tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83673813404878900122024-03-05T13:58:11.457-08:00His Pen in My HandPoems of Inspiration and Encouragement in the Christian LifeThe Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-21449216544021346332018-07-07T09:12:00.000-07:002018-07-07T09:12:02.864-07:00You Loved Me<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">
I stand in awe, surrounded by Your love,</div>
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Of which to earn I could never do enough,</div>
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The price You paid, the life You gave, </div>
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To rescue me and draw me to Your heart above.</div>
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You loved me when I was unlovely,</div>
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You cared for me when I didn't care,</div>
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And although at times my heart starts to wander away,</div>
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You prove Your love is always there.</div>
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So great a gift has been bestowed on me,</div>
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Unworthy, though, to receive Your offering,</div>
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But now compelled Your love to tell,</div>
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Lord, use my life and help me point lost souls to Thee.</div>
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You loved me when I was unlovely,</div>
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You cared for me when I didn't care,</div>
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And although at times my heart starts to wander away,</div>
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You prove Your love is always there.</div>
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Help me, Lord, to see the lost as only You can see,</div>
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Give me grace to love just as You have loved me.</div>
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You loved me when I was unlovely,</div>
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You cared for me when I didn't care,</div>
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And although at times my heart starts to wander away,</div>
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You prove Your love is always there.</div>
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You always prove Your love is there.</div>
The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-18674854447802438492018-05-16T16:35:00.001-07:002018-05-16T16:35:30.140-07:00Be Still<div style="text-align: center;">
Decisions of life abound,</div>
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And foes beset us around,</div>
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But while the tempest surrounds,</div>
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My Saviour whispers to me;</div>
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Be still and know that I am God,</div>
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And rest your heart in my care,</div>
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Though weary, restless, and full of despair,</div>
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Be still and know that I am God.</div>
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So dark may be the night,</div>
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And toilsome is the fight,</div>
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The dawn not yet in sight,</div>
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My hand is hard to see;</div>
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Be still and know that I am God,</div>
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And rest your heart in my care,</div>
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Though weary, restless, and full of despair,</div>
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Be still and know that I am God.</div>
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That I am God, Who cares for your soul.</div>
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I am God; I am still in control.</div>
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Be still and know that I am God,</div>
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And rest your heart in my care,</div>
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Though weary, restless, and full of despair,</div>
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Be still and know that I am God.</div>
The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-48576390841922834982018-05-02T09:26:00.003-07:002018-05-02T09:26:39.262-07:00Bring Us Back<div style="text-align: center;">
Sometimes Your passion grows dim</div>
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And burning fires start to fade,</div>
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Forgetting what we once had been,</div>
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Our prayers are words that we say.</div>
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The hidden treasures of Your Word</div>
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Lay as gems uncovered by our eyes.</div>
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We've wondered far from Your arms, dear Lord,</div>
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And given up on the prize.</div>
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Bring us back, dear Lord, </div>
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To seek Your face.</div>
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Bring us back into Your embrace.</div>
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And once again, draw us close to home</div>
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'Till Your heartbeat becomes our own.</div>
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So blessed we are because of You,</div>
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Yet, distracted oft' we be,</div>
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Encumbered with all we do,</div>
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But loosing sight of Thee.</div>
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We boast in service to our King,</div>
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Yet our hearts have drifted from Your love.</div>
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Restore in us Your song to sing</div>
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And turn our eyes above.</div>
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Bring us back, dear Lord, </div>
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To seek Your face.</div>
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Bring us back into Your embrace.</div>
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And once again, draw us close to home</div>
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'Till Your heartbeat becomes our own.<br />
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The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-29195387809617233992018-04-24T12:59:00.001-07:002018-04-24T12:59:26.296-07:00My Simple Sacrifice<div style="text-align: center;">
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The rows of rich and wealthy</div>
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Flowed gaily past the stand,</div>
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Bestowing gifts of treasure</div>
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Of gold and silver grand.</div>
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Then, hidden in the great parade,</div>
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A lowly woman came,</div>
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In quietness and simple faith</div>
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She smiled as she gave.</div>
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Take my two mites, my simple sacrifice.</div>
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Tis all that I have to offer Thee.</div>
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With all of my heart, I give you every part,</div>
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For that is what You really want of me.</div>
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The multitudes had gathered </div>
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On the hillside by the sea,</div>
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Seeking for the Savior </div>
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Who had come from Galilee.</div>
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But as the day was far spent</div>
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A little boy arose,</div>
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Not willing just to here the Word,</div>
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He brought his little loaves.</div>
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I'll give to Christ my simple sacrifice,</div>
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Tis all that I have to offer Thee.</div>
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With all of my heart, I give you every part,</div>
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For that is what You really want of me.</div>
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You ask not for great riches,</div>
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Nor for feasts from the stall,</div>
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Neither great, astounding talent;</div>
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You want my very all.</div>
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I'll give to Christ my simple sacrifice,</div>
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Tis all that I have to offer Thee.</div>
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With all of my heart, I give you every part,</div>
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For that is what You really want of me.</div>
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The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-78145207140601475362018-04-14T20:30:00.001-07:002018-04-14T20:31:16.357-07:00The Family Table<div style="text-align: center;">
The memories flood my mind when I think of yesterday;</div>
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My sisters and my brothers at our play,</div>
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The tree forts and the kites,</div>
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The baseballs and the bikes,</div>
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And doing all our chores the right way.</div>
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But when the day was done,</div>
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And inside we all had come,</div>
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The very best of memories was made--</div>
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'Round the family table, where the Word of God was read,</div>
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We learned of His salvation over beans and cornbread,</div>
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Each question was welcome there,</div>
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Each heart was shown God's love and care</div>
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When we all gathered 'round the family table.</div>
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I think back on the times I learned life's greatest things,</div>
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About how I could glorify our King.</div>
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The pulpit stirred my soul,</div>
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Pointed me to the goal,</div>
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As I worshipped God beside the redeemed.</div>
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But the truths I most remember</div>
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Were shared in ways so tender,</div>
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When each Sunday afternoon we'd all sing,</div>
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And 'round the family table, where the Word of God was read,</div>
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We learned of His salvation over beans and cornbread,</div>
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Each question was welcome there,</div>
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Each heart was shown God's love and care</div>
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When we all gathered 'round the family table.</div>
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And through the years I find </div>
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That table still in mind </div>
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With echoes coming back to me </div>
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Of laughter and tears </div>
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Of shared joys and fears</div>
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It was more to us than bread and meat,</div>
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We wanted to be </div>
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Round the family table, where the Word of God was read,</div>
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We learned of His salvation over beans and cornbread,</div>
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Each question was welcome there,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Each heart was shown God's love and care</div>
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When we all gathered 'round the family table.</div>
The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-62007234596411273102018-04-14T13:09:00.003-07:002018-04-14T13:09:56.117-07:00Father, Hold My Hand<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
As a Child I had no need to fear</div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">For I knew my father was near,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">When some troubling woe would come my way</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I would run to him and say,</span></div>
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<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“Father, here’s my hand, I offer you my hand.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I can’t see, but I know you have a plan.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">This life is too big for me to handle on my own,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">So, father, hold my hand.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Time is pressing on and life still brings fears</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And my way is ofte</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">n unclear</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But my Father in Heaven holds night and day</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And I run to Him and say,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“Father, here’s my hand, I offer </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">You</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> my hand.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I can’t see, but I know </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">You</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> have a plan.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">This life is too big for me to handle on my own,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">So, Father, hold my hand.</span></div>
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<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I empty myself of my plans and dreams,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Placing them at </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Your</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> feet,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">For </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Your</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> ways and thoughts are far above mine,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I’m trusting only in Thee.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“Father, here’s my hand, I offer you my hand.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I can’t see, but I know you have a plan.</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">This life is too big for me to handle on my own,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">So, father, hold my hand.</span></div>
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The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-25031470707025704782018-04-14T13:06:00.003-07:002018-04-14T13:06:21.999-07:00Little One<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Little one, li</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ttle one, I held you in my womb,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Little one, little one, for you my heart has room.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Firstfruits</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> of my only love,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Sweetest gift from God above,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Little one, my darling babe, you are my treasure.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Little one, little one, with smallest hands and toes,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Little one, little one, with tiny ears and nose,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">God, He fashioned every part,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">For Him keep a tender heart,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Little one</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> my darling babe, you are my treasure.</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Little one, little one, I laugh to see you play,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Little one, little one, oh learn to work and pray.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">As you’re growing, I’ll grow too,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">As you learn I’ll learn with you,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Little one, my darling babe, you are my treasure.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Little one, little one,</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> the days are </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">hast’ning</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> on,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Little one, little one,</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> soon you’ll be grown and gone.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">take</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> to heart the words I teach,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">In your life the Gospel preach,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">You’ll always be my darling babe; you are my treasure.</span></div>
The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-48911063515412663602018-04-14T13:03:00.003-07:002018-04-14T13:03:42.999-07:00Mommy, Are Your Watching Me<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
Playing in the floor was my little baby boy,</div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Gently cooing fondly </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">o’re</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> his toy,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Then I heard his struggling effort </span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And I glanced up just in time</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">To see my boy roll over</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, </span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Then his tiny eyes met mine</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">;</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“Mommy, are you watching me?</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I rolled over, did you see?</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I know there are much bigger things</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">That could capture your attention,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But, Mommy, are you watching me?”</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The months passed by, and then, one ordinary day,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">My baby boy slowly made his way</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Across the room and then with care</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He stood and walked a baby mile,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And as he reached the end he met me</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">With his biggest smi</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">le.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“Mommy, are you watching me?</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I can walk now, did you see?</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I know there are much bigger things </span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">That could capture your attention,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But, Mommy, are you watching me?”</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The years passed swiftly by, and soon my little man could</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Ride a bike and whittle on some would.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Then, one day, I heard a shout</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And peering through the window,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">My </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">young man drove into the lane,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He wanted me to know</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">;</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“Mommy, are you watching me?</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I can drive now, did you see?</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I know there are so many other</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> things</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">that</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> could capture your attention,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But, Mommy, are you watching me?”</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Then one day I saw my boy become a man</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">As he proudly made his vows and held her hand.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I watched their love abound </span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And in not to long at all,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I smiled as I took the phone,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Received his happy call</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">;</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“Mommy, are you watch</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ing me?</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I’m a daddy, did you see?</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">You’ve always made me feel that I was</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Worth all of your attention,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Still, Mommy, are you watching me?</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Mommy, are you watching me?</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I’m a man, don’t you see?</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">From your eyes I find the courage</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And the strength to be strong.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Oh, Mommy, are you watching me?”</span></div>
The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-89260726200646886662018-04-14T13:01:00.000-07:002018-04-14T13:01:03.079-07:00He Who Can See <div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
A face of stone with empty eyes arose from sodden clay,</div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Carved by works of humankind with chisel sharp and grey,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">It’s hands required foreign touch to form its hardened span,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Then kneeling to the idol came the fervent prayer of man</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">;</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“Oh, thou whose eyes that I have formed,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Please see my broken heart.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Thou whose hands that I arranged,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Please, grace and love impart,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">O’re</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> my sin-sick soul I plead</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Great words of life so dear</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Ears I fashioned with my hand</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Please hear my deepest prayer.”</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The sullen silence trembled on, how vast and great the loss!</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The god created out of stone was nothing more than dross.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">In desperation and </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">despair</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, when hope was nearly gone,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Man reached into his stricken heart, cried to himself alone</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">;</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“Oh eyes I see reflecting back,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Please see my broken heart.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Hands that I have labored with,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Please give me one more start.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">From my sin-sick soul I plead </span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">New words of life so dear.”</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But the ears that I had spoken to</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Refused to hear my prayer.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Then in the bleakness of the night came rustling </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">o’re</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> the hills,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">At first a whisper, then a shout, that pierced my soul with thrills.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">A cross arose, a tomb stood bare, the clouds began to roll,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">His voice so tender, yet so strong engulfed my very soul.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“He whose eyes you cannot see</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Can see your broken heart. </span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He whose hands you cannot touch</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Will grace and love </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">impart,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">From the mouth hidden from view</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Flow </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Words of Life so dear,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The ears not fashioned by men’s hands</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Can hear your deepest prayer.”</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Hand in hand with Jesus we’ll run this earthly race,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">‘Till, one day, we shall see Him and look upon His face.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">For Jesus Christ God’s only Son</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Can mend our broken hearts,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">His pierced hands are reaching out</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">To give a brand new start,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">His mouth speaks mercy through His blood,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">His arms will draw you near,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The ears of God Almighty </span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Will hear your deepest prayer.</span></div>
The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-33609189414260179022018-04-14T12:55:00.001-07:002018-04-14T12:55:14.533-07:00A Girl’s Prayer <div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
There are many maidens searching</div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">For what can make them beautiful</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">They spend their days concerning</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Whether not they’ve reached their goal.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Some choose the way of worldly fame</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And popularity,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">My prayer is that my heart would aim</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">To glorify my King.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Give me sparkling eyes, smiling lips, </span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">and</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> a singing heart</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Give me sparkling eyes, smiling lips,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">and</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> a singing heart,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">May </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Your</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> joy dwell in me that all who see</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Would be drawn to the warmth of </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Your</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> love,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">May </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">my</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> life point others to the Father </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">above.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">To be beautiful some would say</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">One must wear the fancy clothes,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Or set ones hair in fair array,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And adorn one’s self with gold,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Your Word says favor is deceitful</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And outward beauty’s vain,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But a quiet spirit with meekness full</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Bring honor to </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Your</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> name.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Give me sparkling eyes, smiling lips, </span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">and</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> a singing heart,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Give me sparkling eyes, smiling lips,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">and</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> a singing heart,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">May </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Your</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> joy dwell in me that all who see</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Would be drawn to the warmth of </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Your</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> love,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">May my life point others to the Father </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">above.</span></div>
The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-84039773660159788592018-04-14T12:49:00.003-07:002018-04-14T12:49:21.407-07:00What Matters Most<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
With scrub brush in hand and soaps for to clean,</div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The vacuum right ready to conquer my dream.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I vividly pictured a sparkling tub,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Ultra-wiped mirrors and floors without mud.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The sound of the washer would soon hum away,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Yup</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">! I’d have a clean house by the end of the day.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But, no sooner had </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I put the soap to my rag</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I heard a small cry from my babe down for nap.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I looked at my rag and glanced at the dirt,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And sighed but a moment for my task would be hurt.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But no more than a moment, for the summon was great</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And I ran to my baby whose tears did </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">await</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I picked him right up, and his soft </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">blankie</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> too,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I gently </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">smiled and gave him a coo.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Then as I rocked him and softly sang,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I saw in his eyes that he called my name.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“Mommy,” he said, “I and growing so fast</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Turn once and blink twice, my youth will not last.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">When I am bigger I’ll help with the chores,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I’ll wash all the dishes and help you mop floors.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But, for now, Mommy, </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">please just listen to me,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Your love and your care is my greatest of needs.”</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">A housewife I’ll be all the days of my life,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But a mommy of babes I can never be twice.</span></div>
The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-16030391142928948572018-04-14T12:46:00.003-07:002018-04-14T12:46:38.017-07:00What If...<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if my house was always </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">spotless,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if my floors were </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">clean,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if my laundry was washed and folded,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if my mirrors </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">gleamed,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if I had the time to </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">do</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Whatever I so chose,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if my days were free to </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">go</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">However I supposed,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if the merchant shops could </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">see</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">My face each Saturday,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if my friends could meet for </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">lunch</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">On every other day,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if my nights always allowed</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">A snuggle with my man,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if my sleep was never </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">short,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">My hours weren't on demand,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if my clothes were always </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">class</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Instead of Mother-proved,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if...what if my little babe</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Was suddenly removed...</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if I never heard him </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">cry</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Or saw his trusting eyes,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if I never held </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">again</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">My precious little prize,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if I never felt his tiny</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Fingers clutching mine,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if I never knew the </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">awe</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Of Sovereign Design,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if I never saw his </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">smile</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Or heard his little laugh,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if the gentle coos I </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">heard</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Was nothing but my </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">half,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if I never saw the </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">world</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Through a little child's view,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if I never had the </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">chance</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">To see a future new,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if I had </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">accomplishment</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Yet never time to ponder</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The miracle of life through</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The mind of a child's wonder,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">What if I had </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">perfection</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But never knew the joy</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Of what it is to love and be loved</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">By a bouncing baby boy?</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-8549280340923307892018-04-14T12:43:00.000-07:002018-04-14T12:43:12.038-07:00The Vow<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Wherever you may go,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Wherever you may lodge,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Your people shall be mine,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Your God shall be my God.</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">This I vow to you,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">To you I will be true,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">In sickness and in health,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Poverty or wealth,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Always only loving you.</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">This day I hold your hand,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">(So tenderly your hand)</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And give you all my heart,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">(The deepest of my heart)</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And as a golden flame</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">(A candle's golden flame)</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">We shall never part.</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">(No, never part)</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Side by side we'll go</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">(By your side I'll go)</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And journey on life's way,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">(Toward Heaven's Day)</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Thru' the darkest night,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Beneath starry light,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Even to a brighter day.</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And we will write our sorrows in the sand,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And all our blessings we will write in stone,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">From this day forward we'll go hand in hand,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Until death us part you'll never walk alone.</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I promise I'll be true,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">With loyalty to you,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">All that was once my own</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I now do share with you.</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Before our God above,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">We now are made as one.</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I take you as my own,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Together we will grow,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Until this our journey's done.</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">This I vow to you,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Promise I will do,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Until this our journey's done.</span></div>
The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-73343520969218847282018-04-14T12:30:00.003-07:002018-04-14T12:33:08.065-07:00The Picture<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
I held it with fondness, beholding each trace</div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Such feelings of love made my heart skip inside,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I wanted to guard </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">it,</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> I wanted to keep it,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">For this was a picture of my groom and I.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I treasured its meaning, I cherished its glow,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Jealousy surged as protectiveness grew;</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I wanted to show it for the whole world to see,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I wanted to keep it quite hidden from view.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">How special it was</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">! Like gold to my heart,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Nothing portrayed our affection as this.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">It displayed our loyalty, tenderness</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">care,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The strength of our love and the joy of our bliss.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Then, quick as a flash, a thought came to me,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I saw as my portrait was ripped in my face.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The anguish of sorrow! </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">the</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> grief striking deep!</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The anger that throbbed for what can’t be replaced!</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And quick as the las</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">t, I pondered again,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And saw yet more closely the heart of our Lord.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Oh, how He must treasure His picture divine,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">A picture of love that the world can’t afford.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">So many questions invaded my mind</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Is God brought to </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">tears when</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> His picture is marred?</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Does His </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">heart throb</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> when society takes</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">His picture of marriage and tramples it hard?</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">When that which was made </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">to </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">portray</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> deepest love</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Is twisted and mocked, and battered with hate,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Does sorrow and anguish fill even God’s </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">heart</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">As He watches His picture </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">desentigrate</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">?</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Then, softly, I heard the voice of my Lord,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“Such sorrow I feel, yet how much more the pain</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">When those who portray my picture are filled </span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">With selfishness, pride, and casting the blame.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">My love for my Church and My people is great</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And from those who are lost I didn’t want to hide,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">So I designed marriage—one man and one wife,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">To be such a picture of My Bride and I.</span></div>
The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-32023398896511271052018-04-14T12:26:00.003-07:002018-04-14T12:27:36.756-07:00Mommy of My Babe<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I gazed at my wee lad</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">my baby was he,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And felt so unworthy his mother to be.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Each silky-soft hair, his tiny round nose</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">—</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">So perfectly formed from his head to his toes.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">My heart filled with wonder beholding my child,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">A radiant glow filled his spirit so mild.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Yet, while so enthralled with his tender repose,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I struggled with feelings I could not disclose.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">This innocent baby, with character untouched,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">This gift straight from Heaven that I loved so much,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">To me he was given to </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">raise</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> up and train,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">To guide and instruct, and to make God’s way plain.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But what did perplex me and drive me to tears</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">?</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">That I’d be </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">complacent,</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> was my biggest fear.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I sat face to face with my life’s greatest mission,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The moment had come that I’d hoped for with vision.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Yet, instead of a feeling of spiritual zeal</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And swelling with passion and courage like steel,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Instead of a thrill like to climbing the steep,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I felt rather empty and inwardly weak.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I gazed at my babe while tears streamed down my face</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And cried to my Father beseeching His grace.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Then</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">.,</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> just as the dawn would pierce through night’s dim,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">My baby, though sleeping, broke forth with a grin.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">His lips, small and rosy</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, framed such a dear smile</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">That would melt icy </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">hearts,</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> make the lame run a mile.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">As if God had whispered in his tiny ear,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He sent me a message I needed to hear</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">;</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“Oh, Mommy, I am but a small, helpless babe</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But please do not cry, for I’m sure we relate.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Great spiritual zeal from victories won,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And courage astounding—of these I have none.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">High aspirations I have not yet known,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">For how can I reap what has not yet been sown?</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I don’t need the feelings of passionate pride,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I just need loving arms, open and wide.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I don’t need eloquence, just whispers of love,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Words that will </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">tell me of Jesus above.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I don’t need and orator, and actor, or queen,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I just need a mommy who’ll rock me to sleep.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I need but a caring ear to hear when I cry,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I need warm and tender hands to draw me so nigh</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">So, Mommy, don’t weep for prestige or for pride,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Just hold to my little hand—in your love I will thrive.</span></div>
The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-29281212437258523092018-04-14T12:22:00.000-07:002018-04-14T12:22:49.174-07:00Leave Their Souls To Me<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: helvetica;">In suit and tie with evil eye</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Rose Hitler to the stand,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He spoke with ease that would appease</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">All those of Daniel's Band.</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Polished pews and pulpits screwed,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He promised with a gleam,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">They could preach, yet with a breach,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Full Liberty it seemed.</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">They wouldn't hurt, he said with </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">kirt</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">If they stayed within their walls,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He'd separate the Church and State</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">So religion wouldn't fall.</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But one young man who'd sat at hand,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Had heard enough smooth say,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">This preacher boy had seen the ploy</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And forward made his way.</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Eye to eye with courage high,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">To Hitler thus he told,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">"We don't need our buildings freed,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">We want our Country's souls!"</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Then, like he dwelt an infidel,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">His friends became his foe,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Those he thought had with </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">with</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> him wrought</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">;</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The words were his alone.</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">They got him out so quick and stout</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">As Hitler smiled to see,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">"The steeple's yours," he said in course,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">"Just leave the souls to me."</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">So, buffing pews, butchering Jews,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He made a hell in heaven,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">While preachers swayed the other way,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Continued in fair </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">livi'n</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">.</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But not yet told of Hitler old</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Is horror's endless </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">feat,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Six million snuffed was not enough</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">For Hitler's hungry teeth.</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">In bloodthirsty rage a slaughter has waged</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">As the innocent are plucked from their homes,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">We cover our eyes at the screams and the cries,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Then hurry on to live lives of our own.</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">A hell has been made on heaven's domain,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The Hiding Place has been betrayed,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">That which had been the safest for men</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Has into a Death Camp been </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">made.</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Sometimes we teach and solemnly preach,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">"It's not right! It should not be this way!"</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But the </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Hitlers</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> just smile through their teeth and their wiles</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">As they stealthily whisper to say,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">"Go polish your shoes and straighten your pews,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And preach to your walls' population</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">;</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The steeple is yours but the people are ours,</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Yes, ours are the souls of the nation."</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Oh, where are the men who will stand up to sin</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And fight to save innocent lives?</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Where are the women who'll take what God's </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">given</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And defeat the Feminist lies?</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Are we to go on living dreams of our </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">own</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">While the lions devour our babes?</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Or will we arise and speak up for their cries</span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And demand for their souls to be saved?</span></div>
The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-38049282563420854072018-04-14T12:18:00.001-07:002018-04-14T12:18:17.938-07:00Kitchen Dance’n<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Sweat may be </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">pour’n</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">feet may be </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ache’n</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Brows may be furrowed from hay bale </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">pitch’n</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But, though work is </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">call’n</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> and labors </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">are</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">pull’n</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">‘Tis</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> never too much for a dance in the kitchen</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Folks may demand, consumers command,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Time may be </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">tick’n</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> and deadlines a-</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">crunch’n</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Though shoes may keep </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">run’n</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> at everyone’s summon</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Just kick them right off for a dance in the kitchen.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Rain may be </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">pound’n</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, and thunder </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">resound’n</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The cloudiest day might keep everyone </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">itch’n</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The storm sounds may holler, make </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ya</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> run for the </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">celler</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But at the end of the day there’s a dance in the kitchen</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Be under the weather</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">feel worse than ever,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Baby is </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">cry’n</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">the kiddos are </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">munch’n</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The beans have burned</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> and the cat hasn’t learned—</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">There </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ain’t</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> no better time for a dance in the kitchen.</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a></div>
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The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-49228323726583151642018-04-07T13:44:00.001-07:002018-04-07T13:44:29.162-07:00When I’ve Given It My All<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">When the Battle i</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">sn’t</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> dying</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And I’m weary sore from fighting,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And I feel I cannot go another mile,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">When I am at my lowest,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He yet more grace </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">bestoweth</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">When I am through, God begins to smile.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He sees when a sparrow falls,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He hears when a baby calls,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He knows when I’ve given it my all,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And that’s when</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">H</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">e takes my trembling hand,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He lifts me from the sinking sand,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">For then, He can work His master plan.</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">It’s only in the nothing,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">That He can do everything,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">For when I am my weakest He is strong.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">When I’ve climbed the highest mountain,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Just to find another waiting</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">That’s when He gives me one more song.</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He sees when a sparrow falls,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He hears when a baby calls,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He knows when I’ve given it my all,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And that’s when</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He takes my trembling hand,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He lifts me from the sinking sand,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">For then, He can work His master plan.</span></div>
The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-79759991908092180172018-04-07T13:35:00.000-07:002018-04-07T13:35:00.001-07:00Make Me Your Hands and Feet<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Empty, lost and hopeless, in a world of fear,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">People wander aimlessly with none to care. </span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Crying out for someone who will hear their deepest cry,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">In the darkness, in their blindness,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Knowing not that for them </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">You</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> died.</span></div>
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<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Lord, to be </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Your</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> messenger, this I ask of Thee,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Not to speak words of eloquence</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">but</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> to touch the heart that’s in need.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Lifting up the fallen ones with the love of Calvary</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">To every soul and every wounded heart,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">May I be </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Your</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> hands and feet.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">To walk alongside the lonely,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">To help the feeble to stand,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">To bind up the wounds of the broken,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And touch with </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Your</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> loving hand.</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Lord, to be </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Your</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> messenger, this I ask of Thee,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Not to speak words of eloquence</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">B</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ut to touch the heart that’s in need.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Lifting up the fallen ones with the love of Calvary</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">To every soul and every wounded heart,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">May I be </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Your</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> han</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ds and feet.</span></div>
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The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-67555844318570796962018-04-07T13:32:00.003-07:002018-04-07T13:32:13.798-07:00Look Unto Me<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">I was afraid to even pray</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> </span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">"Thy will be done."</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">I held so tightly to my way,</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> a</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">fraid to kneel.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">For, though I knew at Calvary</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> m</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">y Savior won,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Still, distant storm clouds frightened me;</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> but now I feel—</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">His tender voice is bringing warmth</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> a</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">midst the cold,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">His gentle arm is holding me</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> s</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">afe and secure,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">His calming peace, His boundless love,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Infinit</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">e</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> grace, strength from above,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">"Look not unto what </span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">lies</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> ahead,</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> l</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">ook unto Me."</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Though trials may come, though storms arise,</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> y</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">et will I </span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">sing.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">With yielded will, I fix my eyes</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> u</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">pon my Lord,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Finding my hope in Him alone,</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> m</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">y sovereign King,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Holding His hand to lead me </span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Home</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">,</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> t</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">rusting His Word.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">His tender voice is bringing warmth</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> a</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">midst the cold,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">His gentle arm is holding me</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> s</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">afe and secure,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">His calming peace, His boundless love,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Infinite grace, strength from above,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">"Look not unto what </span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">lies</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> ahead,</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> l</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">ook unto Me."</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">And looking not unto the path ahead,</span></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Let come what may, I do not fear or dread,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">For I have heard my Savior say to me,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">"Not to the future, but unto </span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Me</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> bow the knee."</span></span></div>
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<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">His tender voice is bringing warmth</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> a</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">midst the cold,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">His gentle arm is holding me</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> s</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">afe and secure,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">His calming peace, His boundless love,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Infinit</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">e</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> grace, strength from above,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">"Look not unto what </span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">lies</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> ahead,</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> l</span></span><span class="s4" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">ook unto Me."</span></span></div>
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The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-76904975315886649602018-04-07T13:29:00.003-07:002018-04-07T13:29:28.271-07:00It’s Not The End<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
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<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I watched as my dreams began to crumble</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Like autumn leaves upon the road I trod,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">No matter where I placed my feet</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">My plans all shattered on the street</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Everything I’d worked for seemed as naught.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">With tears and sweat I labored for this day</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Just to wake up and see it all was swept away.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Could I find a brand new start?</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Or would that also fall apart?</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Was there more to life than being a slave?</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“Take heart, </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">My</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> son,” I heard my Father say,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“You’re not the only one I have led along this way.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I know it confounds the wise,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Don’t let it take you by surprise,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The seeds I plant to bring forth fruit must first die.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">It’s not the end.”</span></div>
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<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Joseph I led through Egypt’s dungeon,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Jeremiah I placed within the mire.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Daniel who was good and true</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">To the hungry lions’ mouths I threw,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Three Hebrew friends I led into the fire.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Then one dark day, long ago, I came,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And in the eyes of men I threw my life away.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">But what the world would hide from view</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Are the </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">vict’ries</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> that </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ensued,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And I have a broader plan for you.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; padding-left: 36px;"></span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“Take heart, </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">My</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> son,” I heard my Father say,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“You’re not the only one I have led along this way.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I know it confounds the wise,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Don’t let it take you by surprise,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The seeds I plant to bring forth fruit must first die.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">It’s not the end.”</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; padding-left: 36px;"></span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"></span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And just before the dawn the night is darkest,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And when all hope is gone </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">My</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> glory shines brightest.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“Take heart, </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">My</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> son,” I heard my Father say,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“You’re not the only one I have led along this way.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I know it confounds the wise,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Don’t let it take you by surprise,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The seeds I plant to bring forth fruit must first die.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">It’s not the end.”</span></div>
The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-61262356379352202932018-04-07T13:26:00.003-07:002018-04-07T13:26:37.397-07:00If He Can Use a Stable<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
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<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">If He can use the smallest things to work His mighty plan,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">If He can use the simple things to draw men to His hand,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">If He can speak through paupers low a message to the world,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Then may my prayer be always that through me He can be heard</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">.</span></div>
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<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Take our home and use it for Thy</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> glory</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Take our heart and use it for Thy </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Thone</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">If Thy birthplace was a shed,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">If a manger gave Thee bed,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">If a hillside gave Thee place where the hungry </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">could be fed,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Then take our humble lives, and use them as Thine Own.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">If He can use a virgin’s womb to bear the King of kings,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">If He can make His presence known through songs a shepherd sings,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">If He can turn a stable to a holy temple place,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Then I will bow with contrite heart and offer him my praise.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Take our home and use it for Thy glory</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Take our heart and use it for Thy </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Thone</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">If Thy birthplace was a shed,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">If a manger gave Thee bed,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">If a hillside gave Thee place where the hungry could be fed,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Then take our humble lives, and use them as Thine Own.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">If He can use a stable,</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> if He can use a hill,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Then what I have to offer, He can use that still.</span></div>
<div style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Take our home and use it for Thy glory</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Take our heart and use it for Thy </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Thone</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">If Thy birthplace was a shed,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">If a manger gave Thee bed,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">If a hillside gave Thee place where the hungry could be fed,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Then take our humble lives, and use them as Thine Own.</span></div>
The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-34536497299414753942018-04-07T13:24:00.001-07:002018-04-07T13:24:12.261-07:00I Shall Yet Praise Him<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I shall yet praise Him</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> f</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">or the help of His countenance.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I will remember </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">what He w</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">rought in days of old.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Though now the night be dark upon me,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">To His goodness I will bow the knee,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">For soon the dawn will break </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">with glories yet untold.</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Yet, the Lord will command</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">His lovingkindness in the day,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He will guide me in the glory of His light</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And in the night His song shall be</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Echoing sweet melody,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">And my prayer unto the God of my life.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I will remember what He wrought in days of old.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Though now the night be dark upon me,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">To His goodness I will bow the knee,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">For soon the dawn will break with glories yet untold.</span></div>
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The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-72164584221653960122018-04-07T13:20:00.002-07:002018-04-07T13:20:48.276-07:00I Am The Truth<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Vs. 1) </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">This</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> world is in confusion, blinded by the darkness of sin;</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">They cry, “Peace! Peace!” when nothing but chaos rules </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">within.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Some are groping for a purpose, some their own gods try to prove,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Yet within the soul of every man is a longing for the truth.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Vs. 2) </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">The</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> changing winds of doctrine, the many religions of man,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Gods of stone and wood, all leave the lost with an empty hand.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Like Pilate cried, “What is the Truth</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">?!</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">” so cry the lost today.</span></span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">And hear the Way, the Truth, the Life, our Savior, </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Christ</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">, proclaim:</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Ch.) I am the Truth!</span></span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">I am absolute Sovereign, Lord of Heaven and earth,</span></span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">I give life purpose; I’m the Maker of the universe.</span></span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">I am the Truth!</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Vs. 3) </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Some</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> say there are no absolute, or claim there is no Almighty God,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">That creation has just come about by chance and time’s applause.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">But all throughout the ages the call rings out to man,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Through the th</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">under and the whispering breeze—</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> ‘tis the voice of the Great I Am!</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Ch.) I am the Truth!</span></span></div>
<div class="s3" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">I am absolute Sovereign, Lord of Heaven and earth,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">I give life purpose; I’m the Maker of the universe.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">I am the Truth!</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Bridge) </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Beside</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;"> me there is none, apart from Me no life,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">All other gods have fallen, but today I am alive—alive!</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">Ch.) I am the Truth!</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">I am absolute Sovereign, Lord of Heaven and earth,</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">I give life purpose; I’m the Maker of the universe.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 19.799999237060547px;">I am the Truth!</span></span></div>
The Linzey Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987665589955280884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367381340487890012.post-40942594313975973742018-04-07T13:15:00.003-07:002018-04-07T13:15:16.203-07:00God So Loved the World<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Born in a barn, laid in a cattle trough,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Raised by a carpenter so none could say,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“He didn’t know my poverty.”</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">With not a place to lay His weary head,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">An outcast </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">by His own</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> so none could say,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“He didn’t know my need.”</span></div>
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<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He came into our world the lowest of the low,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The spotless Son of God embraced our filth below,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The perfect Prince of Heav’n eternal, so lovely as He was,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Became a mortal man all because</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">That God to loved the world.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Mocked and despised, refused by noble men,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Accused by wrongful lies, so none could say,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“He didn’t know my lon</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">e</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">liness.”</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Stripped and oppressed, beaten and cruelly scorned,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Nailed to the worst of deaths, so none could say,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“He knew not my distress.”</span></div>
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<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He came into our world the lowest of the low,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The spotless Son of God embraced our filth below,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The perfect Prince of Heav’n eternal, so lovely as He was,</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Became a mortal man all because</span></div>
<div class="s2" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">That God to loved the world.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">There’s none that here can stand and say,</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">“He knows not where I am.”</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">There’s not a lot or need on earth</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> o</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ur Lord can’t understand.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">So I am full persuaded that naught can separate </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Us from His love, nor any prayer our God can’t undertake.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">For, </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">He came into our world the lowest of the low,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The spotless Son of God embraced our filth below,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The perfect Prince of Heav’n eternal, so lovely as He was,</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Became a mortal man all because</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">That God to loved the world.</span></div>
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