A MATTER OF THE HEART

Heartaches,
Heartbreaks,
All around me
Are calling me to prayer.
I do not know them by their name
But you do Lord
And you care.
It is not pleasant, Lord
To think about the hurts
Out there-
That unloved little child,
The one no home has known,
That careworn mom who struggles on
With little hope in sight. Alone.
And of the ones in many lands
Who live amidst the violence every day
Of war, Of fear,
Of persecution, just a step away.
Lord, as I sit here in this easy chair
Cause my heart to break,
To forsake this comfort
And drop to my knees in prayer.
Perhaps you have put me in this place
Just for this time
To seek your face
In their behalf,
Before Your throne of grace.

(c) G. Blank

Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened , that it cannot save;
neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear. Isaiah 59:1

GLIMPES OF HEAVEN

I catch a glimpse of heaven
In the things that God has made,
I know that He loves beauty
From the sky to carpet laid.
His color scheme is perfect
Blue above and green below
Accented with the lighting
From the sun and its warm glow.
He set the stars to twinkling
And the moon to light the night,
And planets in their orbit
Often come within our sight.
God gave us eyes to witness
The rainbow following rain
Painting the sky in beauty
His promise affirmed again.
And when I get to heaven
And its wonders there behold
I will thank my Creator
For the beauty earth foretold.
© G Blank
….Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow;
they toil not neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you,
That even Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like one of these.
Matthew 6:28-29

ENMITY

ENMITY

If you see the donkey of a former friend who hates you
fallen down with its load, do not leave and go on by;
be sure to stop and help him with it. ( Exodus 23:5)
Then the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey and she said

to Balaam, "What have I done to you that I deserve your

beating me these three times?"
(Numbers 22:28 )

Do not leave the fallen donkey
And its master by the road.
Though the hate between you mutual
And the way you avoid usual,
You must help your neighbor with his load.

Though you might offer up a prayer,
A kind deed is the best move,
Towards a reconciliation,
Ending years of alienation
To help all your enmity remove.

It is not the owner’s donkey
Lying there in deep distress,
That has caused the kindred hatred
Which the two of you have rated
As your item number one to bless.

So begin to help the donkey
Be the first to make a start.
Then just choose to work together,
Just decide that you would rather
Become friends and have a change of heart.

Then walk down the road rejoicing
For your friendship now renewed,
Knowing God used again a donkey
In life’s affairs to strangely monkey,
Using love to end a bitter feud

© G. Blank
Photo, entitled, Donkey Fallen, used by permission
Bob Stuplich, ArcImagingDirecto of Expeditions
NoahsArkSearch.Com

CLIMBING

Step by step we're climbing upward
Toward the Lord's great judgment day,
Rich and poor we'll stand before Him
Awaiting what He has to say.
Gold and silver will not matter,
Works we've done will not avail,
Knowing Jesus is the secret,
Of whether we shall pass or fail.
In the book of life is written
All the names of those redeemed-
Those who served Him on the climb
And His righteousness esteemed.
Prayer it takes to make the journey
To the top step of the stair
Blessed Saviour, then we'll see Him
As He waits to greet us there.
Heaven's door will open to us,
Mansions promised we will see,
O, to hear Thy words of welcome
Keep us climbing Lord, to Thee.
copyrighted: GBlank
And there shall in no wise enter into it anything...
But they which are written in the Lamb's book of Life.
Revelation 21:27
Painting above entitled, Stairway to Heaven
is from the art of Jim Warren http://www.jimwarren.com/

DESERT ROSES

Roses will grow in the desert.
For God said they would blossom there,
So cling to this promise tightly
And then watch for the blooms with prayer.
Our personal deserts of life
May be filled with pain and despair,
But roses will bloom when we place
Our grief’s on His shoulders with prayer.
Our deserts of life, our sorrows
May seem countless as grains of sand
But roses will grow as promised
When we reach for His outstretched hand.
© G.Blank

………and the desert shall rejoice,
and blossom as the rose.
It shall blossom abundantly,
And rejoice even with joy and singing……
Isaiah 35:1b, -2a

ALZHEIMER'S

ALZHEIMER'S

What if Yesterday were never
And Tomorrow never came,
And Today just stayed forever
And forever all the same?

Would the tides still move the ocean,
Would the thunder's horn still blow,
Would the sun still rise in splendor,
Would the stars in heaven glow?

Would the earth still whirl in orbit,
Would warm showers softly rain,
Would the scent of summer breezes
Tell us roses bloom again?

If our Yesterday's were never
Would our memory be no more-
Would our friends all be forgotten
And all others gone before?

If no Tomorrow's ever came
With it's hopes to set aflame
Something better than our present,
Would we sigh for lack of fame?

Well, for some it makes no difference
Their Today's are all they know.
Their knowing has been stolen
By a stealthy thief and foe.

Alzheimer's is the culprit-
God please help us find a cure
So that our Yesterday's are ever
With Tomorrow safe and sure.

And though we do not have an answer
Why for some it's just Today
We know that God will help us
Unlock the mystery s ome day.

Copyrighted GBlank

While the earth remaineth,
seedtime and harvest,
and cold and heat,
summer and winter
and day and night
shall not cease.
Genesis 8:22