Not All

Not all scars show, not all wounds heal, sometimes you can’t always see the pain someone feels. – unknown

Not all the scars show
when they can be hidden

That you would ever know
is what’s to them forbidden

Not all wounds truly heal
for they keep coming back

Then it’s peace they steal
as the tears they track

For there are always times
you can’t see the pains

That from some other’s crimes
still in a heart remains

And what they do feel
they refuse to let show

It’s too hard to deal
with what other people know.

Teresa Marie  8/25/11

How Do You See It?

Do you look at the world
as God‘s beautiful work of art
or do you shake your head
with unbelief there in your heart?

Have you tried to imagine it
how it was at the start
or see only its present ugliness
and the way it’s falling apart?

Ever looked up at the sky
and envisioned the color of blue
it was in the very beginning
before pollution distorted its hue?

Do you believe there’s no God
nor a heaven or hell too
and this is all there is
it doesn’t matter what you do?

Do you see all of life
with a beginning and an end
but nothing exists then after that
and the Bible is only pretend?

So what about if you’re wrong
and Jesus is really my friend?
What if hell is a place
where eternity the damned will spend?

Is it worth taking the chance
’cause what if I am right
and people will really be condemned
for sinning freely before God’s sight?

There may not be a hell
but then again there just might
doesn’t it ever cause you concern
in the middle of the night?

Teresa Marie  7/4/10

Give You The World

I’ll give you the world
right here in my hand
with all of its riches
in both sea and land

You need only to follow
and walk in my way
for it to be yours
right from this very day

I know you want it
what’s God given to you?
You live like a pauper
do you really want to?

You’ll have it now
just think of everything
that the whole world
will to you bring

You need only to
just say the word
and it is yours
soon as I’ve heard

Give me your soul
I’ll take in trade
it is a small price
for it to be paid!

Teresa Marie  8/25/11

Ends In Love

Friendship often ends

With a loved one

Through many trials

It can be undone

But the love in

A friendship will never

For there is nothing

That tie will sever

And no matter what

You are my friend

I’ll always love you

Until my dying end!

Teresa Marie  8/25/11

The Mother’s Pain

Mary, my dear sweet Mary
I cannot imagine the pain
when the blood of your Son
did the ground on Calvary stain

To have watched Him thirty-two years
as from an infant He grew
into a fully grown man
all to die and you knew

When such a tragedy is waiting
one day your child to befall
how did you ever hold on
to your sanity through it all?

The pain, the grief, the sorrow
must have pierced your heart too
when the soldier took a lance
and run you Son’s heart through

Thank you for all you suffered
so that I might now live
with the freedom from sin
your Son to me does give!

Teresa Marie   8/25/11

For My Children All

What do I say to you that will convey how very much I love you except:

I love you to the depths of my soul
I love you with every fiber of my being
I love you with the love of our Father
I will love you into eternity;

I pray that you have love
I pray that you have peace
I pray that Jesus holds your soul
I pray that God makes you whole
I pray for angels to guard you
I pray the Spirit dwells in you
I pray you listen to His voice
I pray the Shepherd keeps you close
I pray the Mother intercedes for you
I pray that heaven holds your heart;

May God bless you always
May He give you joy
May He dry your tears
May He be you High Tower
May He be your Defender
May He be the Rock you lean on;

Keep Jesus closer than a brother
Keep Him always before you
Keep His Word in your heart
Keep His Spirit your closest friend;

Make His Life your blueprint
Strive to make Him proud
Desire to hear Him say, 
“Well done, My good and faithful servant!”
Never forget His sacrifice for you
He suffered greatly, appreciate it daily;

Be good to yourselves and each other
Ask God to forgive your failures
And then forgive yourselves
Love God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit
For They love you
Laugh every day and think of me when you do
Laugh at yourself too!
Don’t live with regrets, move on, do better
Guilt will destroy you;

I thank God for you
I thank Him for your love
I thank Him for Mark
I thank Him for giving me joy
I thank Him for giving His Son for me
I thank Him for my life
I thank God for it all!

Appreciate the good
Forget the bad
And keep your eyes on heaven always!

I love you, Mom

Teresa Marie   8/16/10

For my children all,
those natural-born, my step-children and adopted

I wrote this a year ago when I was not feeling well.  I wanted to be sure that if anything happened to me, my kids would know how much I loved them.  I just found it last night and thought I would share it with you.

Dance, Love, Sing, Live

Dance as though no one’s watching
to see how well you do
that way you will be free
to jitterbug the whole night through

Love as though you have never 
been hurt by someone ever before
so you can freely give love
to the one that you adore

Sing as though no one can
even hear what song you sing
then no matter if you’re flat
there’s happiness that it will bring

And live as though heaven is
here on the earth every day
for you’re a child of God
so you should live that way!!

Teresa Marie  8/25/11