Poems/Prayers

Prayer of St. Francis
Lord make me an instrument of Thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness ...

Her Journey
Don't think of her as gone away, her journey's just begun,
life holds so many facets this earth is only one. Just think of her as resting from the sorrow and the tears in a place of warmth and comfort, where there are ...

23rd Psalm
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. Yea, though I walk through ...

I'm Free
Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free, I'm following the path God laid for me. I took His hand when I heard Him call
I turned my back and left it all. I could not stay another day
To laugh, to love, to work or play. Tasks left undone must stay that way. I found that place at the ...

Afterglow
I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one, I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I'd like to leave an echo whispering softly ...

A Little While
Fill not your heart with pain and sorrow, But remember me in every tomorrow... Remember the joy, the laughter, The smiles, I've only gone to rest a little while. Although my leaving...

A True Fisherman
A true fisherman knows when and where the fish are biting
He rises up early in the morning, plying the water for that elusive catch, waiting in the stillness for ...

Autumn Rain
Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond's gilt on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn's rain. When you awaken ...

Dad
Do you know our pain? Do you know our hearts are breaking? Our childhood years with fun and games.
Our adult lives sometimes brought pain. You were there when you were needed. Your love for us was all we needed. Now you're gone and we're still here.
We'll miss you more each passing year. Our hearts are heavy ...

God's Garden
God looked around the garden, And found an empty space.
He looked down upon the earth, And saw your tired face.
He put His arms around you And lifted you to rest. God's garden must be beautiful, For He only takes ...

Safely Home
I am home in Heaven, dear ones;
Oh, so happy and so bright! There is perfect joy and beauty In this everlasting light. All the pain and grief is over,
Every restless tossing passed; I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in Heaven at last. Did you wonder I ...