Memory is a physical attribute each person has We learn to nurture and cultivate it with all that we have Good memories, we try to retain, the bad, not so much It isn't easy to hold on to something we cannot touch Our memories will fade away one day No more to be Relying only on God’s love will set us free December 3, 2022 Mark Waldrop Penned for my friends Doc Holiday & Dr. Harold Kraybill
Grief seems more profound than the deepest ocean and the most expansive sea. Oh, help me, Loving God, to get through the grief sent to me. I know through Your Love and the passing of time My burden will be lightened as I slowly Climb. I rely totally on you, for no other friend can be so true. Friendship is worth more than gold. I rest in The peace that my loved one, you now hold. December 3, 2023 Mark Waldrop Penned for my friend Ramon E Tristani
The Compass is the instrument used for direction Keeping me on my earthly path, affording me protection My moral compass should provide the same purpose Keeping me from spinning continuously in a circle How might I wake up this moral compass inside me Following the teachings of Jesus on bended knee December 3, 2022 Mark Waldrop
Life is so simple, yet we try to make it so difficult So often, we only try to focus on the physical The simplicity comes from our Devine maker Often overlooked before our appointment with the Undertaker From dust, we start returning to dust in the end It’s what we do in between that counts, my friend December 3, 2022 Mark Waldrop
Our animal friends have never started a war on earth Men have always created them from their very birth Men always want more and more That's the basic concept of all war There will be no end until their life comes to a conclusion Then it seems to be passed on with much confusion The total end to all war Will only come when man exists no more December 2, 2022 Mark Waldrop
The one thing that has been constant through the ages The sweat of the brow and continual wages From the beginning of time, the wages of sin have been earthly death Sin remains with us until we gasp our last breath Thank God our spiritual bodies are not the same We will live forever if we accept His Holy name God knew best from the very beginning He knew death from sin would be our end God sent His Son Jesus to die for you and me That we might forever be set eternally free We can't imagine the unconditional Love of our God Giving us unimaginable peace through this life we trod December 2, 2022 Mark Waldrop
Daddy was a coal miner nearly every day of his life He couldn't miss work that would cause much strife We bought all our stuff at the company store We had to cause we were so drop-dead poor Prices were high, but the credit was good It was close to our neighborhood Never getting ahead, just scratching from day to day The loving company credit never went away Looking back, I didn't know I was poor My clothes looked like what the other kids wore We went to church on Sunday and always praised God I guess that's what kept us above the grassy, green sod Mamma never showed any worries A smile on her face I now realize that came from God’s Amazing Grace No matter what kind of shape we find ourselves in God sent His Son so we may always have peace within December 2, 2022 Mark Waldrop
A coal mining Christmas is what I was used too Remembering the smells of Grandma's Christmas stew We all got a little Something for Christmas. I thought a lot at the time. Even though it may have cost no more than a dime That was the time of year the boys got new overhauls The girls all giggly over new dresses and the decorations in the halls I was as happy as I could be Because of God’s Love and Joy living in me December 2, 2022 Mark Waldrop
I'd rather have Jesus I'd rather Have Jesus than all of the wealth in the world Just knowing Jesus will bring spiritual riches unfurled What A friend I have in Jesus; he knows everything about me Knowing all, He's such a close friend; He still loves me Jesus came to save me from my sin Giving me eternal life to live forever with Him I pray whoever reads this will Find him today. Please, Please don't delay. December 1, 2022 Mark Waldrop
There is so much more beyond the seashore There’s more There’s more There’s much more to my earthly life There’s more There’s more What little I know about my Creator There’s more There’s more What I know about Jesus and his love for me There’s More; There’s More The never-ending Love of God and my life in eternity There’s More; There’s More Thank God. Thank God there is always more Even though I can’t see the forest for the trees December 1, 2022 Mark Waldrop