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SPRING

Spring!

 

There’s something so exhilarating about spring

That makes a person want to sing!

The refreshing sights of leaf and flower

Seem to give our spirits power

Straight from Heaven up above  us

Spring showers and flowers from God who loves us!

Spring ‘s special touch renews our engery;

Stimulating  and invigorating it can be!!

I wonderf if God’s angels sing

Rejoicing with us on earth

Over the sheer joy of

SPRING!

Thena

Prayer

Prayer
Sometimes we get caught up
In feeling eloquence is needed to pray
That our fluency in our expression
Might prove our aptness for a worthy prayer
Thinking somehow that God listens
To see if we have that flair.
And that otherwise God might not hear
The simple prayers we need to pray
If there isn’t an elegant flow of persuasiveness
In  the words we choose to say.
But sometimes I’ve had an urgent matter
That I needed to speak to God about
And in my time of such distress
“Help” is the only word that would come out.
Thena

Why You Should Not Buy a New Area Rug...

You buy a new area rug, it makes the floors look bad, you put in new floors and the furniture looks bad, buy new furniture but first you have to repaint and the new paint makes the drapes look bad and the new drapes show from the outside so the outside of the house has to be repainted and the new looking house makes the car look tacky so you need a new car...this is why one should never buy a new area rug!!! LOL

 

You could disrupt the entire neighborhood and cause a wild spending spree!

Pray for Japan

Japan, You Are in Our Hearts

http://www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/2043648

 

And pray for the effects that will be felt all over the world.

 

 

http://www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/2043648

A very small little book

Japan, You are in Our Hearts

http://www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/2043648

 

I have so many friends in Japan. I put together a tiny little book to try to raise some money to contribute for aid to Japan.

 

 

On that Day

 

On that Day

What were you doing that day?
Were the children off to school
Or outdoors to play?
What were the last words
You heard your loved ones say?

What was on your calendar for the day?
And what errands had you planned to run?
And what did you do;
What did you have to leave undone?

Those of you who have survived this awful
And  heart wrenching   tragedy no doubt
Have done some serious thinking about your future
And what your life is all about.

It has happened to so many of us
That sudden change in life’s priorities and goal
When a sudden catastrophic illness or event
Takes things out of our control.

Though this magnitude of pain and loss
Suffered by our dear friends across the sea
May not have been in our experience
It affects everyone we see.

To see the tears that stain the faces
Of those on the TV screen each day
Puts our hearts in pain for you
And our minds at a loss for words to say.

We think of the questions not to interrogate or accuse
But because these are things we could face too.
It reminds us that any one of us could be
In the same situation that in your country we see.

It is the humanity in us and our alikeness
That poses these words  that we say
For it could have been any one of us dear friends
That set about not even imagining the trauma of the day.
Thena

 

       Prayer for Japan

 Dear God in Heaven up above
God of Mercy, God of Love
We lift up our neighbor and our friend
And ask that your angels you would send
To help this country whose needs you know
To go where humans cannot go
To rescue those who are trying to do
Things only done by a chosen few.
They risk their lives and know it's so
To go where most humans dare not go.
What heroes they have bred in that city
Who ask not for our country's pity.
But that if we can help in any way
We would send that help today.
Remind all your children. Lord to pray.

Thena
 

Japan Our Hearts Are With You

 

We keep seeing those heartbreaking photos
That fill the news each day
And we long to reach out and comfort you
But we can’t find the words to say.

We believers lift our prayers to Heaven
And ask God to bless and heal
And that to each hurting family
His love He would reveal.

We cannot say “We know how you feel”
For most have not known such pain as this
Which has caused so much of what you know
To have ceased in moments to exist.

Please forgive us if our attempts seem clumsy
And if we stumble over words of sympathy to you
For this is so beyond what we can comprehend
And we’re at a loss at just what to do.

But allow us to share our love and compassion
In whatever ways we are able to do
Because from the very depths of our hearts
We hurt for you.

We love you dear friends
And each day
For your healing and recovery
We pray.

Thena Smith

For Our Friends in Japan

Dear Friends,
How we wish we could reach out
And hug you close to us today
And let you know there is real love
Behind the words we say.

We see your photos on TV
And our hearts are breaking too
For our world is so very small
And we are friends and family to you.

The losses that you have suffered
Cause our eyes to fill with tears
And we know that the return to normal
May take a lot of years.

But know that we won't forget
And will help in every way we know to do
Your land's healing, restoring and renewing
And each day we pray for you.
Thena

 

From Fotofunia