YOU'LL SEE THE FACE OF GOD

You'll See the Face of God

Because Love Lives!

The Hope of Heaven Lives in Longing Hearts, in Those who'd Feel love's Soul-fulFilling Grace. In BuddhaChrist is Where real Loving Starts, plus, Deep withIn a Lover's Warm emBrace!

Love Lives!

When Kindly, Helpful, Needed Truths are Heard, where Beauty Glows withIn a Friendly Smile… withIn the Songs of Ev'ry MockingBird, and Ev'ry Heart withOut a Trace o' Guile!

Love Lives!

Love Grows and Thrives in Hearts like Yours and Mine, each Time we Act ta Show the Love inSide; and AnyOne can Taste sweet Love diVine, when Hearts of Foes beGin ta Open Wide!

Love Lives!

Arent You perSuaded Love's a Worthwhile Thing? PerHaps ya Need ta FEEL it, More than Hear. But Love will Salve your CycniCism's Sting… when First ya See the Prince of Peace apPear!

Love Lives!

He May not Wear the Very Finest Clothes; she May not Have a Super-Model's Bod – whoEver “Tis, will Love you, Head ta Toes, and Then, YOU WILL HAVE SEEN THE FACE OF GOD! BECAUSE LOVE LIVES! The end

Copyright 2013 by Marie L. Nickerson

LORD, TAKE THESE CHAINS!

Lord, Take These Chains!

CafFeine and NicoTine [alcohol] be Far from Me! Lord BuddhaChrist, please Come and Take their Place! I GOTta BE all Nasty-Habit-FREE, and FILLED with Heaven's SWEET aMAZin' GRACE! Ay-MEN!!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

PRAYER FOR OUR TIMES

Prayer for Our Times

Upon this Rock in Space a' Turnin', so Many Millions Now are Yearnin'; they Miss their Homes, they'd be reTurnin', if More of Us would Learn ta Love. There's Billions We could Now be Feedin'; too Many Victims Now are Bleedin', and It's our Help they All are Needin', so You and I must Learn ta Love.

Now, There's a Heaven-Home withIn my Heart, where Holy Spirit Guides and Comforts Me; but Ev'ry Moment I must Do my Part, if I would Help my Neighbors All be Free. Lord, Help me Be more Kind in Ev'ry Way, and Help me Speak and LIVE the Truth that Frees! And Help me Keep the Faith and Always Pray; now, Save this World aGain, sweet Jesus, Please? Thank You, Precious Lord, amen!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

THE CASE FOR PEACE

The Case for Peace

At Times I've Felt disCouraged, Haven't You? Now, What's our Move, when Moral Weakness Comes? Yes, Things kin Look quite Dark when Someone Bums, but Always There is Something Kind ta Do. You Might could Show your Care fer Neighbors Near; you Might just Need ta Take Good Care of YOU! To Thine own Self be Ever Kind and TRUE, but Love the Lord and EV'ryBody, Hear? That's Common Sense for EV'ryOne ta Do, so Now it's Up ta US ta Follow THROUGH! Ain't That Right?

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

NOTE TO CHRISTIAN FRIENDS

Note to Christian Friends

How Much ya Choose ta Love is Up ta You, and How much Truth yuh'll Speak's the Same Way, Too. If You'd git Right, ta Christ ya Mus' be True, and Serve him Ev'ry Day in All ya Do!

Ain't That Right, brothers and sisters?!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

MORE LIGHT

More Light

WherEver Humans Big or Tiny Live, it Isn't Right to Waste a Single One. Each Needs the Loving Care the Christ can Give, that Heaven's Will by All of Us be Done. Yet Some reBel, they're Sure that's Just not True; "That's Cruel!" many Folks are Prone ta Say. "Why Love, there's Other, Urgent Things ta Do!" "We Just don't NEED that Human Life toDay." So Life beGins ta Flow right Down-the-Drain; our World is Torn aPart both Left-and-Right. ENOUGH of Murders, FearfulNess, and Pain! How Do we DARE ta Sin aGainst the Light? How do we DARE, I'm Askin' You!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

THE GENIE'S PROMISE

The Genie's Promise

All Ye with Needs, feel Free to Call on Me, and I shall Grant your Dearest Heart's deSire! If Heaven's What you Most deSire ta See, withIn your Soul I'll Kindle Holy Fire! And You will Surely Find your Way to Bliss, and All the Joy you Know you'll Surely Share! I'll Tell you What ta Do, just Practice This: the Savior's Sweet and Tender Loving Care. And you Will Make It! 

Copyright 2013 Marie Louise Nickerson

SUCCESSFUL POET'S PRAYER

Successful Poet's Prayer

I Dig my Karma Now, got All I Need; and True sucCess, good Health, great Wealth are Mine. Please Help me Honor You with Ev'ry Deed, with Ev'ry Word imPart your Grace diVine! And All my Wealth, please Help me Fully Share, that Justice, Peace, and Joy might Rule our Earth. And That we'll See, if More of Us will Care, so Come aLong, let's Love fer All we're Worth!

Copyright 2013 Marie Louise Nickerson

THE HOLY ONE IS CALLING

The Holy One Is Calling

Guy, Why deLay the Day ya Start ta Pray? Lord BuddhaChrist is Calling Now fer You! Now, You may Think that Ev'ryThing's OK, and If ya Do, now Here's a Little Clue: that Little Nagging Sin yuh'd OverCome, that Habit Seems so Minor, now, I Know; but Now is Not the Time ta Be too Dumb: 'cause If ya Slide and Slide, ta Hell you'll Go! Ain't Talking 'bout “eTernal Fire” for Flesh, ain't Talkin' 'Bout no “Devil”, AnyWay; but Here's an Outlook, Brother, Plain and Fresh: a LIVING Hell could Well be Yours, one Day!

Why Don't ya Straighten Up while Yet there's Time? Why Not rePent and Ask fer Help ya Need? ToDay yer Status May seem Fine and Prime, but Life for You will Change, THAT'S GUARANTEED! I HAVE SPOKEN!

Copyright 2013 Marie Louise Nickerson

CHILLIN' IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Chillin' in the Middle East

(prayer to the Holy One and All)

Please Bring sweet Peace to All the Middle East, let HarmoNy an' Justice 'Round there Rule! God Bless the Greatest, Now, and Bless the Least! Let's Ev'ryOne forGIVE! Let's Get it COOL! OKAY, EV'RYBODY? Let's Get it COOL!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

THE LORD TURNED ME AROUND

The Lord Turned Me Around

I Usedta Git my Kicks by Bein' Crool. I Didn't Care 'bout Love 'n Bein' Kind. I Thought that I was CUTE and Pretty COOL; I Thought I Saw the Truth, but I was Blind! My FaithlessNess, one Day it Made me Sick, and It was Plain that I must Cop, or Die! My Heart an' Mind had Been as Thick as Brick, 'cause All my “RighteousNess” was but a Lie! Ya See, I'd Tried ta Follow All the Rules, ta Be a “Good Boy” – Didn't Know the Lord! But Then I Saw that Praise is Sought by Fools, who Miss the Mark 'cause Jesus they've igNored! The Prince of Peace and Joy is BuddhaChrist; that Love's the Sweetest Love will Ever Be! That Love has Always Longing Hearts sufFiced, and Ev'ry Day that Love sufFices ME!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

THE LOVE OF BUDDHACHRIST

The Love of BuddhaChrist

A Love suPreme is Calling Out your Name. PerHaps right Now those Fears you'll Throw aWay; from Now on Out, you'll Never Be the Same, if You'll rePent, and Trust the Lord to-Day.

The World is Waiting Here and Now fer You; and As you Sow, you're Also Gonna Reap; why Don't ya Sow a Little Love that's True, and Then a Little More, and Then a Heap!

That's Really What we All now Need ta Do, if We would See God's Kingdom Start ta Come. I Think that I can Do it, How 'bout You? There's Joy in Giving Ev'ryBody Some!

It's Time ta Lose the Faithless, Fearful Blues; a Little Courage Goes, a Long, Long Way. A Life of Love's the Thing we're s'Posed ta Choose; let's Start by Choosing BuddhaChrist ta-Day!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

PLEASE BLESS MY HEART!

Please Bless My Heart!

(quick morning prayer)

You, Lord, could Dig fer Me ta Straighten Up! Yuh'd Rather Blessin's OverFlow my CUP! So, Please, fulFill these Next six Words I'll Pray: INSPIRE AN' MOTIVATE MY HEART TA-DAY! An' Help my Hands an' Feet ta Folla Through, oBeyin' You, dear Lord, in All I Do! An' Help your Servant Be both Kind and Tough! And Now I Do buhLieve I've said e-Nough!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

WON'T YOU SEND THAT SAVING GRACE?

Won’t You Send That Saving Grace?

Oh, Savior, Take aWay my evil Ways, and Help me Turn, with All my Heart, to You! Within my Soul, please Light your Fiery Blaze, and Make this Doubting Gal be Born aNew!

None Other Holds my Life seCurely Firm; none Other Loves with All the Love o' God. PerSuade me I am Not an Evil Worm, make Healthy all my Brain, and Heart, And Bod!

And All my Thanks to You, O Holy One, for All you’re Gonna Do for You and Me; reTurn to Me a Love of Joy and Fun, for Ev’ry Lock that Binds, proVide your Key!

You’re Oh-so-Gracious, Kind and Super-Sweet, and I apPreciate your Mercy-Heart! With You inSide a’ Me I Can’t be Beat – and so, dear Lord, let’s Make a Whole new Start! AlleLuia! Amen!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

SALVATION ON THE WAY

Salvation On the Way

When I’ve inDulged my Self in pleasant Junk, I’ve played so foolishly... and caused some Pain. My Ship is getting Gradually Sunk, while I’ve Bound Me inside with ball-and-Chain! The Key ta Life and Freedom’s Loving All, espesh’lly Buddha-Christ, the Living Truth; so best Be Sure to Answer Lov-ing’s Call – the Wisest bravely Cop in Tender Youth!

So Choose the Blest: the Life, and Truth, and Way, and gently Discipline Your-Self in Love. Be kind to You in Work, and Rest, and Play, and Ev’ry sorry Woe, You’ll rise aBove! Let’s Share the fruits of Peace and Freedom ‘round, let All the fearsome Hate and Tempers cool; let’s Pray so each and All of us git Found – may Justice, Truth, and Mercy Ever Rule!

And When you’ve Stayed-the-Course, and Life is Done, may You still KNOW the Savior Sweet-and-True; may Life then Glow just Like the Setting Sun, and Heaven’s Peace and Glory Wait-for-You!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

MIRACLE-WORKING ONE

Miracle-Working One

Oh, Lord, please Help me Love the Way you Do, I Know I Must make Ev’ry Moment Count; please Make me UnderStanding Through and Through, my Little Bit beCome a Giant-Sized aMount! I know I can’t do Much all On-my-Own; please MultiPly my Ev’ry Loving Deed, don’t Let this OpporTuniTy git Blown; please Mega-Size reSults ta Meet the Need! We Must be Loving, Kindly, All-aLong, and We reQuire YOUR Loving ALL-THE-WAY; please Make our Loving Super-Sweet-and-Strong, let’s Make this Planet-Wide salVation Day!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

BEFORE AND AFTER MEETING THE HOLY ONE

Before and After Meeting the Holy One

I Tried and Tried like Hell to Prove my Worth, but No one Seemed ta Know what Jesus Did; I Hadn’t Yet exPerienced new Birth, I Was a Very Desp’rate, Lonely Kid. And So I Nearly Threw aWay my BOD, a’Chasing after Foolish, Useless Hopes; I Hadn’t Given All my Blues ta God, my Greatest Foe then Had me On the ROPES! NoBody Knew just What ta DO with Me; I Didn’t Fit the Common, Normal Mold; noBody Knew how Useful I could Be; the Working World seemed Quite unKind and Cold. I Ran as Hard as I then Could, aWay, and I beLieved I wasn’t Worth a Hoot, but, Folks, I’m Gassed to Be aLive today, ‘cause I know Love; my Life is Bearing FRUIT – BUT!... But IF YOU haven’t Met the Living Lord, and Think you’re Gonna Make it All aLone, and GO and LEAVE God’s Gift of Grace igNORED, you’ve Tried to Build withOut the CORnerStone! So Why in Endless Darkness One perSists, I’m Sure that I can Never UnderStand; the Answer To Your Troubles Now eXists; you May not Know, but Heaven’s Here at Hand! Let’s Ask for Help from Life who Loves us So, the Holy One who'll Never Turn aWay; let’s Choose the Teacher’s Aid to Learn and Grow, and Start to Live for Love-Light Here TO-DAY! OK?

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

HELP ME, PLEASE?

Help Me, Please?

Please Help me Love my Self and Others Too, please Help me Love this Universe, dear God! Please Make me DiliGent, dear Source, please Do, and Make my UnderStanding Deep and Broad! I'd Like To UnderStand the Need to Serve, ta Help me Do the Things that Must be Done; so Fill me Up with Spirit, Strength, and VERVE, 'cause, Lord, I'd Love to Have my Self some FUN!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

FOR US

For Us
(for separated lovers)

Good Health, enLightenment, salVation, Love – what Good-thing Do I Seem to Lack right Now? A Certain Someone I be Dreaming Of; I Gotta get to You toDay, Some-How! “Be Realistic”, Sometimes I will Say, “exPect a MiraCle” I’ll Say as Well; with Help from BuddhaChrist we’ll Find a Way - - when That will Be, now, Only Time will Tell.

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

CONFESSION AND REQUEST

Confession and Request

So Many Times I’ve Thrown my Life aWay, my Blessings Spent on FoolishNess and Junk, but Still, there’s Hope and HappiNess toDay, though I may Be a Rather Backslid Monk! I’ve Wishes, Hopes, and Blissful Dreams gaLore, and Still there’s Helpful Things that I can Do, so Lord, please Straighten Me a Whole lot More, so I’ll most FruitfulLy be Serving You! Hallelujah! Amen!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson