Poems

Warm, gentle, sincere

But certainly with a no-nonsense air

Ambitious, caring and

delightfully generous

Businesslike, aggressive yet with a charming zest

Fair-minded, far-sighted and with a ferocious zeal

Humorous, witty, fun-loving and smooth

Handsome, inner and outer beauty - a pleasure to behold

Progressive and proud -

understandably so

- Mandege

- A wonderful thought -

You have nothing more to prove.

You have done all that you

intended to do.

One cannot live another person's life,

or please them when they do not wish to be pleased.

So don't waste time trying.

Make an effort to enjoy yourself.

You have earned it.

When something stops pleasing you,

Stop doing it.

Stop worrying about things you have no control over.

God knows that you have done your best.

Now leave the rest to HIM.

Enjoy the rest of your life.

It's HIS gift to you!

- Moyah A. Gibson

God lives each day that you breathe

HE lives in your moments from week to week

When skies bleed light 'gainst the edge of

morning

HE lives between each tear that you shed -

When fortune hangs with boulders of grief

HE comforts with deep rainbow peace

Around your pain HE signs HIS name, that

you will never hurt in vain

God lives each moment of your sighs,

In silence HE records your voice

When fate seems bound HIS mercies surrounds

as chirpy as morning's sounds

When prospects twist, HIS LOVE insist

with fires of a mighty dew

Around darkest clouds bright stars comes out

above your tears, God's always there.

- Homer Sylvester

I am not strong

It is no big secret

Every day I do or say something wrong

And I weaken by the minute.

Sometimes I am tempted to give up

But what better is there to claim

A life outside of Christ could never

measure up

To one lived in His name.

At times I am envious of those who live by their behest

Those who walk only by sight

Doing only what they deem best

With no thought of wrong or right

But their lives are just a sham

Soon to be exposed

Their pretence of glitter and glam

Will one day decompose

I know because I have seen them

I rub shoulders with them every day

Those whose lives are not connected to Him

Who have not yet discovered that He is the life and the way.

Their hope lies only in this world

And so every morning they will rise

To continue to search among stones for pearls

Seeking to find the Pearl of Great Price

I am glad I know the joy of answered prayer

The relief that faith brings

I am glad I have a Maker

Who makes me feel like I can soar on eagles wings.

Every day I wake is a glimpse of hope

As I catch sight of what I can become

I am given more reasons to learn to cope

And why I should be less fearsome

So I will continue to hang on

Even if it is just to His garment's hem

Someday I will be strong

And I will be the envy of them.

- Denise Marcia Whyte