SACRED MOMENTS

SACRED MOMENTS

If there are hours in the night when sleep is sought in vain,

When there's emotional restlessness, or unceasing, nagging pain.

If your mind just can't be still and let your body rest,

Count them not frustration; consider that you are blessed!

In these wakeful moments when night does not bring sleep,

There is more time to spend with God, and holy vigil keep.

You have the opportunity to pray for someone's need,

To thank Him for your blessings, and have gratitude indeed!

In these silent, sacred moments that seem to be in vain,

Often special insights come into your thoughts like rain.

And in their steady passing, as you pray and lie awake,

What growth in spirituality, you'll make.  

Verna Smith - California

ANTIDOTE

 ANTIDOTE

We are always faced with problems in this life it seems to me,
and we all need something that will help to keep us "worry free,"
So here is a thought that came to me last night as I lay in bed,
I was resting, but aware of thoughts racing through my head:

The coins an bills we use for cash here in the USA
All have our nations motto--a phrase we see each day
"IN GOD WE TRUST" is printed to remind us --every one, That what was first intended when our Nation was begun.

NOW:

Take, as your choice, a penny, though other coins will do,
And I'll point out a NEW use for the motto tried and true.

The BACK side is the "problem" (and it's not worth one cent!)
Yet, you can think of HOURS! WORRIED HOURS you have spent!
TURN YOUR PENNY OVER! On the OTHER side's a FACE
That you may choose to "represent" Christ Jesus and His Grace.
Read CAREFULLY the motto, re-read it, if you must,
Then turn your thoughts unto the Lord, and Put in Him your trust!

When you are thinking about Jesus, you CAN'T think thoughts of worry,
And if you'll KEEP your thoughts on HIM, you won't get in a "flurry,"
This way your mind becomes relaxed, and thoughts will come to you;
An "answer" that the Lord will give, and you will know what to do!

CREATOR 

  VERNA SMITH