{ Two Hundred Five }

"A heart full of love is not easily dictated by the actions of others."

{ Two Hundred One }

"Love is running your fingers over the cracks in someone's heart and soul while looking into their eyes with a smile that says, "I'm staying"."

~Randall Core 

{ One Hundred Twenty-Four }

"When we have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now." 

~C.S. Lewis

{ One Hundred Sixteen }

"A good marriage is a union of two forgivers."

~Ruth Graham

{ Fifty-Three }

Be Careful

Be careful what you set your heart on, for you will surely get it;

And if it isn't good for you, you may live to regret it.

Don't set your heart on material things, that perish with the using;

But the things of higher value are the things you should be choosing.

Be careful in relationship, and give them time to grow;

Infatuation never lasts in spite of all the glow.

Hold out for that special someone, who will be your friend and lover;

That one who will cherish you, above every other.

And though the road gets rough at times and uncertainty ahead;

You will always have Him by your side, remember what I have said.

~Bill Bloom

{ Forty-Six }

"Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the wind turns the minutes to hours?"

{ Thirty-One }

The Plant of Love

Love is a very tender plant, but very few know it.

It takes a lot of loving care, if you really want to grow it.

First it needs the the soil of a warm receptive heart: 

Then it needs the water of sweet words to really get a start.

Frequently the plant of love needs a caring thought or touch:

It's the little things that count, and they are really not that much.

Everyone needs the plant of love to really be alive;

For without true love for another, it is difficult to survive.

~Bill Bloom      

{ Twenty-Nine }

At Day's End

Is anybody happier because you passed his way?

Does anyone remember that you spoke to him today?

The day is almost over, and its toiling time is through.

Is there anyone to utter now a kindly word to you?
Can you say tonight in parting with the day that's slipping fast,

That you helped a single brother of the many that you passed?

Is a single heart rejoicing over what you did or said;

Does the man whose hopes were fading, now with courage look ahead?

Did you waste the day or lose it? 

Was it well or sorely spent? 

Did you leave a trail of kindness or a scar of discontent?

As you close your eyes in slumber; do you think that God will say,

"You have earned one more tomorrow by the work you did today."

~Unknown      

{ Twenty-Six }

"What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other." 

~George Elliott

{ Twenty-Two }

"Live like you'll die tomorrow, die like you'll live forever. Love like you'll leave tomorrow knowing that love lasts forever."

~Rich Mullins

{ Eighteen }

Before It Is Too Late...

The tender words unspoken,

The letters never sent,

The long-forgotten messages, 

The wealth of love unspent,--

For these some hearts are breaking,

For these some loved ones wait;

Show them that you care for them

Before it is too late.

~Unknown

{ Thirteen }

The Greatest Love

The greatest love I was ever shown, 

Was given me by those unknown.

Whose love for all of those like me, 

Was given without vanity,

Was given freely without remorse,

Free-flying into the battle course.

With courage fighting our enemy,

So our home land would always Home the Free.

So my own children can live and grow, 

My children that they did not know.

Those brave warriors,

Whose lives were lost,

All paying the terrible, ultimate cost.

The greatest heroes, woman and man,

Who gave their lives in a foreign land,

Whose last sight was the desert sand, 

All led to glory by God's tender hand.

Never again to see this sweet land,

That they so loved, that they made their stand.

Never again to take a breath free, 

Or to feel the touch of family,

 They gave up their lives so that it remained free,

For they so loved this great country.

With pride we stand and voice what we want, 

While overlooking soldier souls haunt,

Smiling while children laugh and play,

In freedom growing day by day.

All because of those unknown,  

Who's greatest wish was just to come home.

I pray that maybe, 

when they took their last breath,

That they closed their eyes,

And just before death,

Took the vision to glory,

Of American green,

And smiled when thinking of those unseen.

The greatest love I was ever shown,

Was given me by those unknown.

Thank you!

~Kim Grant       

      

{ Four }

"In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us." 

~ Romans 8:37