Grandpas are so special in a peculiar sort of way Grandkids bond with them from the very first day You can take a rough old man with a heart like a cold brick Hand him his newborn grandchild and his love shows so quick Grandpa takes them fishing teaching them about nature Explaining to them how God created every little creature Holding a newborn grandchild gives contentment untold It makes all the worldly woes and cares melt into gold July 28, 2023 MarkWaldrop
I am Me because God saw my worth and sent me to earth No matter my age one or one hundred and one He’s still working on Me God has a plan for every man no matter his status in life He knows what the future holds and the path to less strife He made me and loves me so, for I resemble Him He’s always with me even when my light seems dim Reading the scriptures, prayer, and fellowship with others Will intensify His Light in me to be seen by my fellow brothers I’ve learned to never take myself for granted Being painted on God's canvas, made me enchanted I ask God how I could Thank Him for Everything A still small voice said Proclaim My Son's Name July 24, 2023 MarkWaldrop
The bodybuilder is a person to be admired A person by whom we should all be inspired The physical body is the most difficult to tame It has a mind of its own often bringing shame Our spiritual body is quite a different animal Not having it under control becoming a cannibal One residing in the other both need to be tamed together Being equally yoked you will express gratitude forever Taming the mind and taming the soul will certainly make your body whole With less strife and increased contentment, you will find yourself in control July 19, 2023 MarkWaldrop
There was a certain rich man who lived very well His eyes were on this earth he never thought of Heaven or hell There was a very poor man who lived from day to day His eyes were upon God, praying, show me the way The poor man died. God said come live with me For what you ask, leads through death to set you free The rich man died only having faith in what he could see This dreadful mistake led him to live in hell for an eternity It's too late now for him to change his sinful ways Only begging to tell others before the end of their days For the kindness shown on this earth Will reveal a man's true worth Luke 16:19-31 July 15, 2023 MarkWaldrop
Lord Help me to keep my eyes on you That my enemies may see you in all I do No matter whereever I go or where I stay To my enemies, I will be invisible today July 13, 2023 MarkWaldrop
Did I listen, did I do what I was told to do Too many distractions I think not hearing things through Not taking time to slow my mind down Always on the move dancing all around I hear many things from many people Never listening, the obvious is so simple Not taking time to hear the correct directions will certainly cause me to have many questions The Good Book is full of many good instructions Depending on other's interpretations may cause frustrations The answer being calming my mind, listening to what I'm hearing Faithfully doing this will keep my goals in life from disappearing July 12, 2023 MarkWaldrop
Unlike the Pirates of Old in search of the treasure of gold I sit on the sandy beach reminiscing the stories I've been told Remembering in my mind the Grandparents I had never met Only the description of their kindness their faces I will now never forget The good times over the many years Jesus walking with me through the tears The Happy times far outweigh the bad God's plan to keep me from being sad Treasures too many to collect in one day I shall return to my abode and continue to pray As I stand to retreat from the sand In God's Sunset, I can feel his hand Giving me Hope to return another day To continue treasure hunting by the bay July 11, 2023 MarkWaldrop
Why do you do what you don't want to do If you have the answer God Bless you We know what we should do our conscience tells us so The reason being our conscience is connected to our soul You may think no one sees you behind that dark door Not realizing your conscience is always with you evermore You can't run from yourself that can never be Look in the mirror and face up to what you see If your soul is longing for something it has not today Bow your head and ask God to show you the way July 7, 2023 MarkWaldrop
If your searching you haven't found it When you find it your life will show it Always be in search of what you can't find Never give up searching in your own mind There are many things to search for there are many hills to climb Never giving up will only give you peace of mind The more you search the more you will find In the end, you will find searching is what made you kind July 7, 2023 MarkWaldrop
My life seems to be made up of a series of fates. Intermingled in between a series of waits Making little sense of life at the time Looking back I see the ladder I began to climb Wisdom comes with age if I allow it to There is no fate at all only God guiding me through July 5, 2023 MarkWaldrop