From the Book of Dreams
by me
The past has come to the end, My love
Go now, give now for all is at hand
Look to the end of your sorrow
For the past has come to the end, My love
See all, hear all, for it is at hand
Be with your self as one is with God
Love yourself as one loves God
For the past has come to the end, My love
Lift up your soul high
Give of thy self through thy heart
Speak only of love to all, My love
For the past has come to the end, My love
See the truth with your eyes, My love
Seek the past for it is at hand
Open thy hand to the stars, My love
For the past has come to the end, My Love......
tonite i sat looking over pictures of water balloon fights, bus work and family
read past blogs and at the end it is not within my words to paint this picture of how full my cup is that flows over with memories of the past few years. setting with friends, music, just hanging out with family.
How do you say thank you for a life..... THY WILL BE DONE
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Monday, May 28, 2007
May 29
It is coming soon to a town near you
Water contained in a small thin films of plastic
Some times floating other times a faster a a speeding bullet
Out of the hands of babs, over the grass, around trees they come
A never ending (well a good hour or so ) flow of cool refreshing water
delivered in a most joy est way
Saturday, May 26, 2007
A Rose within a Glass
sometimes a rose is more than just a rose
as they open they open the heart
sweet smells of meadows, now past
memories of life, love and you
as they open they open the heart
sweet smells of meadows, now past
memories of life, love and you
Friday, May 25, 2007
May25
As days slip through timeless slots of ages past.
Bringing forth beauty and contentment within.
So swift the nights with days too fast.
Going no where, seeing places that have been.
Thoughts to think, of loves to see.
Wandering hearts to searching lands.
Things that aren't, but are to be.
Lifting souls for opened hands.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
The Good Bad and Oh My Goodness
As all of you know that live around Seward we had a storm last night
With this storm there were 3 different events that took place
The Good: My oldest daughter has a real nice car and have to say it was not cheep.
while she is out of town she has asked me to drive it every now and again, last night i did
took the kids into Lincoln for dinner and parked in a covered gauge. During dinner a phone call from brother Doug came and told me of a bad storm in Seward, with every large hale. If I had not take the car into Lincoln who know what would have happened .
The Bad: Well I took her car but left my jeep in her drive way. Will not see the damage until tomorrow.
The Oh My Goodness: Well i have been known to drive around town with the windows down and not running the ac to save on gas. Well I took the Jeep to the Ag Pavilion and used the floor machines vac to suck out about 3 gal. of water from the front of the Jeep Ever thing seem to work good and some thing work real good. The wipers run great, they don't shut off any more, but they say it is going to be a wet summer anyway. I have stopped growing so I never need to move the seat, (electric) and for right now they are set and shall stay that way.
When the car dries out everything should start working right and now i have clean seats and rugs in my freshly wash car (inside and out)
Oh and yes dinner was great
With this storm there were 3 different events that took place
The Good: My oldest daughter has a real nice car and have to say it was not cheep.
while she is out of town she has asked me to drive it every now and again, last night i did
took the kids into Lincoln for dinner and parked in a covered gauge. During dinner a phone call from brother Doug came and told me of a bad storm in Seward, with every large hale. If I had not take the car into Lincoln who know what would have happened .
The Bad: Well I took her car but left my jeep in her drive way. Will not see the damage until tomorrow.
The Oh My Goodness: Well i have been known to drive around town with the windows down and not running the ac to save on gas. Well I took the Jeep to the Ag Pavilion and used the floor machines vac to suck out about 3 gal. of water from the front of the Jeep Ever thing seem to work good and some thing work real good. The wipers run great, they don't shut off any more, but they say it is going to be a wet summer anyway. I have stopped growing so I never need to move the seat, (electric) and for right now they are set and shall stay that way.
When the car dries out everything should start working right and now i have clean seats and rugs in my freshly wash car (inside and out)
Oh and yes dinner was great
Monday, May 14, 2007
May 14
I once stood at the top of this mountain to see what i could see
A work of beauty is the Glenwood Canyon and the Colorado River that runs through it.
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
May 10
Well I went and did it
after 1 1/2 yrs working for the city I have decided
that 1 full time job and 2 part time jobs are enough
So in 2 weeks that is what it will be
They say working is good for the soul
but we all need to take the time to feed it as well
When you are to tired to even listen to the good book
on tape ....then you are to tired....
after 1 1/2 yrs working for the city I have decided
that 1 full time job and 2 part time jobs are enough
So in 2 weeks that is what it will be
They say working is good for the soul
but we all need to take the time to feed it as well
When you are to tired to even listen to the good book
on tape ....then you are to tired....
May 9
Well it has been a long week so far and it is not even half over, but tomorrow
it will be the start of the down hill.
From the Book of Dreams
by me
It has been long, since I have looked upon eyes of one who cares.
For the eyes of people tell the love of life they hold.
They speak the words of the heart and the contentment of the soul.
They show me the beauty that is within and the kindness of life through out.
Your eyes have shown me all this and more.........
As true today as always
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Sweet Sounds of Love
Is it on the other side we work to see. Does love bring us there, or just give us the right to look.Wait, plan and pray that your path will be straight, your calling will be loud and with the warmth of all that have walked this path before you.
Be young at heart, for in your youth, is the passion for life, and the joy for all things given by God.
There is no love like the first love. Make the love of God your first. All that come after shall be by his grace and through his love we shall all be loved.
Friday, May 4, 2007
New Blogging
well trying to set up a new blog here
It is different than what i have used in the past
so I might need help from some one
Any way if needed i shall ask
It is different than what i have used in the past
so I might need help from some one
Any way if needed i shall ask
Thursday, May 3, 2007
A Year or Two of Posts
Spring had come and now is gone for a bit
but left me with one of Gods great gifts
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If any one would like to read any more
from The Book of Dreams just let me know
the book is a collection of things
I have written over the years with some
art of a good friend of mine
Blessings to all and BIG FAT HUGS AND PRAYERS
TO EVERYONE
DA FRED
Entry for April 04, 2007
The moon sets upon the hand of mans dreams
giveing light to his nightly wanders
eyes open eyes closed you are always in my sight
and in my mind, and in my heart
A QUESTION
A question for all that enter?
It is a cool springs eve
There is a warm fire in the fireplace
the light is low from one lonely candle
You are not alone, across from you sets God
What would you say ?
Entry for March 29, 2007
From: The book of Dreams
by: me
One will go around feeling all the joys and
sorrows of love and not accepting them.
For slow is the mind in understanding these
things which comes to us unwanted and
slow is the mind in realizing this
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I have offen wondered what is it that i will be when i grow up
more than just older, God willing
peace, prayers, hugs, blessing, and love to all
March 28, 2007
Drawn into the dawn of the darkness of my own mind
I look to see the light that shines from above.
It is his light that shines to lead my way
For it is by his hand
I am free, for he is always with me
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The Book of Dreams
Far beyond this time
I shall set on the edge of life
to watch your passing.
So rapid the movement that
has come over this life,
that my eyes movement speeds
to see your light just flicker
for a moment in my mind
From: The Book of Dreams
by: me
When times are fast and we to slow.
We stop to look, but what to see, if our eyes are blind.
Do we not see the Heavens.
We stop to listen, but what if our ears can not hear.
Do we not hear the winds of our own souls wandering in the night .
We stop to touch, but what if we can not feel.
Do we not embrace life with our own life's breath.
We stop to find the truth
What if our minds are to filled with earthly things.
Do we not still feel his understanding in our hearts.
If times are to fast and we to slow.
Do we stop to see the heavens.
To hear the wandering of our own souls .
To embrace our life's breath.
Do we understand our own hearts desire,
and our these desires those things that are true....
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some times I suffer from word rage
the pictures that i want to paint with words are clear
the feelings are strong
but the words lay on the pages of my dictionary
setting on the left side of my desk
BLESSING TO ALL
From: The Book of Dreams
by: me
Through gentle breezes and fragrant smells,
the nights roll softly in my mind.
With quit sounds of mellow voices.
You come as the morning dew lies peacefully
upon a flowers' petals, and I find contentment.....
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many night i set, not moving just watching his Glory unfold
hearing his voice in the sounds of life that flows all around
IT IS TRULY A WONDER
Blessing to all
Entry for March 24, 2007
From: The Book of Dreams
By: me
Oh my child let me walk upon the sands of time
to feel your warm embrace,
to set with you within my heart
and hear the life flow through our love.
Oh why are you there standing in the crowds
of your loneliness and not beside me as time
moves on.
Is it to test my heart or yours.
Are we to be the blink of the eyes of those who pass us by.
Oh my child come touch this weird man
and bring your life to me.
Move thy soul to the heights around his Glory
and fly as the butterfly drifts along the winds of our time.
Oh to see you standing here beside my sorrow
and to feel your touch.
What joy this thought does bring to my
heart and fills my world with love.
Oh my child open your eyes to the warmth you have within,
for the dreams we shared we shared as one.
Never to be lost but to be lived on until all has gone
past the touch of time .
My child come lay beside me in the cool eves night
and caress my lonely hearts desire.
For it is to pass, this time that we shall be,
we as one, to you alone, and I forgotten.
OPEN YOUR EYES AND TAKE YOUR TIME
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How gentle we are to the night skies that touches our hearts
and so frightened of the things we see within it.
So touched are we by its splender that it over comes our
thoughts and drives us to understand its' sorrow.
It gives us peace within yet leaving us alone.
Bringing us down to that which we all are .
But with the coming of day, that we know is there,
we do find joy in the nights. For they do not last, they only
come and go as do all things.
Leaving no trace that they were here,
but for those memory of the roads once walked
another day another chance to get it right
At the last of mans wandering
Will he, if he looks
see the light
If he asks,
can he hear the answer
Has all his wandering,
brought him to the door
If so, is it for him to walk in
HAPPY SPRING..... AROUND 8 P.M. TONITE
I have walked alone in darkness and seen no light.
But you have come to me like a candel.
You have shown me the way to bring forth out of the darkness,
A love so deep my mind is possessed.
Feelings so strong I can not control.
Joy that fills my heart.
The contentment which completes my soul.
A Love.....................
TRYING TO GET IT RIGHT
Entry for March 18, 2007
love abides within my heart
the child that is within, can see no other way
for his love is given freely
grace has layed his tenderness in every heart
so that we all may love
Entry for March 16, 2007
At times i see the darkness
Hear the silence
walk through the emptiness
touch the pain of my heart
and yet , STILL AM I BLESSED
for he shares my pain
he walks with me in the fullness of our life
gives music to lift my soul
and opens my eyes to all his Glory
one more day to get it right
Entry for March 14, 2007
When setting alone in the midst of the silence
What is it, that with just the thought of you, all is opened to me.
Watching the sun set slowly in the great sea of time
Is that sight not like the glow of your smile
The shadows in my mind are of the days to come
Two walking in hand, under the wings of his grace......
Pictures in my mind, words in my heart, a tear in my eye
BLESSINGS TO ALL}
Entry for March 13, 2007
I have read and have been slapped
there was light and it was good
Even your emotional love on the spiritual plane
is radiant. That which you give forth will draw its own kind....
LOVE FOR LOVE
Entry for March 13, 2007
If man would come to know the greater stranger (himself) let him enter his own closet and shut the door . There will he find his most dangerous enemy, and there will he learn to master him. He will find his true self. There will he find his truest friend, his wisest teacher, his safest adviser (himself). There will he find the altar upon which God is the undying fire, the source of all goodness, all strength, all power. He will know that God is in the deepest part of the silence. He will find that within himself abides the Holy of Holies.
Entry for March 12, 2007
Learn to smile in the sweet way of a child.
A smile from the soul is spiritual relaxation.
A real smile is a thing of true beauty.
Infinite Love fills my mind and thrills my body with its perfect life
bits and pieces from B T Spalding
I have just started reading a new book and some of what it says i will be adding to my blog
there are words that fills some holes that lay in front of us all whom have questions
Entry for March 12, 2007
Spent 2 great day with Myk and Melanie and a great band
Augustana............ It was truely a wonderful time
The band is a great bunch of kid that really love what they are doing
and it shows by their music, and fan base (which is growing by leaps ad bounds)
I must thank the band for allowing me to be apart of their day
at the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet Ill.
Entry for March 03, 2007
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate.Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date.Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimmed;And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed.But thy eternal summer shall not fadeNor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee
willie sure new how to say it
sonnet 18
Entry for February 25, 2007
faced to look upon our own mortality
that is what is going on
life begins again tomorrow
Entry for February 21, 2007
pr 20-15
there are gold and jewels of every type,
but a priceless ornament is speech informed by knowledge....
(just loved this one)
Entry for February 18, 2007
an explanation of my last bog
If you were wondering about my last post it is a small look into the mind of a driver on the road for some 12 hrs.
I have a new program for my computer it types as i talk. So on my last trip that is what i did . Driving down the road I just started talking to my self. There is about 6 more pages of my ramblings but most of it does not make
Entry for February 15, 2007
What else is there to take upon oneself than those things that God has given. I think that when I read this back. I may not understand any of it. I hope my heart is still with the grace of God So that I may understand all day. It is, but by the twilight of my years that I see.That I understand it is in my twilight years that I see the grace that is around me. I would hope that in my minds eye that I shall be worthy of that which is given to me
We stand before the all Mighty God arms out, hoping for his grace to fall upon us. Yet we are not worthy to speak his name. Our sins are looked upon from on high with great sorrow. Yet still we try. If this is to be that which is of his expectation, this we do not understand. We do not know how or why it is beyond us. This life.
If it is that we should overcome the sins of our fathers to find his grace. Then in turn, must we not understand what those sins are so that we may with God’s grace keep them from our eyes.
I am now in my 59th year, and it Is true that I know less now than in the beginning. Is it a lie to say whether my life has been a good life. Life that one would be pleased to have or a curse upon one who must live It.
If his word is food for the soul, that is what shall feed my faith. Why is it that it’s so hard to believe after all these years. When you surround yourself with people that live that life, Is love that line and is happiness within that line. In love they that believe have the blessing all around.
Be not that it is a blessing as much as it is ignorance on life in general and what not, but we that the earth does hold how can we put aside those things that are questioned. Questions that cannot be answered and that generates such doubt. How then can they just pass by these things. I do not understand. I don’t know how they do it for it is so hard for me. Why could we not have come from primordial slime, and yet have the creation be Gods hand in bring on our own consciousness, where we all arrived at the point where we realized we were. Is that not that spark, the knowledge of the tree of life making us aware of all things. Why could that not be just our consciousness of God, of something greater than ourselves. We grow if we are born, and we grow as we live our lives and we leave with nothing other than ourselves. Then there is nothing. There is no place to go, on the other hand, if at some point In time, We do realize that there is this a beating in these vains that he has given us. This understanding, or the taste of this understanding. Then in turn, is that not conscious. Is that not indeed from the tree of knowledge and by becoming aware of that which we cannot understand that which we cannot see that which is and has always been good. Is this not the new beginning.
Just a simple twist in the understanding of one’s lot, as it is today in Christianity. When a person is setting and listening to the Word of God, a nonbeliever and there is that word. That smell that phrase that feeling that sparks over a well-meaning, an understanding of overwhelming love. That brings one, that one step over the line into Christientity.
I don’t understand what it Is that puts that person over that line. What is this, that leap of faith. The leap of faith that takes you to that higher level that greater understanding. Just as in the beginning, if all things existed all things were as they say they were, if you take the religious aspect of existence out of life then there is that spark that leads that step forward or sideways or backwards. That generates that knowledge that gives one the understanding of something greater than themselves. Some people call it blind faith, we used to call it a slap upside the head when we least expect it.
Many years ago, when I was younger, we used to say it, in any great idea. Any idea that was going to open the doors of consciousness to bring you to a point of enlightenment or understanding of God universe, whatever you want to say was always stop by a swift kick upside the head. You meditates, you become conscious of the universe. You look beyond yourself and you’re walking down the street and you have this overwhelming understanding. It is starting to flow into you and some one hits you in the head with a beer bottle that ends the thought. That’s enlightenment
Some of the feeling may leave your understanding. Is that not what happens in life every time we approach this point, of greater understanding of one with the universe. With understanding God, God’s Word, touching God and the hearing God’s voice. Is there not something that’s slapses us upside the head and puts us back.
Entry for February 13, 2007
Gods gift is in his word
Entry for February 08, 2007
One day many years ago, when I was young. I saw a man standing on a hill.
He looked down upon the valleys below and gave thanks for the things that he could see.
He walked slowly in a circular motion around the hill seeing each side and the landscape below .
He gave thanks for the things that he could see. When he reached the bottom he stood in the Valley.
He looked up, and he saw a man standing on the hill, looking down upon the valleys below.
Entry for February 05, 2007
Well it was a great vacation but it could have been much much longer
pic and thought to come later
Ti's good to be home
at least in my heart
Entry for January 25, 2007
God has many houses all over the world for worship
but his home is in your heart
Entry for January 17, 2007
sweet songs above leading me onward
to his door i seek
he stand arms open
doors open wide
in the night he calls
with him i will answer
and by his side i shall stand
Entry for January 16, 2007
in his eyes we are all children
Entry for January 12, 2007
Walking,
this hunger rises up within
laughter filled smiles,
a glance hidden,
behind a warm embrace
Your touch,
as the warmth of a new day
Time is rain,
It pours as wind upon the heart
to sweep our memories away
Entry for January 12, 2007
why do people say "the living God"
if God was anything but living would he or could he be God
so why say it
just a ? and a thought
Entry for January 08, 2007
IT IS THAT TIME AGAIN, over and over and over, again and again only 57 more to go
what a joy it is to spend time with family and friends eating, and playing games into the night
I am truely blessed for all that I have and it is all by God Grace and the cup of life he fills for me each day.
thank you all and happy birthday/anniversary/birthday
Entry for August 04, 2006
I saw a man standing .........
looking into the wind........
what he saw was home......
and the Blessing within
Entry for July 25, 2006
In the distance stands a mountain , the snow has long gone
Shadows of trees stands in the silence of the night
The markings of time have touched the mountains heart
Giving it the looks of an elder man standing alone
Alone at the end of time
As in every day this mountain gives birth
The son will rise to touch the earth
And kiss it with its warmth
The birth of a new day
Bring life to all it’s light touches
To stand another day
Time lends its hand again
As evening comes loneliness again
the life on a train is that of a small town.
Even on the train there are homeless persons
Needing for food and drink
There are the persons that run this small government
Not helping all but a few
Those that are rich and have no cares and see nothing in front of them
One that see all but have no understanding
Just a few blind and def that hear and see all that is to see
Gods hand touching the few
Many searching without direction
One knowing, all just smiling
walking the train in search of nothing
And finding everything
Entry for June 30, 2006
hope opens all eyes
faith answers all questions
love fills all hearts
Some times i set alone and hear whispers in the night
If I listen hard
I still hear my childrens laughter in the wind
I see them as the sun lays its' head upon the earth
and night falls all around us
See them gazing in to the night sky
pointing to each star as it's turned on for the night
The Joy as one shoot across the sky,
in a blink it's gone, but the ahh last all night
The joy of setting, understanding all
and also nothing ........together
Entry for June 22, 2006
Whispers I hear of love long past
Days that come and pass with out a sound
Nights that seem to stay for ever
A Love that grows in my heart which never ends
I see your smile in every sunrise
Feel your touch in the passing breeze
Smell your presence in every flower
I feel your touch in each fallen leaf
Entry for June 17, 2006
The time is right, the weather is warm and fun and water is in the air
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At the end of my time I will see the grace of God in all his mighty works
For I know he holds the light of eternity with in his grasp
As I sail far above my earthly bounds I can see his wonder
The works of his hand is in all things below
Color flows like water on the sands of time and opens the eyes of all that see
Time is that which waits only for those that seek it
Canyons of time lay beside the passing of my life
To reach out to all that touch my way
With light to guide me she will lay her self down beside my passing
Where may my foot steps wander
May the end be in time
Or shall I wonder to the next
Hold to that which is in his sight
Give all that is to give
Life to life love to love
Take to the burdens of life with joy
Stay fast labor in his will
For the path is short but narrow
Entry for May 16, 2006
As the night falls upon the day
Your light shines beyond my need
God in mind and heart in hand
I wait, watch and pray
As the night falls upon the day
You pass just beyond my sight
Walking down different roads together
We sing the same song
Entry for May 11, 2006
open the door and let it be for all to walk within,
call all that can hear so they may feel your word,
let their minds be open that they may understand,
give sight to their eyes so your light may guide their way,
Entry for April 21, 2006
all that i am now all that i will be
is due to thee
Entry for April 14, 2006
As you walk through the wilderness, I shall, feel your passing
Entry for April 13, 2006
if I was blind I could still see his light shining through you.
Entry for April 10, 2006
I guess i would miss you even if we had never met
Entry for April 06, 2006
ON GOING
As life moves within the beating of my heart
I set eyes closed, arm open, for one to enter
come unto me and fill me with your joy
touch me with your light so I may see
stand, you and I at the edge of time
So that I may love thee
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ROMANS 1-9
From my heart, to my mind, always on my lips
Thanks for another day, another chance to get it right
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I am in ah of how little I remember for all the reading of the bible that I have done in my life. Guess it just goes to show you, better keep reading all the time or you will forget or remember wrong.....
The moon was out the other night and it gave light to me for a late night walk.. the quietness of the twilight set my soul afire and opened my eyes. There are time when just a moment stops and lays a picture within my mind. It stays with me for ever , they are a home, a place in my heart, a song in the wind, the warmth of a campfire . They are all that, which is right. Setting beside me watching me work, hearing my stories of times lost. Riding bikes in the wind and playing in the park
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As they stood in his garden, a life time apart
Walking among the flowers of his glory
He layer a rose within her heart
To stay together in love, but in life apart
It is my true wish that all may find the love of their life this day
May those in love understand what they have and cherish the time they share
May they set aside self for their love and give freely
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Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever A-men
Jude 24 -25
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A voice from far away came to me as if from heaven (the phone rang)
the joy that came forth out of the mouth of an angel set my heart a fire (she said hi how are you doing)
further more the answer to my cries of the night before (an e-mail I sent) was answered and an understanding of all came upon me ( what I had read the night before)
The voice stayed upon my ears for a time ( we talked ) giving me hope for the day and a light to lite my way (happiness with in)
the voice has left me now ( the call has ended) but I know if my need is great (I e-mail again) a voice will come again and the answers shall be given unto me .
tis great having your own angel ( a friend in God ) to help you in all your needs, to be there when things are just not right (questions about the word)
thank you my angel
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We set at the crossroads of our life each day
Two paths to take, two steps one way
The door is open, take my hand
Walk with me into his holy land
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I set here and ponder my life
in the spring of my youth, life was full of wonder
the simplest of things left me in ah
the fact that a leaf would lay its self upon the air
and sail softly to kiss the earth below
The songs sung in the fields of spring
As if to float music unto the heavens
White cotton clouds that grow in eves light
painted by God own hand as if to shine the fires of hell
Lights dotting the sky in a never ending array of dance
To Move slowly into another day of wonder
Now as time has passed, life has thrown many distractions
My eyes seem blurred as the beauty passes before me
Slow are the days in passing, with loneliness at my side
Setting alone I ponder my life
Yet I can still rejoice, his wonder, his love
All I see, still feeds my faith
It opens my eyes to his Glory
To give love for all to share
With love
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Tis a time of great joy, as we fall into the arms of his glory
speaking his words, living his life, as best we can
touching everyone with his grace
giving light to those wandering in darkness
holding his door that all may enter......
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set beside me and share in all the love that one can give
hold up high that which is true and help clear that which is not
help me to see, feel, touch and hear his glory
hold high the light to guide my way
walk with me in his path always
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At times I seem so far away
just beyond your site
alone on the crowded street
wondering endlessly each night
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It could have been a short night by the sea, but only my mind was there.
Setting alone for 8 hours sends you to many places and many times
Some good and some bad, but in all, they all were good.
For life has taught me that all things are good if seen through Gods eyes
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Ten years of working alone 6 night a week seemed to be nice
allot of time to talk to God, to look at my life and try to understand what I could, but I am finding out that alone is not near as good as working with people you care about.
over the last 4 weeks or so I have had the pleasure of working with friends on a bus remodel and never in my life have I had a greater time than these last weeks.
At time it was like going back to the turn of the century with ladies riding on the backs of trolley cars, foot ball in the park, food outings with friends and just a time of helpful happiness all around
The joy of just having work and everyone doing the best that they could even if they didn't know what they were doing. HELPING EACH OTHER for no reason other than to help, to share time together and witness Gods' glory, talks of details life, music, and heart........if only I could tell you of how deeply I feel, but the words are just not good enough and too many pic. in my head to find the right one to sum it all up......but you and I working together side by side finding out the hows and whys of building a bus, a home for the family to travel in, to spread Gods word in music to give to others the same feelings that your family has so openly and deeply given to me over the last years
this blog could go on for ever but still come up short on how I feel .........so
thank you from the deepest part of me and with hopes of many more times when sleep is unimportant work is fun and we can share time together
In faith and working on the details
swimming with the river of truth
and love for all
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if I new where I was coming from then I might know where I am going
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my hands are open
my path is clear
just got to take the first step
I SHALL TRY
I look beyond this time to see what will be
but I see myself looking back
trying to see what has been......
each day brings me nearer to my Lord
with some questions answered but many more found
I pray that I may keep finding answers
and the wisdom to know when I do
Thank you for another day to get it right
and the lights just down the street
that seem to be lighting my way
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sugar to the soul is the laughter of a child
family, friends and love ones
all come together in a night setting around your table
time to set and talk of things now and in the past
of life in the future and beyond these earthly bounds
working in joys fellowship, to travel home
knowing that you all are, is enough to fill my heart
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"A Father's wisdom"
as I read this it makes me wonder what life will bring
why this was picked for this time
all things point one way as I struggle to go the other
so happy on the left hand so sad on the right
and yet through it all, just the knowing brings joy beyond
all reason. The ability to love deeper than the grasp of my
lifes understands, far beyond the love of my past.
Yet to love and set back and to watch your passing
is the only way, to begin and end with you by my side
I shall pay attention to the details
and wait
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We all stand alone in the beginning but for those that let God guide their way
they will never be alone
At times we forget that he is beside us and loneliness falls all around
It consumes the life within, to leave us empty
wanting only for that one brief moment when love shall enter in
I can only set and listen to the sound of my beating heart
to hope that some day the beat of our hearts
will sing his glory
and we shall soar, together in the light of his grace.....
another day, another chance, by his grace I try
this loneliness will to pass into another day
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Speak to me Oh my God of times long past when we were young.
Was it just the time, or was it our youth that led us so far from our now hollowed grasp.
Did we not try to see the light you put before us
Was it just sadness for the world we lived in, that gave a strong love for all things we came upon.
You do not speak to me now as you did then even though I do listen to hear your words.
Oh my son lift thy hand to the sky and look upon that world where we live as one.
Do you not see the same song floating among the stars,
Does the music of your soul not still bring joy to my heart
If we wander far from the beginning of time
do we not still hope for the souls of all men to see the light within.
Is it not enough to have been with thee, now gone, but always at your side.
Do the minds of men grow narrow with the passing of time or
do our eyes just stop seeing that which is beyond our reach.
You must remember to look far beyond your edge of time to a world with out yourself,
for there is where life begins.
The light of that time is the light of your youth and it shines for all to see
and will burn for all eternity.
The self is where the heart lives but the Light is of the Soul
and lives within all who wish to feel its Glory.
If this be true then why am I so empty in this world
Take not from this world for it gives nothing in return,
To be within the grasp of my glory, Give all that is within, to all that will take of you,
keep nothing for there is nothing to keep.
Live the life as I would live it and rejoice in the wisdom of your passing....
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how is it that we can see the grace of God all around us
and yet have a hard time seeing his grace within
I look in my heart and I see thee.....
a joyful day has come and gone with friends and family
I thank you for your time and family
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Long long ago (this morning)
and far far away ( over at the fair grounds)
a journey began (Da Bus)
It was a short walk to the beginning and to the end (30 feet)
with many a step between
we throw large piles of screws here and there
only to find more every where
but at last our daily task has come to its end
Only to start again in the morning
with new goals to be met
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As we stand side by side
will our hands touch, our eyes see
words shall fall softly upon our ears
the sounds of love, pass
As we stand side by side
let us sail away
in a time not past
but a future new
As we stand as one side by side
all I have I give, all I see is yours, all I am is because of thee
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It is great just setting around the house while stories are being read to the little one
Piano music coming from the front room, and masterpieces being painted in the study
All setting around the dinner table and just talking, not about anything important
But time together, sharing a prayer, a smile, a joke or two
Just being family
How great that time is
and the Blessing of just being there
thank you
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As the morning dew opens its' arms, I think of you
I hear the robin singing its' morning song, I think of you
When the suns rays lay their warmth upon my land, I think of you
With each step, each breath, I think of you
When day lays its' head in nights arms, I think of you
Sleep walks within my mind, I dream of you
My Lord God thank you for another day to get it right
and another day, I think of you
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night has fallen upon the faces of all
sleep lingers just beyond the door
time is at my right hand
the sails fill in my left
the sea fills my open door
on into the sleepless nights of yesterday
we travel to the homes far away
to friends long lost and forgotten
setting within the voices of tomorrow
we silently watch our passing
calling to thee
open my heart to your song
for in it so shall I be
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I hear your voice calling
with music in the wind
soft upon my mind
bringing Gods' glory within
lifting all above their sorrow
with the songs of joy you send
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Love abounds within my heart,... just waiting for one to love
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Giving thanks: To the one that stands at my side
to he that holds me near
to the light that lights my way
for the key to heavens door
for the ears to hear your word
for the eyes to see your glory
for the touch to feel your warmth
and for another chance to get it right
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low is the heart that can't explain its self , for time has past one by
At youth everything burned with excitement, love took you to height not know
and pains so deep that the bottom was endless
just the joy of life would fill one up and give them all that was
as age has come upon us we only long for that passion, for those pains and joys.
They have been lost in the passing of those things that came before us
and now we set alone wondering, what if , could I, should I, will I
Time will tell and as all things due when you set alone, IT TO SHALL PASS
God stood beside me in my youth and still stands there today
The passion of my faith and Gods glory lit my way when I was young
The way of the light was not always followed but it still remained bright
I pray oh Lord let the light shine always so that I may see
stand with me always and guide my steps
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The night is young and I set here watching the night blanket my world
The stars are above when I look and in my mind when I don't
AS always the sea and you are on my mind
Both smell sweet and speak to me in songs
Drawing me closer to both, yet only in my mind
Their touch calms my inner self and cool fresh air abounds
It is the feeling of home when near
That feeling, that inner peace, that stoppage if time
That life together, ...shared, ...as one, ...for all time
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To set and watch your passing is as to see the sun rise beyond the seas.
Your voice raises winds within the forests of time and gives a silence to my heart.
We set at the ends of earth, side by side, to far to touch, to close to go.
Not seen, nor lifted beyond these earthly bounds.
Yet together in a world changed by our own vision.
We stop and ponder, to watch, to listen to our souls breathing
This willing nature, Love
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well tonight I sat with close friends, they sang and played music all around
the young ones jumped up and down and all around
they laid their heads upon my shoulder
the night was to short, the feelings strong
what joy there is in a house filled with love and the spirit of the lord
the love of a man and wife of 25 yr that still look upon each other as if they have just married
who hold hands on walks and setting beside each other in the car
the love of life, shared by all, brother, sister mom and dad.
what a joy the night brings when one is allowed to stand, just near
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I was once told that if you don't want to here the answers
don't ask the questions.
But questions must be asked
and answers must be heard.
There is a light just down the street
That shines and lights my way
It opens my eyes and walks by my side
It is the first thing I see in the morning
The last thing I hold at night.
In my dreams it is so clear
The light just down the street
but left me with one of Gods great gifts
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If any one would like to read any more
from The Book of Dreams just let me know
the book is a collection of things
I have written over the years with some
art of a good friend of mine
Blessings to all and BIG FAT HUGS AND PRAYERS
TO EVERYONE
DA FRED
Entry for April 04, 2007
The moon sets upon the hand of mans dreams
giveing light to his nightly wanders
eyes open eyes closed you are always in my sight
and in my mind, and in my heart
A QUESTION
A question for all that enter?
It is a cool springs eve
There is a warm fire in the fireplace
the light is low from one lonely candle
You are not alone, across from you sets God
What would you say ?
Entry for March 29, 2007
From: The book of Dreams
by: me
One will go around feeling all the joys and
sorrows of love and not accepting them.
For slow is the mind in understanding these
things which comes to us unwanted and
slow is the mind in realizing this
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I have offen wondered what is it that i will be when i grow up
more than just older, God willing
peace, prayers, hugs, blessing, and love to all
March 28, 2007
Drawn into the dawn of the darkness of my own mind
I look to see the light that shines from above.
It is his light that shines to lead my way
For it is by his hand
I am free, for he is always with me
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The Book of Dreams
Far beyond this time
I shall set on the edge of life
to watch your passing.
So rapid the movement that
has come over this life,
that my eyes movement speeds
to see your light just flicker
for a moment in my mind
From: The Book of Dreams
by: me
When times are fast and we to slow.
We stop to look, but what to see, if our eyes are blind.
Do we not see the Heavens.
We stop to listen, but what if our ears can not hear.
Do we not hear the winds of our own souls wandering in the night .
We stop to touch, but what if we can not feel.
Do we not embrace life with our own life's breath.
We stop to find the truth
What if our minds are to filled with earthly things.
Do we not still feel his understanding in our hearts.
If times are to fast and we to slow.
Do we stop to see the heavens.
To hear the wandering of our own souls .
To embrace our life's breath.
Do we understand our own hearts desire,
and our these desires those things that are true....
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some times I suffer from word rage
the pictures that i want to paint with words are clear
the feelings are strong
but the words lay on the pages of my dictionary
setting on the left side of my desk
BLESSING TO ALL
From: The Book of Dreams
by: me
Through gentle breezes and fragrant smells,
the nights roll softly in my mind.
With quit sounds of mellow voices.
You come as the morning dew lies peacefully
upon a flowers' petals, and I find contentment.....
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many night i set, not moving just watching his Glory unfold
hearing his voice in the sounds of life that flows all around
IT IS TRULY A WONDER
Blessing to all
Entry for March 24, 2007
From: The Book of Dreams
By: me
Oh my child let me walk upon the sands of time
to feel your warm embrace,
to set with you within my heart
and hear the life flow through our love.
Oh why are you there standing in the crowds
of your loneliness and not beside me as time
moves on.
Is it to test my heart or yours.
Are we to be the blink of the eyes of those who pass us by.
Oh my child come touch this weird man
and bring your life to me.
Move thy soul to the heights around his Glory
and fly as the butterfly drifts along the winds of our time.
Oh to see you standing here beside my sorrow
and to feel your touch.
What joy this thought does bring to my
heart and fills my world with love.
Oh my child open your eyes to the warmth you have within,
for the dreams we shared we shared as one.
Never to be lost but to be lived on until all has gone
past the touch of time .
My child come lay beside me in the cool eves night
and caress my lonely hearts desire.
For it is to pass, this time that we shall be,
we as one, to you alone, and I forgotten.
OPEN YOUR EYES AND TAKE YOUR TIME
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How gentle we are to the night skies that touches our hearts
and so frightened of the things we see within it.
So touched are we by its splender that it over comes our
thoughts and drives us to understand its' sorrow.
It gives us peace within yet leaving us alone.
Bringing us down to that which we all are .
But with the coming of day, that we know is there,
we do find joy in the nights. For they do not last, they only
come and go as do all things.
Leaving no trace that they were here,
but for those memory of the roads once walked
another day another chance to get it right
At the last of mans wandering
Will he, if he looks
see the light
If he asks,
can he hear the answer
Has all his wandering,
brought him to the door
If so, is it for him to walk in
HAPPY SPRING..... AROUND 8 P.M. TONITE
I have walked alone in darkness and seen no light.
But you have come to me like a candel.
You have shown me the way to bring forth out of the darkness,
A love so deep my mind is possessed.
Feelings so strong I can not control.
Joy that fills my heart.
The contentment which completes my soul.
A Love.....................
TRYING TO GET IT RIGHT
Entry for March 18, 2007
love abides within my heart
the child that is within, can see no other way
for his love is given freely
grace has layed his tenderness in every heart
so that we all may love
Entry for March 16, 2007
At times i see the darkness
Hear the silence
walk through the emptiness
touch the pain of my heart
and yet , STILL AM I BLESSED
for he shares my pain
he walks with me in the fullness of our life
gives music to lift my soul
and opens my eyes to all his Glory
one more day to get it right
Entry for March 14, 2007
When setting alone in the midst of the silence
What is it, that with just the thought of you, all is opened to me.
Watching the sun set slowly in the great sea of time
Is that sight not like the glow of your smile
The shadows in my mind are of the days to come
Two walking in hand, under the wings of his grace......
Pictures in my mind, words in my heart, a tear in my eye
BLESSINGS TO ALL}
Entry for March 13, 2007
I have read and have been slapped
there was light and it was good
Even your emotional love on the spiritual plane
is radiant. That which you give forth will draw its own kind....
LOVE FOR LOVE
Entry for March 13, 2007
If man would come to know the greater stranger (himself) let him enter his own closet and shut the door . There will he find his most dangerous enemy, and there will he learn to master him. He will find his true self. There will he find his truest friend, his wisest teacher, his safest adviser (himself). There will he find the altar upon which God is the undying fire, the source of all goodness, all strength, all power. He will know that God is in the deepest part of the silence. He will find that within himself abides the Holy of Holies.
Entry for March 12, 2007
Learn to smile in the sweet way of a child.
A smile from the soul is spiritual relaxation.
A real smile is a thing of true beauty.
Infinite Love fills my mind and thrills my body with its perfect life
bits and pieces from B T Spalding
I have just started reading a new book and some of what it says i will be adding to my blog
there are words that fills some holes that lay in front of us all whom have questions
Entry for March 12, 2007
Spent 2 great day with Myk and Melanie and a great band
Augustana............ It was truely a wonderful time
The band is a great bunch of kid that really love what they are doing
and it shows by their music, and fan base (which is growing by leaps ad bounds)
I must thank the band for allowing me to be apart of their day
at the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet Ill.
Entry for March 03, 2007
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate.Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date.Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimmed;And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed.But thy eternal summer shall not fadeNor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee
willie sure new how to say it
sonnet 18
Entry for February 25, 2007
faced to look upon our own mortality
that is what is going on
life begins again tomorrow
Entry for February 21, 2007
pr 20-15
there are gold and jewels of every type,
but a priceless ornament is speech informed by knowledge....
(just loved this one)
Entry for February 18, 2007
an explanation of my last bog
If you were wondering about my last post it is a small look into the mind of a driver on the road for some 12 hrs.
I have a new program for my computer it types as i talk. So on my last trip that is what i did . Driving down the road I just started talking to my self. There is about 6 more pages of my ramblings but most of it does not make
Entry for February 15, 2007
What else is there to take upon oneself than those things that God has given. I think that when I read this back. I may not understand any of it. I hope my heart is still with the grace of God So that I may understand all day. It is, but by the twilight of my years that I see.That I understand it is in my twilight years that I see the grace that is around me. I would hope that in my minds eye that I shall be worthy of that which is given to me
We stand before the all Mighty God arms out, hoping for his grace to fall upon us. Yet we are not worthy to speak his name. Our sins are looked upon from on high with great sorrow. Yet still we try. If this is to be that which is of his expectation, this we do not understand. We do not know how or why it is beyond us. This life.
If it is that we should overcome the sins of our fathers to find his grace. Then in turn, must we not understand what those sins are so that we may with God’s grace keep them from our eyes.
I am now in my 59th year, and it Is true that I know less now than in the beginning. Is it a lie to say whether my life has been a good life. Life that one would be pleased to have or a curse upon one who must live It.
If his word is food for the soul, that is what shall feed my faith. Why is it that it’s so hard to believe after all these years. When you surround yourself with people that live that life, Is love that line and is happiness within that line. In love they that believe have the blessing all around.
Be not that it is a blessing as much as it is ignorance on life in general and what not, but we that the earth does hold how can we put aside those things that are questioned. Questions that cannot be answered and that generates such doubt. How then can they just pass by these things. I do not understand. I don’t know how they do it for it is so hard for me. Why could we not have come from primordial slime, and yet have the creation be Gods hand in bring on our own consciousness, where we all arrived at the point where we realized we were. Is that not that spark, the knowledge of the tree of life making us aware of all things. Why could that not be just our consciousness of God, of something greater than ourselves. We grow if we are born, and we grow as we live our lives and we leave with nothing other than ourselves. Then there is nothing. There is no place to go, on the other hand, if at some point In time, We do realize that there is this a beating in these vains that he has given us. This understanding, or the taste of this understanding. Then in turn, is that not conscious. Is that not indeed from the tree of knowledge and by becoming aware of that which we cannot understand that which we cannot see that which is and has always been good. Is this not the new beginning.
Just a simple twist in the understanding of one’s lot, as it is today in Christianity. When a person is setting and listening to the Word of God, a nonbeliever and there is that word. That smell that phrase that feeling that sparks over a well-meaning, an understanding of overwhelming love. That brings one, that one step over the line into Christientity.
I don’t understand what it Is that puts that person over that line. What is this, that leap of faith. The leap of faith that takes you to that higher level that greater understanding. Just as in the beginning, if all things existed all things were as they say they were, if you take the religious aspect of existence out of life then there is that spark that leads that step forward or sideways or backwards. That generates that knowledge that gives one the understanding of something greater than themselves. Some people call it blind faith, we used to call it a slap upside the head when we least expect it.
Many years ago, when I was younger, we used to say it, in any great idea. Any idea that was going to open the doors of consciousness to bring you to a point of enlightenment or understanding of God universe, whatever you want to say was always stop by a swift kick upside the head. You meditates, you become conscious of the universe. You look beyond yourself and you’re walking down the street and you have this overwhelming understanding. It is starting to flow into you and some one hits you in the head with a beer bottle that ends the thought. That’s enlightenment
Some of the feeling may leave your understanding. Is that not what happens in life every time we approach this point, of greater understanding of one with the universe. With understanding God, God’s Word, touching God and the hearing God’s voice. Is there not something that’s slapses us upside the head and puts us back.
Entry for February 13, 2007
Gods gift is in his word
Entry for February 08, 2007
One day many years ago, when I was young. I saw a man standing on a hill.
He looked down upon the valleys below and gave thanks for the things that he could see.
He walked slowly in a circular motion around the hill seeing each side and the landscape below .
He gave thanks for the things that he could see. When he reached the bottom he stood in the Valley.
He looked up, and he saw a man standing on the hill, looking down upon the valleys below.
Entry for February 05, 2007
Well it was a great vacation but it could have been much much longer
pic and thought to come later
Ti's good to be home
at least in my heart
Entry for January 25, 2007
God has many houses all over the world for worship
but his home is in your heart
Entry for January 17, 2007
sweet songs above leading me onward
to his door i seek
he stand arms open
doors open wide
in the night he calls
with him i will answer
and by his side i shall stand
Entry for January 16, 2007
in his eyes we are all children
Entry for January 12, 2007
Walking,
this hunger rises up within
laughter filled smiles,
a glance hidden,
behind a warm embrace
Your touch,
as the warmth of a new day
Time is rain,
It pours as wind upon the heart
to sweep our memories away
Entry for January 12, 2007
why do people say "the living God"
if God was anything but living would he or could he be God
so why say it
just a ? and a thought
Entry for January 08, 2007
IT IS THAT TIME AGAIN, over and over and over, again and again only 57 more to go
what a joy it is to spend time with family and friends eating, and playing games into the night
I am truely blessed for all that I have and it is all by God Grace and the cup of life he fills for me each day.
thank you all and happy birthday/anniversary/birthday
Entry for August 04, 2006
I saw a man standing .........
looking into the wind........
what he saw was home......
and the Blessing within
Entry for July 25, 2006
In the distance stands a mountain , the snow has long gone
Shadows of trees stands in the silence of the night
The markings of time have touched the mountains heart
Giving it the looks of an elder man standing alone
Alone at the end of time
As in every day this mountain gives birth
The son will rise to touch the earth
And kiss it with its warmth
The birth of a new day
Bring life to all it’s light touches
To stand another day
Time lends its hand again
As evening comes loneliness again
the life on a train is that of a small town.
Even on the train there are homeless persons
Needing for food and drink
There are the persons that run this small government
Not helping all but a few
Those that are rich and have no cares and see nothing in front of them
One that see all but have no understanding
Just a few blind and def that hear and see all that is to see
Gods hand touching the few
Many searching without direction
One knowing, all just smiling
walking the train in search of nothing
And finding everything
Entry for June 30, 2006
hope opens all eyes
faith answers all questions
love fills all hearts
Some times i set alone and hear whispers in the night
If I listen hard
I still hear my childrens laughter in the wind
I see them as the sun lays its' head upon the earth
and night falls all around us
See them gazing in to the night sky
pointing to each star as it's turned on for the night
The Joy as one shoot across the sky,
in a blink it's gone, but the ahh last all night
The joy of setting, understanding all
and also nothing ........together
Entry for June 22, 2006
Whispers I hear of love long past
Days that come and pass with out a sound
Nights that seem to stay for ever
A Love that grows in my heart which never ends
I see your smile in every sunrise
Feel your touch in the passing breeze
Smell your presence in every flower
I feel your touch in each fallen leaf
Entry for June 17, 2006
The time is right, the weather is warm and fun and water is in the air
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At the end of my time I will see the grace of God in all his mighty works
For I know he holds the light of eternity with in his grasp
As I sail far above my earthly bounds I can see his wonder
The works of his hand is in all things below
Color flows like water on the sands of time and opens the eyes of all that see
Time is that which waits only for those that seek it
Canyons of time lay beside the passing of my life
To reach out to all that touch my way
With light to guide me she will lay her self down beside my passing
Where may my foot steps wander
May the end be in time
Or shall I wonder to the next
Hold to that which is in his sight
Give all that is to give
Life to life love to love
Take to the burdens of life with joy
Stay fast labor in his will
For the path is short but narrow
Entry for May 16, 2006
As the night falls upon the day
Your light shines beyond my need
God in mind and heart in hand
I wait, watch and pray
As the night falls upon the day
You pass just beyond my sight
Walking down different roads together
We sing the same song
Entry for May 11, 2006
open the door and let it be for all to walk within,
call all that can hear so they may feel your word,
let their minds be open that they may understand,
give sight to their eyes so your light may guide their way,
Entry for April 21, 2006
all that i am now all that i will be
is due to thee
Entry for April 14, 2006
As you walk through the wilderness, I shall, feel your passing
Entry for April 13, 2006
if I was blind I could still see his light shining through you.
Entry for April 10, 2006
I guess i would miss you even if we had never met
Entry for April 06, 2006
ON GOING
As life moves within the beating of my heart
I set eyes closed, arm open, for one to enter
come unto me and fill me with your joy
touch me with your light so I may see
stand, you and I at the edge of time
So that I may love thee
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ROMANS 1-9
From my heart, to my mind, always on my lips
Thanks for another day, another chance to get it right
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I am in ah of how little I remember for all the reading of the bible that I have done in my life. Guess it just goes to show you, better keep reading all the time or you will forget or remember wrong.....
The moon was out the other night and it gave light to me for a late night walk.. the quietness of the twilight set my soul afire and opened my eyes. There are time when just a moment stops and lays a picture within my mind. It stays with me for ever , they are a home, a place in my heart, a song in the wind, the warmth of a campfire . They are all that, which is right. Setting beside me watching me work, hearing my stories of times lost. Riding bikes in the wind and playing in the park
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As they stood in his garden, a life time apart
Walking among the flowers of his glory
He layer a rose within her heart
To stay together in love, but in life apart
It is my true wish that all may find the love of their life this day
May those in love understand what they have and cherish the time they share
May they set aside self for their love and give freely
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Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever A-men
Jude 24 -25
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A voice from far away came to me as if from heaven (the phone rang)
the joy that came forth out of the mouth of an angel set my heart a fire (she said hi how are you doing)
further more the answer to my cries of the night before (an e-mail I sent) was answered and an understanding of all came upon me ( what I had read the night before)
The voice stayed upon my ears for a time ( we talked ) giving me hope for the day and a light to lite my way (happiness with in)
the voice has left me now ( the call has ended) but I know if my need is great (I e-mail again) a voice will come again and the answers shall be given unto me .
tis great having your own angel ( a friend in God ) to help you in all your needs, to be there when things are just not right (questions about the word)
thank you my angel
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We set at the crossroads of our life each day
Two paths to take, two steps one way
The door is open, take my hand
Walk with me into his holy land
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I set here and ponder my life
in the spring of my youth, life was full of wonder
the simplest of things left me in ah
the fact that a leaf would lay its self upon the air
and sail softly to kiss the earth below
The songs sung in the fields of spring
As if to float music unto the heavens
White cotton clouds that grow in eves light
painted by God own hand as if to shine the fires of hell
Lights dotting the sky in a never ending array of dance
To Move slowly into another day of wonder
Now as time has passed, life has thrown many distractions
My eyes seem blurred as the beauty passes before me
Slow are the days in passing, with loneliness at my side
Setting alone I ponder my life
Yet I can still rejoice, his wonder, his love
All I see, still feeds my faith
It opens my eyes to his Glory
To give love for all to share
With love
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Tis a time of great joy, as we fall into the arms of his glory
speaking his words, living his life, as best we can
touching everyone with his grace
giving light to those wandering in darkness
holding his door that all may enter......
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set beside me and share in all the love that one can give
hold up high that which is true and help clear that which is not
help me to see, feel, touch and hear his glory
hold high the light to guide my way
walk with me in his path always
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At times I seem so far away
just beyond your site
alone on the crowded street
wondering endlessly each night
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It could have been a short night by the sea, but only my mind was there.
Setting alone for 8 hours sends you to many places and many times
Some good and some bad, but in all, they all were good.
For life has taught me that all things are good if seen through Gods eyes
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Ten years of working alone 6 night a week seemed to be nice
allot of time to talk to God, to look at my life and try to understand what I could, but I am finding out that alone is not near as good as working with people you care about.
over the last 4 weeks or so I have had the pleasure of working with friends on a bus remodel and never in my life have I had a greater time than these last weeks.
At time it was like going back to the turn of the century with ladies riding on the backs of trolley cars, foot ball in the park, food outings with friends and just a time of helpful happiness all around
The joy of just having work and everyone doing the best that they could even if they didn't know what they were doing. HELPING EACH OTHER for no reason other than to help, to share time together and witness Gods' glory, talks of details life, music, and heart........if only I could tell you of how deeply I feel, but the words are just not good enough and too many pic. in my head to find the right one to sum it all up......but you and I working together side by side finding out the hows and whys of building a bus, a home for the family to travel in, to spread Gods word in music to give to others the same feelings that your family has so openly and deeply given to me over the last years
this blog could go on for ever but still come up short on how I feel .........so
thank you from the deepest part of me and with hopes of many more times when sleep is unimportant work is fun and we can share time together
In faith and working on the details
swimming with the river of truth
and love for all
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if I new where I was coming from then I might know where I am going
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my hands are open
my path is clear
just got to take the first step
I SHALL TRY
I look beyond this time to see what will be
but I see myself looking back
trying to see what has been......
each day brings me nearer to my Lord
with some questions answered but many more found
I pray that I may keep finding answers
and the wisdom to know when I do
Thank you for another day to get it right
and the lights just down the street
that seem to be lighting my way
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sugar to the soul is the laughter of a child
family, friends and love ones
all come together in a night setting around your table
time to set and talk of things now and in the past
of life in the future and beyond these earthly bounds
working in joys fellowship, to travel home
knowing that you all are, is enough to fill my heart
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"A Father's wisdom"
as I read this it makes me wonder what life will bring
why this was picked for this time
all things point one way as I struggle to go the other
so happy on the left hand so sad on the right
and yet through it all, just the knowing brings joy beyond
all reason. The ability to love deeper than the grasp of my
lifes understands, far beyond the love of my past.
Yet to love and set back and to watch your passing
is the only way, to begin and end with you by my side
I shall pay attention to the details
and wait
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We all stand alone in the beginning but for those that let God guide their way
they will never be alone
At times we forget that he is beside us and loneliness falls all around
It consumes the life within, to leave us empty
wanting only for that one brief moment when love shall enter in
I can only set and listen to the sound of my beating heart
to hope that some day the beat of our hearts
will sing his glory
and we shall soar, together in the light of his grace.....
another day, another chance, by his grace I try
this loneliness will to pass into another day
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Speak to me Oh my God of times long past when we were young.
Was it just the time, or was it our youth that led us so far from our now hollowed grasp.
Did we not try to see the light you put before us
Was it just sadness for the world we lived in, that gave a strong love for all things we came upon.
You do not speak to me now as you did then even though I do listen to hear your words.
Oh my son lift thy hand to the sky and look upon that world where we live as one.
Do you not see the same song floating among the stars,
Does the music of your soul not still bring joy to my heart
If we wander far from the beginning of time
do we not still hope for the souls of all men to see the light within.
Is it not enough to have been with thee, now gone, but always at your side.
Do the minds of men grow narrow with the passing of time or
do our eyes just stop seeing that which is beyond our reach.
You must remember to look far beyond your edge of time to a world with out yourself,
for there is where life begins.
The light of that time is the light of your youth and it shines for all to see
and will burn for all eternity.
The self is where the heart lives but the Light is of the Soul
and lives within all who wish to feel its Glory.
If this be true then why am I so empty in this world
Take not from this world for it gives nothing in return,
To be within the grasp of my glory, Give all that is within, to all that will take of you,
keep nothing for there is nothing to keep.
Live the life as I would live it and rejoice in the wisdom of your passing....
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how is it that we can see the grace of God all around us
and yet have a hard time seeing his grace within
I look in my heart and I see thee.....
a joyful day has come and gone with friends and family
I thank you for your time and family
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Long long ago (this morning)
and far far away ( over at the fair grounds)
a journey began (Da Bus)
It was a short walk to the beginning and to the end (30 feet)
with many a step between
we throw large piles of screws here and there
only to find more every where
but at last our daily task has come to its end
Only to start again in the morning
with new goals to be met
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As we stand side by side
will our hands touch, our eyes see
words shall fall softly upon our ears
the sounds of love, pass
As we stand side by side
let us sail away
in a time not past
but a future new
As we stand as one side by side
all I have I give, all I see is yours, all I am is because of thee
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It is great just setting around the house while stories are being read to the little one
Piano music coming from the front room, and masterpieces being painted in the study
All setting around the dinner table and just talking, not about anything important
But time together, sharing a prayer, a smile, a joke or two
Just being family
How great that time is
and the Blessing of just being there
thank you
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As the morning dew opens its' arms, I think of you
I hear the robin singing its' morning song, I think of you
When the suns rays lay their warmth upon my land, I think of you
With each step, each breath, I think of you
When day lays its' head in nights arms, I think of you
Sleep walks within my mind, I dream of you
My Lord God thank you for another day to get it right
and another day, I think of you
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night has fallen upon the faces of all
sleep lingers just beyond the door
time is at my right hand
the sails fill in my left
the sea fills my open door
on into the sleepless nights of yesterday
we travel to the homes far away
to friends long lost and forgotten
setting within the voices of tomorrow
we silently watch our passing
calling to thee
open my heart to your song
for in it so shall I be
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I hear your voice calling
with music in the wind
soft upon my mind
bringing Gods' glory within
lifting all above their sorrow
with the songs of joy you send
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Love abounds within my heart,... just waiting for one to love
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Giving thanks: To the one that stands at my side
to he that holds me near
to the light that lights my way
for the key to heavens door
for the ears to hear your word
for the eyes to see your glory
for the touch to feel your warmth
and for another chance to get it right
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low is the heart that can't explain its self , for time has past one by
At youth everything burned with excitement, love took you to height not know
and pains so deep that the bottom was endless
just the joy of life would fill one up and give them all that was
as age has come upon us we only long for that passion, for those pains and joys.
They have been lost in the passing of those things that came before us
and now we set alone wondering, what if , could I, should I, will I
Time will tell and as all things due when you set alone, IT TO SHALL PASS
God stood beside me in my youth and still stands there today
The passion of my faith and Gods glory lit my way when I was young
The way of the light was not always followed but it still remained bright
I pray oh Lord let the light shine always so that I may see
stand with me always and guide my steps
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The night is young and I set here watching the night blanket my world
The stars are above when I look and in my mind when I don't
AS always the sea and you are on my mind
Both smell sweet and speak to me in songs
Drawing me closer to both, yet only in my mind
Their touch calms my inner self and cool fresh air abounds
It is the feeling of home when near
That feeling, that inner peace, that stoppage if time
That life together, ...shared, ...as one, ...for all time
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To set and watch your passing is as to see the sun rise beyond the seas.
Your voice raises winds within the forests of time and gives a silence to my heart.
We set at the ends of earth, side by side, to far to touch, to close to go.
Not seen, nor lifted beyond these earthly bounds.
Yet together in a world changed by our own vision.
We stop and ponder, to watch, to listen to our souls breathing
This willing nature, Love
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well tonight I sat with close friends, they sang and played music all around
the young ones jumped up and down and all around
they laid their heads upon my shoulder
the night was to short, the feelings strong
what joy there is in a house filled with love and the spirit of the lord
the love of a man and wife of 25 yr that still look upon each other as if they have just married
who hold hands on walks and setting beside each other in the car
the love of life, shared by all, brother, sister mom and dad.
what a joy the night brings when one is allowed to stand, just near
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I was once told that if you don't want to here the answers
don't ask the questions.
But questions must be asked
and answers must be heard.
There is a light just down the street
That shines and lights my way
It opens my eyes and walks by my side
It is the first thing I see in the morning
The last thing I hold at night.
In my dreams it is so clear
The light just down the street
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