understanding
Fills My Waiting
Heart.
Joy floods All My
Being as it's ugly
Cares
Depart.
Thy yoke Is Easy.
Thy Burden is
Light...
And even through
The darkest Night
I have no fear
Thou art Near.
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IT'S UP TO HIM
It's Up
To Him!
Life may seem
Grim
And it's outlook
Dim.
But, just leave
It All
To Him.
For Christ
With His
Master Hand
Shall Turn
It All
Into Something
Glorious
And
Grand.
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THE CARDINAL'S SONG
The Cardinal's Song
Was so low and
Sweet
Almost like a
Cheerful Voice
Calling.
I knew that it had
A message for Me,
And that was the
reason I found it
So enthralling.
I think it was
Softly warbling
To Me,
"Let it be fully
Understood
That All Things
Work Together
to those who love
The Lord
For Good".
I HAVE NO CARE
I have No
Care
Lord,
For What Awaits
Me
out There
Today, Tomorrow
Or Next Week.
I suppose
That I Shall
Have My share
Of Joy
and of Woe.
Yet all seems
Clothed in Glory
as I go,
Somehow
Divine,
Because I find
My hand
Held fast
in Thine!
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BEAUTY IN THE MORN
There is such
Beauty
In The Morn,
of all of it's
Yesterday's Troubles
Shorn,
And like a
Pearly Newfound
Shell,
Telling Us that
All
Is Well.
As pure as gold
Is Early Morn
When The Soul
Finds Itself
Reborn...
ready to face
Whatever should
come
of Storm or Sun.
MY LIFE
May My Own Life ~
Follow The Brook's
Along.
May It Bring
To Others
A Clear, Constant
Song.
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WORK HARD
Work Hard
Do Your Best.
Let God do
The Rest.
THE GOOD, THE BAD
The Good The Bad,
The Beautiful,
The Sad.
It is All of Life's
Weaving.
I love It All,
To stand or fall,
And Naught
Shall find
Me
Grieving.
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IF THE SEA IS ROUGH
"If the Sea is rough
It will get smooth.
If it is Smooth, It will
Get rough."
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HE SHALL COME
He Shall Come
With Healing
In His Wings.
He Shall Come in a Miracle
of Grace,
We shall even catch a
glimpse
of His Face.
He shall Come in a
Miracle of Grace.
He Shall Come With Healing
In His Wings!
This to My Waiting
Heart Sweetly Sings!
He shall Come
With Healing
In His Wings!
BABY "GRACE"
(A gift From God)
When She smiles,
All Heaven pauses
And Watches ~ and
Smiles Too.
She is so very
pretty
With her Eyes
of Blue...
And with those
Enchanting dimples,
Too!
She loves her
Little Pacifier,
And is an expert
At putting it in,
So that her fond
Parents Wonder
If This Battle
They can ever
Win!
She is so entertaining
When she Carries
On
A Conversation
All her Own.
To hear her Would
Really Melt a heart
of Stone.
She talks in such soft,
Tender, Cooing tones,
And hardly ever
Moans.
Sometimes a little Cry
Will turn into
A soft sigh `.
It sounds as though
She says "Oh Well,
I guess it will All
Turn out all right,
Somehow or Other...
By Tonight."
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CALLED TO THE HARVEST
(Thanks Giving)
The Harvest is Ripe at last.
The ground was fresh -
Plowed
In The Spring.
The furrows went
Deep.
The Seed was freely
Sown.
The Harvest is Ripe;
The Standing Fields
of grain
Are laid low by
The Shining Scythe.
I labor long over Thy
Task,
And though Weary,
My Heart like that of
a Soaring Bird
Is Blithe.
I come Singing to Thee.
The warm, waving
Fields of Golden Grain
At last are Thine.
I bow low at Thy
Feet,
giving Trustingly into
Thy Precious Care
All that is Mine.
O, TO BE USED OF GOD
O to Be Used
of God.
This is My Cry.
Lord, This Vessel
Is empty
and clean.
Do not pass Me
By!
Lord, I am
Waiting and still
Wanting only
of Thy perfect
Will!
Just to be used
of Thee!
When Thou
Sayest,
"Whom shall
I send?"
Lord, Send Me!
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"FLY FREE", MY SOUL
"Fly Free", My Soul
From petty
Cares,
and that Small
goal
Which thee
Ensnares.
Fly Free!
And See
How Wide
Is The Sky
When
thou
Hast caught
The Vision
High.
THE GREATEST SONGS
I Pray that
I May always
See in All
That guides
Me
Thy
Design.
The Greatest
Songs
Are sung to
Thee.
The Greatest
Thoughts
of Man
Are Thine.
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MY VERSE FOR TODAY
I could feel
Better,
But...I could feel
Worse;
So I shall pen
a Small - great
Verse...
When The Good
Shepherd
Reaches Out His
masterly Hand ~
Life will be
just Glorious!
just Grand!
I CLIMBED A MOUNTAIN PATH TODAY
I Climbed a Mountain
Path
Today
I often do this
as I Pray
I Was far Above
Ordinary Things.
It Was as though
My Feet had
Wings!
In starting the Climb
I bore a load
of Cares,
But God kept letting
Me Know
They Were Only
Satan's snares...
And When I was
Part Way Up
The Mountain
Road
I dropped the
Entire
Weighty Load.
The Climb Took All
Day
But the Skies, instead
of darkening
Kept growing
Lighter.
My spirits
Rose
And became
Ever brighter
And Brighter.
The heaviness in My Heart
All fell Away,
For I was Walking
With God
All Day.
I took a Mountain
path Today.
I often do this
as I Pray.
CHRIST'S LOVE
Christ's Love
Is Wider
Than the Ocean
Far More
Bountiful
Than The Sea...
And With All
The Love
He has
He still
Remembers Me!
I Know In Myself
I am Not
Worthy
of any
Smallest
Part.
Yet He
Reaches
Out
To draw
Me
Close
To
His Very
Heart.
His Love
Enfolds
And Draws
Me.
I Cannot
Stay Away.
I Would
Remain
Close Forever,
And Never
From Him
Stray.
His Grace
In fact
Suffices
For My
Every
Deficiency
As His
Love
Makes
A New
Creature
Radiant
Fearless
and
FREE!
If you do
not Know
My Conqueror,
Then Come to
Him
Today.
He has
already
Redeemed
You.
All You
Need
Do
Is Pray.
For Jesus'
Love
Is Wider
Than The
Ocean ~
Far More
Bountiful
Than
The Sea ~
And With
All The Love
He Has
He still
Remembers
You and
Me.
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STAR OF HOPE
Star of Hope -
Star of Light,
Star of Darkness
Star of Night.
Star of Silver
Star of Gold,
Star that
guided
Men of Old.
Oh, Wondrous
Star,
Light Our
Way
To The Savior
Today.
LEAN ON MY STRENGTH
Lean on My
Strength
For I am
Strong,
Walk With Me...
The way Will
Not
Seem long.
Cherish Me
above All
Earthly Loves...
And I Will
Guide and Bless
You
From The
Heavens
Above.
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CLOSE TO THE HEART OF GOD
Close to the Heart
of God
I would stay,
Sheltered in His Love
and Care.
Strengthened and
Fortified
By HIS Constancy
Answers
To My Prayer.
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Close To The Heart
of God,
O What a Sweet
Place to Rest!
There I gain such
Real Assurance
That Everything
In My Life
Is Blessed.
Deep In The Heart
of God ~
O What A Wondrous
Place...
So Filled to
Overflowing
With HIS Marvelous
Strength and Grace.
THE BITTER CHANGES INTO THE SWEET
The Bitter Changes
Into the Sweet
As JESUS helps Me
My Troubles
To Meet.
He strengthens
My Heart,
And tells Me
That He will play
A great part
In solving My
Problems
And lifting My
Cares
In Answer to
My Multitudes
Of Most Sincere
and Humble
Prayers.
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