Are we strong enough to let go of those whom we love

Will you give to God, your child, your little five years old

Do you have the strength to give away and let go

If the Lord calls upon her today

Are we strong enough to take a step back and let God take control

Will you give to the Lord your lover, the love of your life

If the Lord calls, are you willing to let go

Are we those who have the faith that is needed to move forward

Will you be assured that they are now in the hands of the Lord

Will your heart rejoice though not with you, they smile with God

Or will your heart be beyond healing

The Lord knows and He understand

For we all belong to the Lord

He gives, he takes away

Are we ready to let go if the Lord calls tonight

If He takes your loved one, will you still say,

Blessed be Your name my Lord

Blessed be Your name

The Sinless for an Unkind World

Creation stood still

Heavens were silten

Angels bow their heads

The sun hid itself in disbelief

Brids ceased their songs

God turned His eyes away

Tears from the world He hid

The Son of Man, hangs on a crude cross

Blinded, man shouts victory slogans

Blinded, man smiles

His heart is darkened

Sinless, this great man, forgives

As he draws his last breath to His Father He cries

It is finished

The sinless, Son of the Father

Laid His life for the world unkind

Be Still

I stood there; around me things were moving violently

Everything was falling

Winds were blowing

The ground beneath me was shaking

There were voices screaming

But through all that a still small voice said

Be still and know that I am God

Scary voices still continues

My dreams were overcome

Dark faces laughed

Hands tried to break me

Weapons, blood to spill

But still that voice said

Be still and know that I am God

Tears would not stop

I felt all alone

No one around me

No support

Only voices of discouragement

No love

But again I heard,

Be still and know that I am God

Today I stand strong

The battle is won

I was never alone

There with me, beside and within me

A power, love that nothing can break

I was still

I knew it was God

I knew that hand on my shoulder

I know it was Him

I stood firm and still

I called upon the Lord

The Castle now Stands in Ruins

The castle now stands in ruins
Before it are sad eyes, filled with tears

Almost eighty years ago
Brick by brick a house was built
So much of laughter
Joy abounded
Many tears and also times of loss
It has seen it all
Three generations, abundant lives

Twenty seven years ago a little waked in
This was to be her home
It was not just a home
It was her castle
This place was special
It was the only place she called home
The orphanage was no home

So many memories, some sweet, some bitter
Here is where bond between father and daughter grew
This was the place where she said her goodbyes as he lay still and cold in a coffin
It was here that she ran to and fro from her loving fathers arms
Birthdays, family gatherings, many treasured times and wonderful memories

Now she stands before her home
Her castle which is no longer hers to call her own
Heavy is the burden on her heart
Heavy is the burden on her soul
Unknown men walk in and out through her safe place
Brick by brick they destroy
Watching, she feels violated
The castle now stands in ruins
Before it are sad eyes, filled with tears

Resounding Plight of Many of our Elderly Fathers & Mothers

A Seed of Love

Letting Go

I sat there last Sunday
The house was empty
Except for bits of cutlery lying there on the floor beside me

Many are the memories that I have of that home
As I sat there, everything came rushing
One after the other, memories flooded my head

I saw myself in my room
Getting out of my bed, dancing and singing
My mother came in and joined me

Sitting in the front veranda
Sitting on my father’s lap
We played
We laughed
We hugged

Christmas dinners with the family
A dinning table for almost twenty
Laid out majestically
My father at the head
And me at the tail!

Birthdays, parties when I was yonger
Gatherings when older
So many smiles
So many sounds of laughter
Smiling faces
Spoke of happy times and a happy family

Running around the house
Through one room to another
Getting lost at times
Small feet had a long way to run

Frisbees thrown in the garden
Father beside
An excited dog doing the chasing

Power cuts
Candle light dinners outside
My dad, mum and me
And a little doggie

As a bride I sat in my parents room
Veil before me
Ready to step into a new phase in my life
Ready for a change
A beautiful union

But now, this change
Bringing mainly tears
Tear after tear

Many memories
Some hard some great
But each memory one that I now hand on to

As I sat there in that almost empty house Sunday night
Tears ran freely
Questions were raised to God
Questions of why
A sense of helplessness prevailed around me
A sense of sadness
A sense of losing a part of me

Leaving the home close to midnight
I knew it was the last time that I would see it
My home
My memories
My place with my father

The home is no longer ours
Never will I walk those halls
Never will I run through the rooms
Never will I have a chance to live in a house where I built many dreams and hopes
In my heart God says there is a reason
I am trying my best to understand
I know there is a plan
I know there is a reason
But still there are tears in my eyes