Yes, You'll Want to Find Out For Yourself

The words written here may be helpful to you;
You’ll want to find out for yourself what of Christmas is true.

Find a Bible; perhaps you have one on your shelf;
Take a look and find out about Jesus for yourself.

Three hundred prophecies written hundreds of years before
Told about the Messiah the Jewish people were waiting for.

Finding Lots More

        It's been fun to find people who have quoted something I've written on their own websites.  Thanks to Google search it's quick to do, and perhaps you've noticed the total posted over on the right hand side under "About Me."  It was 2898 just a few days ago.  Then,  I got the bright idea to look up other search engines.  I looked up my writings on Bing, Cuil, Dogpile, Lycos, HotBot, Yahoo, Gigablast, AOL, Alta Vista, Ask, Google of India, Google of Russia, Fireball - German, Swiss, and Italian.
        An amazing total of 528 sites have published one or more of my poems, articles, or stories.  The grand total is 3,526 as of 12-5-11.  May each one of these be a blessing to a lot of people!

Of Course . . . Christmas is Coming!

Decorations and colorful lights,
Parades and outstanding sights,
Fanciful stories and fables,
Yummy food upon the tables,

Parties, music, friends and family,
Of course, your special Christmas tree.
Light a candle, go to church possibly?
In the mall there’s so much to see.

Shopping, spending, yes, I know!
Winter games, and maybe snow.
Bundle up to avoid freezing,
Keep your distance from people sneezing.

Your Life is a Gift From God

Your life is a gift from God,
See what you can make of it.
Appreciate what you can already do,
But plan and work for a breakthrough.

Look back on the hard times
There are lessons there to learn,
Hard work, focus, and concentration,
Gets you past the aggravation.

Don’t cave in to disappointment,
Stand strong today and every day!
What you are going to say and do
Can help others, and will help you.

The Most Important Thing May Be Missing!

The most important thing, (do you agree?)
May be missing from Thanksgiving Day,
Or perhaps it’s something you don’t see;
I’d like to mention it, if I may.

Veterans Day, Flag Day, 4th of July, etc.

The calendar calls for a patriotic theme!
Some will reminisce with grateful emotions;
Others choose to spend another holiday
occupied with ordinary commotions.

Hold on there! Give a moment for reflection:
Honor, duty, sacrifice for a worthy goal,
Everyone free, so everyone can choose
Godly values that ennoble the soul.

Mama Can't Fix

     For years, it was “run to mama, and she’ll make it all better.” She gave lightly blown kisses for skinned knees, a refuge from pestering sisters behind her apron. In later years, there were words of wisdom dispensed while she was peeling potatoes or kneading bread dough.
     We little girls saw how mama did it, and from our hearts of love we did the same things when we grew up and had our babies. It just seems right that mama can fix physical and emotional “owwies.” It was up to daddy to fix the wagon, the tricycle, and the washing machine.
     What worked when Danny and Lola were little established us in the “Super Mom” mode. And that set us up for disappointment.