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is unselfish, understanding, and kind,
For it sees with its heart and not with its mind.
Love gives and forgives; there is nothing too much
For love to heal with its magic touch.
Love is the language that every heart speaks,
For love is the one thing that every heart seeks …
And where there is love God, too, will abide
And bless the family residing inside.
W ARM O UR H EARTS WİTH T HY L OVE
Oh, God, who made the summer
and warmed the earth with beauty,
Warm our hearts with gratitude
and devotion to our duty …
For in this age of violence,
rebellion and defiance,
We’ve forgotten the true meaning
of dependable reliance.
We have lost our sense of duty
and our sense of values, too,
And what was once unsanctioned
no longer is taboo.
Our standards have been lowered,
and we resist all discipline,
And our vision has been narrowed
and blinded to all sin.
Oh, put the summer brightness
in our closed, unseeing eyes
So in the careworn faces
that we pass we’ll recognize
The heartbreak and the loneliness
the trouble and despair
That a word of understanding
would make easier to bear.
Oh God, look down on our cold hearts
and warm them with Your love,
And grant us Your forgiveness
which we’re so unworthy of.
M AKE Y OUR D AY B RİGHT BY T HİNKİNG R İGHT AND Y OUR L İFE W İLL B E B LESSED İF Y OU L OOK FOR THE B EST
Don’t start your day by supposin’
that trouble is just ahead,
It’s better to stop supposin’
and start with a prayer instead …
And make it a prayer of thanksgiving
for the wonderful things God has wrought,
Like the beautiful sunrise and sunset,
God’s gifts that are free and not bought …
For what is the use of supposin’
that dire things could happen to you,
Worrying about some misfortune
that seldom if ever comes true …
But instead of just idle supposin’,
step forward to meet each new day
Secure in the knowledge God’s near you
to lead you each step of the way …
For supposin’ the worst things will happen
only helps to make them come true,
And you darken the bright, happy moments
that the dear Lord has given to you …
So if you desire to be happy
and get rid of the misery of dread,
Just give up supposin’ the worst things
and look for the best things instead.
A F AVORİTE R ECİPE
Take a cup of kindness,
mix it well with love,
Add a lot of patience
and faith in God above,
Sprinkle very generously
with joy and thanks and cheer—
And you’ll have lots of “angel food”
to feast on all the year.
T HİNGS TO B E T HANKFUL F OR
The good, green earth beneath our feet,
The air we breathe, the food we eat,
Some work to do, a goal to win,
A hidden longing deep within
That spurs us on to bigger things
And helps us meet what each day brings—
All these things and many more
Are things we should be thankful for…
And most of all, our thankful prayers
Should rise to God because He cares.
T HERE’S S UNSHİNE İN A S MİLE
Life is a mixture of sunshine and rain,
Good things and bad things,
pleasure and pain.
We can’t have all sunshine,
but it’s certainly true
That there’s never a cloud
the sun doesn’t shine through …
So always remember, whatever betide you,
The power of God is always beside you …
And you’ll find when you smile
your day will be brighter
And all of your burdens
will seem so much lighter—
For each time you smile you will find it is true
Somebody, somewhere will smile back at you,
And nothing on earth
can make life more worthwhile
Than the sunshine and warmth
of a beautiful smile.
N EVER B ORROW S ORROW FROM T OMORROW
Deal only with the present—
never step into tomorrow,
For God asks us just to trust Him
and to never borrow sorrow,
For the future is not ours to know,
and it may never be,
So let us live and give our best
and give it lavishly …
For to meet tomorrow’s troubles
before they are even ours
Is to anticipate the Savior
and to doubt His
For it sees with its heart and not with its mind.
Love gives and forgives; there is nothing too much
For love to heal with its magic touch.
Love is the language that every heart speaks,
For love is the one thing that every heart seeks …
And where there is love God, too, will abide
And bless the family residing inside.
W ARM O UR H EARTS WİTH T HY L OVE
Oh, God, who made the summer
and warmed the earth with beauty,
Warm our hearts with gratitude
and devotion to our duty …
For in this age of violence,
rebellion and defiance,
We’ve forgotten the true meaning
of dependable reliance.
We have lost our sense of duty
and our sense of values, too,
And what was once unsanctioned
no longer is taboo.
Our standards have been lowered,
and we resist all discipline,
And our vision has been narrowed
and blinded to all sin.
Oh, put the summer brightness
in our closed, unseeing eyes
So in the careworn faces
that we pass we’ll recognize
The heartbreak and the loneliness
the trouble and despair
That a word of understanding
would make easier to bear.
Oh God, look down on our cold hearts
and warm them with Your love,
And grant us Your forgiveness
which we’re so unworthy of.
M AKE Y OUR D AY B RİGHT BY T HİNKİNG R İGHT AND Y OUR L İFE W İLL B E B LESSED İF Y OU L OOK FOR THE B EST
Don’t start your day by supposin’
that trouble is just ahead,
It’s better to stop supposin’
and start with a prayer instead …
And make it a prayer of thanksgiving
for the wonderful things God has wrought,
Like the beautiful sunrise and sunset,
God’s gifts that are free and not bought …
For what is the use of supposin’
that dire things could happen to you,
Worrying about some misfortune
that seldom if ever comes true …
But instead of just idle supposin’,
step forward to meet each new day
Secure in the knowledge God’s near you
to lead you each step of the way …
For supposin’ the worst things will happen
only helps to make them come true,
And you darken the bright, happy moments
that the dear Lord has given to you …
So if you desire to be happy
and get rid of the misery of dread,
Just give up supposin’ the worst things
and look for the best things instead.
A F AVORİTE R ECİPE
Take a cup of kindness,
mix it well with love,
Add a lot of patience
and faith in God above,
Sprinkle very generously
with joy and thanks and cheer—
And you’ll have lots of “angel food”
to feast on all the year.
T HİNGS TO B E T HANKFUL F OR
The good, green earth beneath our feet,
The air we breathe, the food we eat,
Some work to do, a goal to win,
A hidden longing deep within
That spurs us on to bigger things
And helps us meet what each day brings—
All these things and many more
Are things we should be thankful for…
And most of all, our thankful prayers
Should rise to God because He cares.
T HERE’S S UNSHİNE İN A S MİLE
Life is a mixture of sunshine and rain,
Good things and bad things,
pleasure and pain.
We can’t have all sunshine,
but it’s certainly true
That there’s never a cloud
the sun doesn’t shine through …
So always remember, whatever betide you,
The power of God is always beside you …
And you’ll find when you smile
your day will be brighter
And all of your burdens
will seem so much lighter—
For each time you smile you will find it is true
Somebody, somewhere will smile back at you,
And nothing on earth
can make life more worthwhile
Than the sunshine and warmth
of a beautiful smile.
N EVER B ORROW S ORROW FROM T OMORROW
Deal only with the present—
never step into tomorrow,
For God asks us just to trust Him
and to never borrow sorrow,
For the future is not ours to know,
and it may never be,
So let us live and give our best
and give it lavishly …
For to meet tomorrow’s troubles
before they are even ours
Is to anticipate the Savior
and to doubt His
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