My Little Prayer

IT'S NOW AGAIN THE MORNING
AND MY PRAYERS ARE BEING SAID
IT'S BETTER 'CAUSE I'M WIDE AWAKE
NOT HALF ASLEEP IN BED

MY PRAYERS ARE LONG, THEY MUST INCLUDE
EVERY HURT AND STRIFE
THAT FRIENDS AND FAMILY CARRY
DOWN THIS ROAD WE ALL CALL LIFE

AFTER THANKS AND ADORATION
AND CONFESSING ALL MY SINS
AND ASKING GOD'S FORGIVENESS
FOR ALL THAT I HAVE BEEN

I SAY A SPECIAL LITTLE PRAYER
TO HIM WHO'LL ALWAYS BE
SO CLOSE A FRIEND I'LL EVER WANT
MY WEAKNESS HE WILL SEE

"WRAP TIGHT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME LORD
ALL DAY IF YOU PLEASE"
AND IF I MUST CRY OUT TODAY
I'LL NEED ONLY TO SAY "SQUEEZE"

KAREN DAMERON DALE

Friday, June 6, 2008

THE MASTER'S PLAN

I'M NOT WORTHY, BUT HE STILL CARES
HE'S WATCHED ME CLOSELY ALL THESE YEARS
HE'S LIFTED ME FROM TIMES SO DOWN
AND ME NOT REALIZING HE'S AROUND
HE'S LED ME DOWN HIS CHOSEN PATH
WATCHED ME STUMBLE AND TURN MY BACK
HE SEES ME MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES
BUT STILL, WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES
TO LEAD ME CLOSER ON TO HIM
HE DOES WHAT HE MUST TO HELP ME BEGIN
AGAIN AND AGAIN 'TIL I GET IT RIGHT
NEVER WANTING ME TO EVER LOSE SIGHT
OF WHAT LIES AHEAD, IF I TRULY BELIEVE
AND LIVE THE LIFE HE KNOWS I CAN ACHIEVE
ONE DAY I'LL BE WITH HIM, THIS I'M SURE
WITH NO MORE SUFFERING TO ENDURE
NO MORE EVIL OR PAIN TO FACE
HE PROMISES IN THIS GRAND NEW PLACE
JUST GO STRAIGHT, DOWN THIS NARROW WAY
LIVE A GOOD LIFE FROM DAY TO DAY
HELPING OTHERS AND SHOWING YOU CARE
NEVER THINK TWICE OF THE BURDENS YOU BEAR
FOR OTHERS FIRST DO ALL YOU CAN
THIS IS PART OF THE MASTER'S PLAN
THAT IS WHAT HE'S DONE FOR ME
ALL THE HE COULD, HE GAVE YOU SEE
HIS LIFE WAS NOT TOO MUCH TO GIVE
SO THAT I , IN PEACE, FOREVER MAY LIVE.
KAREN DAMERON DALE

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