Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried; Quietly, patiently, lovingly God replied. I plead and I wept for a clue to my fate And the Master so gently said, “Wait.” “Wait? You say wait?”, my indignant reply. “Lord, I need answers, I need to know why!” Is Your hand shortened? Or have You not heard? By faith I have asked, and I’m claiming your Word. My future and all to which I …Read the Rest
Archive for September, 2009
Determination
In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not practical. It had never been done before.
Just Five More Minutes
While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground.
“That’s my son over there,†she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide.
I Can’t Remember Me
I don’t contemplate the future I can’t recollect the past Lost in the land of limbo In a time that may not last The days now pass before me In an alternating blur Confusion reigns within me For a past that’s lost somewhere I know I am, for I exist The photographs don’t lie Pictures of a life now lost But I don’t remember why I see a new life …Read the Rest
I Love Every Word That You Say
No matter what happened Between me and you You were always there And showed me our love was true I made you seem perfect But you did hurt me before I never told anyone About that time you broke my heart But no matter what you did I always did forgive I still believe in your loving words That took away all my pain and hurt Three years, five months …Read the Rest
My smile is not my truth
Smiling is not my reality, I smile to fool this world. This is how I pretend to be, But this is not the truth of my life. Drowning in a flood of tears, But tears are my destiny. My vision a blur as I fulfill, And this is how I meant to be. As you regarded suicide as sin, I am not against you my heart is pure. Fate is …Read the Rest
Last page of my notebook
Whenever any thought came into my mind, I wrote it on the last page of my notebook. Whenever the lectures were boring, I played games, used to draw pictures on the last page of my notebook. When I was angry with anyone and wanted to flood my anger, I used the last page of my notebook. When I discovered I was in love with him, I shared my thoughts with …Read the Rest
Butterfly
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further. So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took …Read the Rest
