Sunlight and Shadows


Category: Hope

  • Rising Above

    Why do we walk in paths unknown

    When we could do what we’ve been shown?

    Why do we seek out higher ground

    When we could stop and hang around?

    Why do we, walking, try to run

    And doing, find more to be done?

    Why do the lights on distant hills

    Bring longing pangs and subtle thrills?

    We toil and labor all day long

    The constant, endless tasks, a throng

    With weary hands and tired sight

    Our minds cannot stop taking flight

    To things that rise above the fray

    To what could be, a better day

    A time beyond just fighting through

    A hope that gives us strength anew

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  • Daily Strength

    I’ve had my share of grief and care

    So weighed down with woe

    I’ve worked and fought and prayed a lot

    From places dark and low

    With anguished cry I’ve asked but why?

    And here is what I know

    He gives the grace and strength to face

    Each trial as we go

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  • Love the Light

    Turn your face to the sky

    Like an opening flower

    Away from the dirt below

    And its filthy power

    Away from the self-centered

    Greedy earthly fight

    Look above to the love

    And be filled with light

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  • Those Who Trod

    Not those who leap, but those who trod

    The narrow road with feet unshod

    Are conquerors – those who scheme and snare

    To fill with stolen wealth their lair

    Ride on all those who walk the sod

    Tis those who daily bear the fraud

    Who find their way on roads so flawed

    May sing the final victory prayer

    Not those who leap

    The mansions have no hills to plod

    Nor deep pits hidden in the sod

    To burn in meanness, heap with care

    And rob of safety, food, and air

    For conquerors are the ones who trod

    Not those who leap

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  • Gifts

    Perfect gifts from above

    Good and freely given love

    Open hearts, we receive

    Through the faith that we believe

    Evil acts, greedy hands

    All throughout the world stands

    We are truth, we are light

    Giving hope, goodness, and right

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  • Open Road

    It was miles and miles of open road

    In a world so far away

    Whence I set out to find my own abode

    Where my soul could finally stay

    And I travelled so far with no other thought

    Than to never more go astray

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