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Showing posts with label MERCY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MERCY. Show all posts

Monday, February 12, 2018

TO A VICTIM'S SPOUSE


Now, retribution isn't just, my friend, for justice must be righteous, free from hate. Revenge can't help a broken heart ta mend, so let's be kind, and let's us pray and wait.”



Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

ENLIGHTENED SELF-INTEREST


 “Lord, Will this option only cause more pain? Should I instead do what I've done before? Please, help me wisely choose ta do what's Sane... and act in my best int'rests, more and more! So, Should I choose this option, Lord – or not? Please, Help me be most Merciful, ta Me! Please, bless this cherished child of Yours, a Lot! And Help me be as Kind as I can Be!” Please, and Thank You! Amen!


Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

Friday, August 11, 2017

YOU CAN MAKE IT THROUGH YOUR TROUBLES


 “Please, If your job seems thankless, don't despair; could Be ya Should go Easier on You. Especially when nobody seems ta care, ya gotta Love yourself, ya really do! If you ain't gettin' stoned, ya need a change; your attitude 's the perfect place ta start. Some things you're gonna need ta rearrange, my friend, ya gotta take a path with Heart! Why Don't ya ask the Lord... ta Help ya Out? When Life is hard, that's very wise ta do. Please, don't indulge in anger, never pout, but trust in love, and it'll rescue you! Gal, May ya find complete relief, right now; may Heaven be most merciful ta You! The Lord can point the way... and teach ya How ta keep your head up high… and Make It Through!”


Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

NOT AFRAID TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY SELF


 “If I get in a Bind, I let 'em know; ta play the silent martyr then is dumb. I take good care 'o Me, and don't be slow; I do my part ta Help Christ's mercy come!”


Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

Thursday, August 10, 2017

WE TRUST IN YOU, LORD


 “Now, Jesus loves all terrorists, it's true, no matter what those people say er do. He loves the Meanest one, and you and me, and loving, just like Him, we're s'posed ta Be! Oh, Lord, we Really need your help with this, 'cause love's the mark we Often tend ta Miss – especially, when someone does us wrong, but We, as well as They, fer mercy, Long. Lord, help us sow exactly as we'd reap, remembering the costs of hate are steep. Fergiving, loving all, we gotta do; for help with That, we're gonna Trust in You.”


Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

Monday, July 24, 2017

WHERE GLADNESS STARTS


Now, wellness, that's a blessing much desired – plus full prosperity, contentment, too. Ta be with love and happiness inspired – these all appeal ta Me, now how 'bout you? Tranquility and joy are precious gifts, and justice, mercy, patience, Faith, all need. The kindly wisdom that our viewpoints lifts – All these could help ta get our spirits freed! So we must practice peace, that love may grow, that gratitude may dwell within our hearts. If all these blessings we would like ta know, let's love the Lord – he's where the Gladness Starts!”


Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

Sunday, July 9, 2017

LET'S LOVE AT ALL TIMES


 “We act like love and mercy are fer Nuts, whenever we feel threatened by a foe! Forgive? We mostly seem ta lack the guts, ta let the love within us freely flow. Ta love, each day, a person must prepare; adversity, we all will prob'ly face. We always need ta practice loving care – for everyone on Earth, in every case. Is that not true?”


Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

PERSONAL PRAYER REQUESTS


 “Please, save myself from me, my fiercest foe! Lord, Help me treat my self with Kindness, Now! Your mercy, Lord, I'm very glad ta know; ta be more merciful ta me, I vow.”


Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

PRAYER FOR HELP WITH BEING KIND


 “Please, Help me not to grumble, Holy One, I Must be tolerant, and patient, too – not take offense, but be a gentleman, who doesn't judge, who's merciful, like You! Please, kindly keep my disposition sweet, that I may Bless my Foes with all I do; please, free my heart of every mean conceit, that I may never be ta Thee untrue….”


Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

Monday, June 19, 2017

WHAT TO DO TODAY?


What Else does Heaven ask of me today, than patience, mercy, honesty, and care? There's faithfulness and taking time ta pray, and being generous enough ta Share! So, Heaven, Help me live these virtues well… and persevere in doing what is Right. I've got a choice 'twixt Paradise and hell; Lord, Help me Walk today in Heaven's Light!:


Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

SWEET TRANQUILITY & BLISS


Now, shouldn't prayer be a Peaceful place, a little like a loved one's warm Embrace? The Kindly One has blessings Just fer You, some gifts of grace and mercies ever New. Could be ya oughta take some time ta Pray, and offer thanks fer how you're Blessed, Today! The help and strength ya need ya Could request, it just might help your dreams ta Manifest! Now, thank you Very Much fer Reading this; I wish ya sweet tranquility and Bliss! God bless you!”


Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

Saturday, June 3, 2017

TO THE LORD


 “For All my blessings, Thank you, Very Much, fer health and comfort, kindly friends, and peace. For Sweet Marie, her every lovin' touch; please, help her happiness and health increase! Fer every teacher who Enlightens me, fer Buddha Christ, his perfect saving grace; fer Loving-kindness, highest Heaven's key, fer water, food, and This, my livin' space. Fer all the meds that help ta keep me Sane, fer patience, mercy, truth. and Beauty, too; fer all your Gifts that life on Earth Sustain, but most especially, dear Lord, fer You – Thanks!”


Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

Thursday, June 1, 2017

WE NEED YOUR LOVE


 “How often we get harmed by things we've done, as though it were ourselves that we'd destroy. So recklessly toward trouble, people run – I started, back when I was but a boy. Lord, grant your mercy, guide us every day, we human beings need your wisdom so. You really are the Truth, the Life, the Way; your Love, dear Lord, is what we need ta know.”


Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

LET ALL OF US FORGIVE OUR FOES


 “May all our hearts Deep Peace, with Justice, Love, and all our selfishness, now rise above. May all of us appreciate what's true, have Mercy on our planet, green and blue. May We all value Kindness, most of all, responding when we hear each sufferer call. Let all of us our gratitude now show; in all, may sweet tranquility now grow. May everyone on Earth be richly blessed, and love lay Every person's fears to rest. For tolerance and patience, Thank You, Lord, let every victim's health now be restored! And lest this prayer-poem last too long, let every heart now sing its Own sweet song!”


Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

Monday, May 22, 2017

FUNDAMENTALISTS, YA GOTTA LOVE 'EM


Those kinds of folks kin be a little dumb; that's Not ta say I never be the Same, but not a one will change till Kingdom come – they Love that Fundamentalism game! Now, science, Lord, ta Them 's a bugaboo, denyin' lies of which they be so fond; Help Fundamentalists ta Turn ta You, have Mercy on those folks some Liars Conned! Please and Thank You, Amen!”


Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford 

Sunday, May 21, 2017

LOVE LIKE JESUS DOES


 “I've gotta discipline myself ta love, with kindness, mercy, great compassion too! My fears and hunger I must rise above, so Help me, Jesus, Love, just like You Do!”


Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

Friday, May 19, 2017

FORMULA FOR PEACE


 “Let's none of us decide ta close our hearts. Who hasn't made a very bad mistake?. Forgiveness, that's where peace and justice starts, so, please, be merciful, for goodness' sake.”


Copyright 2016 by Stephen Cromwell Gifford

DON'T GIVE UP ON ME!


 “To harm a person's very, very wrong, by reckless word or deed, neglect, or hate. Why don't we pray fer patience deep and long, instead of hastening ta judgment, wait? Like me, I've surely done some cruel things, and I have Loved the mercy I've been shown. It's Heaven's love from which that mercy springs, and we all need it, 'cause we're error-prone. So, Buddha, please do not give Up on me, 'cause I'm a work in progress, day by day. Your light of Truth, I always need ta see, so please enlighten me, dear Lord, I pray!”


Copyright 2016 by Stephen Cromwell Gifford

BE CAREFUL, PACE YOURSELF


 “To have a disposition mild and sweet, I must take care of me, my self, and Well. Lord, help your servant All his work complete; remind me, Lord, ta sometimes Rest a spell! I know you're always merciful and kind; Lord, help me be the Very same ta me! If I get stressed, please, Help me then unwind, so I can be the Best that I kin Be!”


Copyright 2016 by Stephen Cromwell Gifford

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

HEAVEN'S GRACE IS STRONG


Nice people sometimes do quite cruel things, and those who claim religion sometimes kill… but those who know the peace that loving brings, now, they're the ones who'll prob'ly do God's will. Let's you and I decide we'll love, today, abiding in our breathing in-and-out – released by faith from needless fears and doubt. Let's be both merciful and patient, friend, and thankful, not resentful, all day long. Let's gratitude and loving-kindness blend, and then we'll find that Heaven's grace is
STRONG!”


Copyright 2016 by Stephen C. Gifford
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