LORD, STAY WITH ME!

 “Please, practice prudent, patient peace o' mind, and moderation, everywhere ya go! To sit a while each Mornin' Might be kind, if You'd your Lord and Savior better Know. Please, Help me, Jesus! Thanks fer doin' So! I need your Light ta Guide me every day. Lord, Bless my heart; please, Help my love ta Grow; within this heart o' mine... Forever... Stay! Please, and thank you!”

Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

HOW MUCH EXERCISE?

 “Oh, please don't make a radical increase, please, don't do twice what you did yesterday! If you would like your body's pains ta cease, before ya exercise, please, wait and pray!”

Copyright 2016 Stephen Cromwell Gifford

MODERATE PACE

 “Lord, help me Plan on being kind today, and alternate activity with rest. And not get bent on doing things, okay? 'Cause patience, Lord, is gonna bless me best!”

Copyright 2016 by Stephen C. Gifford

SELF-GUIDED PHYSICAL THERAPY

Self-Guided Physical Therapy

“except ye become as a little child”

A Baby Starts with Little Baby Steps, with Not-too-Stressful, Not-too-Many Reps. But If ya be ambitious, folks, you'll Lose; ta Pray and Wait, at First, is What ta Choose. And Then you'll Need ta Pray aLong the Way, ta Rest, an' Pray, and Exercise each Day! 'Nuff said.

Copyright 2013 by Marie L. Nickerson

SOME HELP, LORD!

Some Help, Lord!

Lord, Help me Act, reLax, and Build my Health, and Be more MerciFul, and Kindly, Too – with Not too Much, and Not too Little Wealth; fer All o' These, acCept my Thanks to You!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

MESSAGE TO A DESPERADO

Message to a Desperado

If Heaven’s Gone, real-Love can Bring it Back; there Ain’t no Need to AngriLy de-Spair. And If it’s Patient Tolerance you Lack, why Not then Treat yourself with Loving Care? ‘Cause You, a Child of God, deServe your Best; there Ain’t no Need ta Do too Much and Bum; no Matter What, ya Need ta Get your Rest; why Not be Kind ta You and Get you Some?

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

WHY I SHOULD TAKE CARE OF MYSELF

Why I Should Take Care of My Self

When Wisdom, Love, and PeacefulNess comBine, for-Giveness May beGin ta Gently Flow; when Holy Spirit’s Surging Through the Vine, then Branches, Leaves, and Pretty Flowers Grow!

Ta Work and Play, ta Meditate and Pray, ta Somehow Show the Wider World ya Care; ta Eat, and Laugh, and Sleep, the Balanced Way... these HABITS Yield sweet Fruits fer You ta SHARE!

An’ THAT’S Why It’s Good ta Care for Your Self! A-MEN!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson

MODERATION

Moderation

Not too slow and not-too-Fast... is how ya gotta Move, if ya wanta Last. Not too short, and not-too-long... is how you gotta Go... if ya-wanna-stay-Strong!

Copyright 2013 by Marie Louise Nickerson