POEMS FROM THE HEART

I AM BROUGHT CLOSER TO MY GOD SOMETIMES THE TRIALS OF THIS LIFE BEAR SO HEAVY ON MY MIND MY STEPS BECOME SO LABORED MY WAY I CAN SCARCELY FIND BUT MY GOD SAID TO BELIEVE IN ME AND LET YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED NOT EVERY TIME I AM BROUGHT TO MY KNEES I AM BROUGHT CLOSER TO MY GOD WHEN MY CROSS BECOMES TOO HEAVY AND MY KNEES HIT THE GROUND AND I HAVE NOT THE STRENGTH TO GET UP AND MY TEARS ARE THE ONLY SOUND IT'S THEN THAT I CRY OUT TO JESUS AND HE REMINDS ME OF SINS HE BOUGHT EVERY TIME I AM BROUGHT... Sign in to see full entry.

HURRY IN TODAY SOON GOD WILL BE GOING OUT OF THE BUSINESS OF SAVING LOST MENS SOULS SOON TIME WILL BE NO MORE SOON THE FINAL ROLL WILL BE CALLED SOON THE DOORS TO THE ARK WILL BE CLOSING NEVER TO OPEN AGAIN SO HURRY IN TODAY TO FIND FORGIVENESS FOR YOUR SINS HURRY IN TODAY THIS DEAL CAN'T BE BEAT GOD WILL SAVE YOUR SOUL AND YOUR SOUL HE WILL KEEP IF LIVES WORRIES HAVE BROKEN YOU AND YOUR BURDENS HAVE GOTTEN YOU DOWN HURRY IN TODAY WHILE THE LORD MAY BE FOUND TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION WE HAVE... Sign in to see full entry.

HOW SWEET IS THE PRAISE IT'S SO EASY TO PRAISE HIM WHEN WE'RE 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 IS TEARS ON THE... Sign in to see full entry.

HOW COULD ANY MAN ASK FOR MORE IF I SHOULD NEVER SEE ANOTHER GOOD DAY AND IF TEARS SHOULD FOREVER FILL MY EYES AND IF A FRIEND NEVER SAYS ANOTHER KIND WORD LORD I WILL NOT COMPLAIN OR ASK YOU WHY FOR I HAVE HAD BLESSINGS FAR BEYOND MY DREAMS AND I HAVE TREASURES LAID UP THAT I COULD NEVER AFFORD AND I HAVE KNOWN THE THRILL OF YOUR PRESENCE LORD HOW COULD ANY MAN ASK FOR MORE I HAVE FELT THE TENDER TOUCH OF YOUR HAND AND THE TEARS OF JOY HAVE TASTED SO SWEET AND YOU HAVE SPOKEN PEACE TO MY... Sign in to see full entry.

I HAD HOPED MORE WOULD READ THIS HEART WRENCHING STORY OF AN OLD MANS LIFE, BUT I GAVE IT A TRY, I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT I JUST FELT COMPELLED TO SHARE HIS STORY. I WILL BE BACK TO NORMAL TOMORROW. THE DREAM DIES TODAY A DREAM FINALLY DIED ALTHOUGH IT REALLY HAD BEEN DEAD FOR YEARS I JUST COULDN'T LET IT GO SO I JUST LET IT LIVE I WOULD HAVE BEEN FAR BETTER OFF IF I HAD JUST LET IT GO MY MIND KNEW WHAT WAS BEST FOR ME BUT MY HEART JUST KEEP ON SAYING NO NOW WHAT DO YOU DO AT A TIME LIKE THIS DO YOU... Sign in to see full entry.

BEFORE I SHARE THE SECOND HALF OF THE OLD MANS STORY, I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE SOME MORE A CHANCE TO READ THE 1ST PART, MAYBE TOMORROW, THANKS TO EVERYONE. Sign in to see full entry.

THIS IS A POEM BASED ON A STORY TOLD TO ME BY AN OLD MAN WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES. COME BACK TOMORROW FOR THE 2ND AND FINAL POEM ON THIS SAME OLD MANS TEARS WRITTEN A FEW YEARS LATER. I JUST HAD TO SHARE THIS OLD MANS STORY. OLD MANS TEARS FORTY YEARS AGO YOU WENT AWAY I NEVER DID QUITE UNDERSTAND I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT IF YOU HAD KNOWN THE TRUTH YOU WOULD STILL BE HOLDING MY HAND NOW HERE AM I AN OLD MAN WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES THINKING ABOUT THE YOUNG GIRL WHO WAS THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE WHEN YOU... Sign in to see full entry.

HIS VOICE THE WINDS STILL OBEY WHEN MY SPIRIT IS OVERWHELMED I'M GLAD THE LORD IS STILL AT THE HELM THE STILL SMALL VOICE I HEAR TODAY IS THE SAME VOICE THE WINDS OBEY SO I'LL KEEP MY EYES UPON THE LORD AND I WILL FEAR NO MORE THE LORD IS STILL THE SAME TODAY HIS VOICE THE WINDS STILL OBEY THE LORD IS STILL THE SAME TODAY HIS VOICE THE WINDS STILL OBEY THE STORMS ARE STILL NO MATCH FOR HIM HIS BLOOD STILL COVERS MY SIN THE MASTER OF THE SEA IS STILL IN CONTROL AS HE WAS IN DAYS OF OLD THE LORD... Sign in to see full entry.

LIGHTNING BUGS LITTLE BOY CHASING LIGHTNING BUGS BELIEVING THEY LIGHT JUST FOR HIM TURNING ON AND OFF THEIR LIGHT AS HE HUNTS FOR SOMETHING TO PUT THEM IN LIKE TINY STARS SHINING IN THE NIGHT DANCING TO THE LAUGHTER OF A CHILD SHINING BUT THEN DISAPPEARING AGAIN BUT REALLY THERE ALL THE WHILE LIKE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS UPON A TREE BLINKING TIMELY OFF AND ON NO TREE EVER LOOKED MORE LOVELY IT WILL BE SAD WHEN THEY ARE GONE UNLIKE THE LIGHTS OF CHRISTMAS THAT ONLY COME IN THE COLD OF WINTER THE... Sign in to see full entry.

JESUS WON'T LEAVE THEM THERE I REMEMBER GOING TO MOM AND DADS TO PICK THEM UP AND GIVE THEM A RIDE THEN WE'D HEAD OFF TO CHURCH MY, WE HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME BUT NOW IT'S JUST A MEMORY NOW THAT THEY ARE GONE BUT OF ALL OF MY MEMORIES THEY ARE MY FAVORITE ONES NOW TODAY I WENT TO THE GRAVEYARD WHERE MOM AND DAD ARE LAID TO REST AND MY MIND TOOK ME BACK IN TIME MY, THOSE MEMORIES ARE THE BEST BUT WHEN IT CAME TIME TO GO ALL I COULD DO WAS STAND AND STARE THIS TIME THEY COULDN'T GO WITH ME I HAD TO... Sign in to see full entry.