How many wins have I won along the way
We're my wins for me or others; I helped today

Winning a worldly game takes much effort and planning
A spiritual win comes from much prayer and understanding

Loosing many physical games in life
may cause some excess strife
My spirit within me lifts me up and sets me free

Those looking from without may say
How can you continue this way 
By holding my head up high and leaning on Jesus, I continue to pray

March 4, 2023
Mark Waldrop

Every living being is in search of its beginning
To feel its Masters touch that keeps it living

My desire to find the One that Loved me so
To create my very being and make me whole 

The Love that dwells up within, to even imagine I have such a friend
Who can create something with life and love it to the end

My mind can not fathom such a power to make me
Then Loving me enough to set me free

Only the Living God has that Power to be

March 4, 2023
Mark Waldrop

Focus on your family your religion and Almighty God Himself 
By doing this, the rest of your life will take care of itself

There will be times you may stumble and start to fall
Jesus extending His arms breaking you from them all

Keep your eye on the Heavenly prize
The race you will win
Putting your faith into practice over and over again 

March 4, 2023
Mark Waldrop

If I could see this blue marble through the eyes of a child
There would be no more hate 
Only flowers that grow wild

Love would abound, warm smiles and hugs
Taking only time to chase lightning bugs

Not being aware and free from all cares
In a beautiful world where no one swears

Time to wake up and face reality
This only lives in my dreams I see

This old cruel world is full of hate and sin
Accepting Jesus gives a new view from within

March 4, 2023
Mark Waldrop

His music was of such great Worth
It had to be heard
He thought and thought and made the
Little Bird

Morning noon or night, all of His Creatures sing  to His Delight 
As the day breaks, as the sun sets, His Symphony continues in the night

His Greatness never being withheld from His promised land
His Love and Mercy directing His Holy band

All creatures with life bow down, lifting their voices to the sky
Worshiping their Devine Maker seated on High

When all earth is silent, and there is no more sound
Heaven will be ringing with Heavenly 
Music all around

March 4, 2023
Mark Waldrop

The Evangelist is a rare breed of man.
Traveling from Church to Church to do what he can. 

Old-time Evangelists brought the Holy Ghost to town. 
All the Old Folks get to shouting and dancing all around. 

That's what they called Old Time Revival coming to town.
More often than not, preaching in a tent something about a Crown.

Scared us boys we mostly stayed away.
We were afraid the Spirit would get a hold of us and change our ways.

There was always a baptizing in the creek after they left town.
We snuck and watched to see if anybody drowned.

After getting older, I appreciate my Christian Heritage. 
My Grandparent's Religion is my inheritance.

March 3, 2023
Mark Waldrop

Is the modern-day librarian becoming a lost art?
I certainly hope not. Lord help me if I lose my smarts. 

So much faith and hope oozing from those books on the shelves. 
They are telling stories of every kind that better ourselves. 

Picking the exact experience from the shelves
It’s much like taking a trip to enjoy ourselves 

Handing the book to the Liberian with a smile on her face
Watching her place the stamp in just the correct place

Holding a book is like renewing a relationship with an old friend
So many new stories to hear rippling off my soul in the end

My mind drifting all over the world 
where all of its quaint beauty is unfurled

No tickets to buy. No large crowds to navigate
I am soaking up the words for my soul to regenerate

No chance of catching an obscure disease from this far-off land
Just simply falling asleep with my passport in my hand

March 3, 2023
Mark Waldrop

I'm not allowed to do the things I used to do
I'm not allowed to travel the same roads I used to trod

My direction in life was abruptly changed
By the breath of our Almighty God

I was once a wayward sinner wandering everywhere
I was a lost soul searching for a lighthouse somewhere

Then the hand of Jesus touched me
Lifting me out of the miry clay of sin
I now praise His Holy Name and thank Him again and again

March 3, 2023
Mark Waldrop

Has Providence crossed your path in life 
lifting you from mountains of strife

Providence seems to indicate divine intervention 
Once the feeling came, it brought me 
Complete redemption

When I was young, providence was luck
As I grew older, learning different from the Good Book

There is no happenstance I must say
A God is watching over me night and day

March 3, 2023
Mark Waldrop