POEMS FROM THE HEART

I'VE NEVER FOUND A VALLEY WHERE THE LORD DID NOT DWELL SOMETIMES I'M UP ON THE MOUNTAIN SOMETIMES IN THE VALLEY SO LOW BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER BECAUSE HE IS EVERYWHERE I GO AND AS LONG AS HE IS WITH ME WITH MY SOUL IT IS WELL I'VE NEVER FOUND A VALLEY WHERE THE LORD DID NOT DWELL I'VE NEVER FOUND A VALLEY WHERE THE LORD DID NOT DWELL I'VE NEVER BEEN THIRSTY WHILE DRINKING FROM HIS WELL I'VE NEVER HAD TO WALK ALONE HE'S ALWAYS BEEN RIGHT THERE I'VE NEVER FOUND A VALLEY WHERE THE LORD DID NOT... Sign in to see full entry.

I FEEL SO MUCH CLOSER TODAY THIS OLD LIFE IS BUT A VAPOR IT IS HERE AND THEN IT IS GONE ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES THE DAYS THEY SEEM TO BE SO LONG TROUBLES ON EVERY HAND TRIALS TO TEST YOUR FAITH I'VE JUST GOT TO MAKE IT HOME I FEEL SO MUCH CLOSER TODAY THOUGH I'VE YET TO MAKE IT I AM WELL ON MY WAY JUST A FEW MORE MILES JUST A FEW MORE DAYS SOON I SHALL BEHOLD HIM I'LL SEE HIM FACE TO FACE THOUGH I'VE YET TO MAKE IT I FEEL SO MUCH CLOSER TODAY AS I WALK ALONG THIS ROAD I FEEL HIM WALK WITH ME THOUGH... Sign in to see full entry.

THE BLACKBERRY PATCH I SAW GOD IN THE BLACKBERRY PATCH AS I PICKED THE LUSCIOUS FRUIT WHILE HIGH UP THE HOLLOW DARK AND COOL I HEARD A LONE OWL HOOT WITH MY HEAD IN THE CLOUDS I REACHED FOR A VINE, HIGH UP IN A TREE BUT, BLUEBIRD CHIRPED AND SEEMED TO SAY NO, GOD PUT THIS ONE HERE FOR ME SO I LEFT THE VINE AND LOOKED TO THE GROUND WHERE A TERRAPIN CREPT ALONG AND I THOUGHT OF GOD AND HIS GREATNESS MY HEART WAS FILLED WITH SONG AS I GATHERED THE FRUIT HE HAD GIVEN NOT MINDING THE BRIAR OR THE... Sign in to see full entry.

GRANDCHILDREN THE HOUSE IS NEAT THE FLOOR IS CLEAN WE HEAR NO YELL, NO SUDDEN SCREAM NO BALL COMES BOUNCING OFF OUR DOME OUR GRANDCHILDREN HAVE GONE HOME NO SHORT FAT ARMS AROUND OUR NECK NO LIPS THAT GIVE A SHORT SWEET PECK THE HOUSE SO EMPTY, WE'RE ALONE OUR GRANDCHILDREN HAVE GONE HOME NO FLIES COME IN AT OPEN DOORS NO LITTLE PUDDLES ON THE FLOOR ICE CREAM STILL THERE, NOT ATE A CONE OUR GRANDCHILDREN HAVE GONE HOME NO GRANNY, GRANNY, WE WANNA DRINK NO GLASSES BREAKING IN THE SINK IT'S ALL TO... Sign in to see full entry.

HOW SWEET IS THE PRAISE IT'S SO EASY TO PRAISE HIM WHEN WE ARE ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP IT'S SO EASY TO BEHOLD HIM WHEN OUR EYES ARE LIFTED UP BUT IT'S DOWN IN THE VALLEY WITH OUR HEAD HANGING LOW THAT WE COME TO REALIZE THAT HE'S MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD WHEN IT COMES FROM THE VALLEY HOW SWEET IS THE SONG HOW PRECIOUS IS THE MUSIC FROM THE VALLEY BELOW ECHOES OF MERCY AND FOUNTAINS OF GRACE WHEN IT COMES FROM THE VALLEY HOW SWEET IS THE PRAISE THE SONG IS MUCH SWEETER WHEN THERE ARE TEARS ON THE... Sign in to see full entry.

THE ROAD THAT TAKES ME HOME I CAN SEE TWO ROADS THAT LIE BEFORE ME AND I HAVE FREE CHOICE AS TO WHICH ONE I'LL TAKE ONE IS STRAIGHT AND NARROW AND ONE TAKES MANY A TURN ONE IS WELL TRAVELED BUT ONLY ONE TAKES ME HOME I'LL TAKE THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW THE ONE LEAST TRAVELED ON AND I'LL LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD CAUSE I KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING THERE WILL BE MANY VALLEYS AND THERE WILL BE MOUNTAIN TOPS BUT ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW AT LEAST I KNOW WHAT I'VE GOT THIS ROAD HAS MUCH JOY THIS ROAD HAS SORROW... Sign in to see full entry.

GOD WILL DELIVER ME SATAN COMES TO ME WITH A SPEAR AND A SWORD BUT I COME AT HIM IN THE NAME OF THE LORD IN THE BELLY OF A WHALE OR LOCKED UP IN JAIL GOD WILL DELIVER ME HE WILL NOT FAIL GOD WILL DELIVER ME HE'LL SET ME FREE HE'LL PUT OLD SATAN BENEATH MY FEET HIS FEATHERS WILL COVER ME UNDER HIS WINGS I WILL TRUST GOD WILL DELIVER ME IN THE NAME OF JESUS FOR THE TERROR BY NIGHT I'LL NOT BE AFRAID NOR BY THE ARROW THAT FLIES BY DAY A THOUSAND MAY FALL RIGHT BY MY SIDE BUT GOD WILL DELIVER ME FOR... Sign in to see full entry.

A SWEET REMINDER FROM MY LORD MY BURDENS JUST SEEM TO MOUNT UP EACH DAY THEY'LL MORE AND MORE I CRY OUT DEAR LORD PLEASE HELP ME AS I KNEEL HERE ON THIS FLOOR MY TEARS FALL LIKE RAINDROPS ON THE WINDOWPANE OF MY HEART NOT KNOWING HOW I'M GOING TO MAKE IT TILL I GET A SWEET REMINDER FROM MY LORD REMEMBER I SAID I WOULD NEVER LEAVE YOU BUT I WOULD GO WITH YOU ALL THE WAY REMEMBER EVEN IN THIS VALLEY MY LIGHT WILL SHOW THE WAY REMEMBER FOR ME NOTHING IS TOO HARD REMEMBER THAT I AM THE LORD MY... Sign in to see full entry.

A SWEET REMINDER FROM MY LORD MY BURDENS JUST SEEM TO MOUNT UP EACH DAY THEY'LL MORE AND MORE I CRY OUT DEAR LORD PLEASE HELP ME AS I KNEEL HERE ON THIS FLOOR MY TEARS FALL LIKE RAINDROPS ON THE WINDOWPANE OF MY HEART NOT KNOWING HOW I'M GOING TO MAKE IT TILL I GET A SWEET REMINDER FROM MY LORD REMEMBER I SAID I WOULD NEVER LEAVE YOU BUT I WOULD GO WITH YOU ALL THE WAY REMEMBER EVEN IN THIS VALLEY MY LIGHT WILL SHOW THE WAY REMEMBER FOR ME NOTHING IS TOO HARD REMEMBER THAT I AM THE LORD MY... Sign in to see full entry.

FOR THE JOY THAT'S SET BEFORE ME WHEN THE TRIALS OF THIS LIFE TRY TO BRING ME DOWN LOW I'M SO GLAD I KNOW JESUS I KNOW WHERE TO GO I WILL NOT GIVE UP THE FIGHT NO MATTER WHAT THE COST FOR THE JOY THAT'S SET BEFORE ME I'LL GLADLY BEAR MY CROSS FOR THE JOY THAT'S SET BEFORE ME I WILL CARRY ON FOR THE JOY THAT'S SET BEFORE ME I AM GOING HOME SOON I'LL CROSS THAT RIVER AND I'LL STEP ON THE OTHER SIDE FOR THE JOY THAT'S SET BEFORE ME I WILL GLADLY GIVE MY LIFE JOHN SAW THAT HOLY CITY COMING DOWN FROM... Sign in to see full entry.