Loving You....

What have I learned through loving you?
Love is hope when dreams don’t come true.
Love is the breath that blows away
The foolish or unkind words we say.
Love is the laughter, love is tears
To bind us closer through the years,
Love is joy and love is sorrow
Love gives us hope for each tomorrow.

Love is a harbor in the ‘midst of life’s sea
Without love’s haven where would we be?
For love is not a bed of roses,
A cloud on which the heart reposes,
Love is work and love is pain
Love is sunshine, Love is rain.
Love is the strength that holds us up,
If we must drink life’s bitter cup!

Love is the reason for every prayer
For every second mile we share.
A steady hand to trust and hold
In a world so cruel and cold!
Love is a gift-a treasure to cherish,
Not to neglect lest it should perish.
And I thank you, dear God above
For the precious gift of love!

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Janet Martin

The Only 'We'

I know…there have been many others
Who have loved and then let go
Many moonlit midnight walks
Beneath its breathless glow
Many footprints side by side
Upon the sands of time
Many who have wept and cried
And asked the question ‘why’

The graveyards and the sepulchers
Are filled with silent laughter
Tears of broken-hearted
And the dreams that follow after
As the footprints which were side by side
Slowly drift apart
Fading in the tears they’ve cried
Oceans in their heart

Yes, there have been others
Who have walked a lonesome mile
Yearning for the hour
And the hint of yester’s smile
But there is only one you
And there is just one me
We are the only ‘us’
We are the only ‘we’

God did not bring us together
Simply to draw us apart
He will help us to weather
The storms that rage in the heart
God is the great Mediator
Father of you and me
With Him we will walk together
For we are the only ‘we’

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Janet Martin

My Want List

I want to encourage others in all the words I say,
I want to spread a little bit of happiness each day,
I want to lift the heavy load
Of those I meet upon life’s road,
And never walk a wasted mile,
Forgetting how to pray or smile

I want to think a little less
Of selfish goals or wants,
I want a failing memory
When evil gossip taunts
I want a thought-life, good and pure,
A faith in God that will endure,
Should time of fear or testing be
I want to stand, my God, for Thee

I want to learn to seal my lips
To words that hurt or hinder,
And should some words unbidden slip
I want them to be kinder,
I want to stand on that glad day,
Not drooping low in sad dismay,
But hear these words ring loud and fervent,
Well done, thou good and faithful servant

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Janet Martin

He fulfills the desires of
those who fear Him. Ps.145:19