“Focus”

Just where is my focus
For what do I seek?
Is my vision centered
Of what do I speak?
This world, it’s surroundings
With evil abounds
Thus once more my focus
Just where is it found?
On this world, it’s contents
Does my focus remain?
For this world, it’s actions
Bring with it such pain
Thus my vision it’s focus
On God’s word must stay
For that new world’s much closer
With each passing day.

*about public talk entitled “Life Without End At Last”

“Rustling”

Do you hear the rustling
Bible pages turn
Thousands are now reading
Listen to them learn
Softy oh so softly
Seeking what they’ve heard
Quietly they’re looking
Searching through his word
Eagerly advancing
Verse by verse they go
Learning, loving, reading
Verse by verse they grow
Gentle though the rustling
Following what’s said
They rejoice with pleasure
As God’s word is read

* 6-23-02 written during Bro. Meyberry’s talk entitled “Why You Can Trust the Bible”

“Music”

Early though the music
To me has been brought
I awake from slumber
And my heart is caught
Wakened thus to wonders
Early mornings bring
For the birds are active
Of their work they sing
Music now surrounds me
Listen, can you hear?
Such melodious wonders
With the morn appear
Soon the suns appearance
Sweeps the away the night
But how its advancement
Brought me such delight
Yes! My day’s awakened
Joyous sounds prevail
With the morning’s chorus
Through this day I’ll sail!!

5/3/09 four in the morning, leg burning yet again but I at least get to listen to the wonderful chorus Jehovah provides this early in the day. Wonderful sound it is indeed, everyone should get up and listen to it once in awhile!

"Do We Listen"

Do we listen, do we follow

Are God's words within out soul?

Do we ask for his direction

With survival as our goal?

Yes the war of God Jehovah

With it's wreckage, pain and more

Means the message of his Kingdom

We will preach from door to door

We must trust in God Jehovah

For that Kingdom thus to live

If we're faithful and obedient

His support to us he'll give

As we're gathered here together

As a unit we'll endure

And the fact our God is present

Our survival does ensure

We stand still for that survival

Thus a message we will send

That a strong immobile unit

On Jehovah will depend!

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*9-9-07 about public talk entitled: "Stand Still and See the Salvation of Jehovah" - talk given by Bro. Mike Turner

"Continually Grows"

A family is grieving

as one they now mourn

Through death and it's shadow

such sorrow is born

From pressures and heartache

and misery and pain

Will deep heavy sorrow

with them thus remain

They'll turn to each other

for comfort to seek

And as one united

of their sorrow speak

Yes one units strengthens

and one unit shows

That love when united

Continually grows

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8-16-07 Aunt Betty died this morning and I wrote this for my Uncle David and my cousins.

"A Knot"

A time of such pressure

a time to recoil

A difficult moment

resentment can spoil

Reach out for Jehovah

and learn how to cope

Thus we'll not be reaching

the end of our rope

A knot we are needing

to tie at the end

A knot thus is needed

to help us descend

Our rope could be oily

as too it we cling

But we've the assurance

a knot to us brings

Hold tight to Jehovah

a tower secure

A knot he's provided

to help us endure

We might feel we're falling

perhaps we may slip

Reach out for Jehovah

a knot thus to grip!

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3/15/07 written during meetin about something Tim H. said. Made me think about a knot at the end of my rope.

"There She Will Stay"

A dear friend is missing

You carry such pain

Your tears have been falling

Like hard heavy rain

My words will not cover

The way that you feel

For your pain and sorrow

And suffering are real

Remember with pleasure

Her love and her care

The moments of laughter

The good times you'd share

Her life time of treasures

Her boxes of joy

Her stories, her memories

You got to enjoy

You'll carry her always

She's not far away

In your heart she's resting

And there she will stay.

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1-1-07 Lura's older friend Polly died and Lura is hurting and missing her. They have been close for years since Lura's kids were little. I know she will miss Polly so much. I wish I could take away how she is feeling.

"What Kind of Message"

We live, we die, life travels

Onward through each day

Always moving forward

With each breath we pay

Years ahead receding

Those behind to grow

Onward ever onward

Lifetimes thus will flow

We live each day with pleasure

Of live each day with pain

Onward ever onward

Through what years remain

Years though past or present

Speak of what we've done

Does our every action

Tell of battles won?

Will the years remaining

Speak of where we've been?

What will be their message

We to others send?

Gaze upon the passage

Of the years behind

Just what kind of message

Will there, others find?

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12-28-06 I have shingles with pain and for some reason thinking of life in the "whole" sense. The past, present and future of it all.

"Wrath"

Be swift about hearing

And slow about wrath

For wrath leads to heartache

With evil its path

The angry expression

Today we declare

Tomorrow with effort

We'll have to repair

Thus wrath is a shadow

With pain at its core

Can we from such anger

A friendship restore?

Though it is a struggle

And effort tis true

Remember the friendships

Your tongue can undo

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12-08-06 about James 1:19-20 this scripture was used in one of the talks in the school last night and I went into rhyme over it.

Decyl

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Miss Decyl! Sweet Decyl!

I watch you at play

A wondrous creation

I live with today

All things that are moving

Will Targets become

A joyous occasion

A romp in the sun!

With pleasures abounding

She'll streak through the night

For she's chasing shadows

That bring her delight

Her tail thus is twitching

She stalks now her prey

My lamp faces danger

For fringe, it will sway

She's crossed my computer

Her typings begun

For O's and for X's
And Q's are such fun

My letters have "letters"

I did not know of

She's written with pleasure

And sends all her love

What day to day antics

With me now are found

For her playful actions

Around me are wound

My heart she's controlling

Tis filled with such joy

And she knows my buttons

And which to employ!!

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9/06/06 about my kitten Decyl and how much joy she brings me!

Pain

What pain and what heartache

You suffer today

What anguish and misery

Has come now your way

My heart is there with you

I know of your pain

My tears too are falling

Like hard heavy rain

The future, the blessing

That God has in store

When he with his spirit

Your heart will restore

But just for the moment

Today and beyond

The pressure is heavy

Your heart can't respond

Though heavy your burden

And deep now your ache

One day in the future

Our God will it take

For time and its passage

Will help with your grief

And one day from the shadows

You will find relief

Because of the pressure

The ache deep within

I know that Jehovah

Your healing begins

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11'24/06 written for my friend Linda as her daughter died - what pain she is feeling - I wish I could take it all away.

"Music"

Listen to the music

Rhythm thus abounds

Tools of labor present

Resonant the sound

Rhythmic, pounding echoes

Carry forth the word

Through it thus the music

Everywhere is heard

Feel the pleasure growing

As they toil today

Steadily the building

Round them grows each day

All their work and action

Speaks of how they feel

And their toil and effort

Has Jehovah's seal

Thus one day with pleasure

Finished it will be

A building of distinction

Here for all to see!!

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10-05-06 I was doing guard duty at the site for our new Kingdom Hall today and thinking about how all the workers will make music of their own with their tools of love and labor as the building goes up around them. It will indeed be a melodious sound to listen to. Happy workers everywhere. Just hope I get to be a part of it.

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11-05-06 I got to be there and watch the contribution box and hand out silverware and help get the silverware ready for the next meal. In other words I got to be a part of the "music" also!!

"Majestically Soars"

The night is now present

Though morning is near

What thunderous racket

Around me I hear

A storm in its splendor

Majestically soars

I'm watching in wonder

And hear how she roars

The energies building

Magnificent sound

What glorious moments

Around me resound

A storm is now present

Such music I hear

And soon in her passage

Will morning appear

And thus in her absence

What silence will reign

Yet joyous moments

In memory remain

So on with the morning

And on with the day

Her pleasureable actions

Are fading away

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*8-25-06 up early to a thunderstorm what a wonderful display of nature I got to witness. Lots of noise and flashes of lightning but very little rain. The show was wonderful in its passage.

"The Build"

The build is beginning

They're shaping the land

A glorious expansion

Is now near at hand

With effort and labor

And love now they toil

From time all consuming

They will not recoil

To guard or to labor

The load will be shared

Thus side by side working

The site is prepared

A spirit is present

What joy fills the heart!

Jehovah's expression

Of love on his part

Though heavy the work load

And laborious the way

They'll struggle determined

To toil through each day

And thus with what pleasure

The work is begun

And with that same pleasure

Will one day be done!

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*8-27-06 I started thinking about the site and all the preparation work going on there: guards evey night and day when no one is working, meals to prepare, unloading trucks filled with materials for the build, innumerable little things to be handled every day. Yet everyone is happy and excited to be doing it.