World vision

Sorting through old papers
Found a heap of old receipts
From World Vision: yes
We used to sponsor children
Across the other side of the world
Hoping to make their simple lives
Just a little easier: it's true
I remember a young girl in Thailand
Thongbai was her name... 
But her family moved away
Never did find out what happened in her world
Later we cared for a young boy 
He lived in the Dominican Republic
His name was Enger Elias Cruz Miranda
He was only about 5 years old
That was from October 1996 to 1998
Then we sponsored a boy from Guatemala
Juan Pablo Vasquez Perez he was called
We helped his family from October 1998 to 2000
I still have the letters that were written
The drawings done by their little hands
A simple reminder to let us know
Just how easy it is to be kind...

So spread a little kindness
Help out where you can
What may seem very little to us
May make all the difference to them

I found a printed certificate 
Thanking us for our kindness
Thanking us for helping out
I never realised how long we assisted
But the certificate expressed 
Their appreciation: for our help
For 12 long years it said!

The games people play

Sometimes I am simply amazed
At the games people decide to play
Setting up one against the other
Wasting the entire time of the day
Instead of love and kindness
There is strife and hatred every day
Years ago there was some trouble
A grown woman decided to make up
Some nastiness and fling it our way
Threatening my daughter and her friend
She took out a restraining order
Thought to cause a lot of strife
Until I decided to join in the game
That she had decided to play
We replied in the same crazy way
Filed a restraining order against her too
Then hers was removed: thank God
And finally all was back to normal! At last!

Promise me

Wake me from slumber
Kiss me till I cannot breathe
Tell me that you'll love me forever
Promise me you will never leave...

Heart and soul

When will you really see me?
When will you finally understand?
When will you get to look into my eyes here?
When will you truly find that entrance to my soul? 
Is it possible to feel so in love dear?
Is it strange to feel this blessed connection?
To feel like we are bound beyond our control?
Our hearts go leaping: our minds also...
Simply because of this beautiful connection
This blessed meeting of earthly souls...
I feel so alone without you...
I need to hear your voice or...
I feel like I am about to explode...
My heart is leaping madly...
My soul is about to take flight...
And all because I need you near me...
All because you are close my darling...
But you are just out of sight...

Sin enters like a pin prick

Ever heard that saying
"Sin enters like a pinprick
Spreads like roots of oak"
Do you think this is all a joke?
Well here's what I'm saying
It just doesn't seem fair
So many go about their lives
Without a thought... 
Without a care...
Don't give a damn 
About another
Just go on and on
Doing all their evil deeds
Will they ever understand?
Just how that evil one feeds?
He seeks our destruction
Yes: yours and mine
He goes about as a roaring lion
Seeking to devour all
Who give in to his wiles
All who follow where he leads
So are you one of those?
Evil doers: those devil may care's
Do you think you can escape him?
Do you think you have evaded
Being captured in his snare
Well think again if you are adrift
Are you caught within his grip
Does he play with your mind and soul?
Do you know how he seeks to control?
He leads you on just a little
A tiny insignificant thing
You look around and contemplate it
It doesn't seem so bad after all
Then he lures just a little further
Baits the hook with that juicy worm
See it wriggle: see it squirm
Are you the fish that's hungry?
Are you entranced by it all
Will he pull you in a little further?
Are you gullible enough 
To think you will not fall?
It is only with God's armour
It is only with our Lord's power
That we can endure everything
That we can evade that capture
Yes we can overcome it all
So put put on God's armour
Put your trust in Him who loves us
He is ready: waiting for your call!

Ill winds

Ill winds are blowing
I hear them: can you?
The leaves are rustling
Do you hear them too?
The trees are going crazy
Branches falling down
The noise is growing
The banshee howls
Ferocious power unleashed
Do you understand?
The nature of the beast?
Only God's mighty angels
Are holding them back 
They await His command
Then they will let them go
They will allow the war to grow
Ah...God help us all
When they let go of it all...

Missing you

I'm missing you
It seems like 
That's all I do
I am alone
I am so blue
And all because
I'm missing you
What happened?
Was I untrue?
No never
Not to you
I'm missing you
Yes that's all I do!
I go about 
Missing you