PAULIE'S POEMS - PMG

  Closer to God Tell me, dear God, what I must do So I can feel closer to you? Should I read scripture faithfully? Or spend more time on bended knee? Perhaps I would feel you more near If Christian music's all I hear Or if I spend more time in church Then maybe that would end my search All those are things worthy to do And can help me get close to you Yet, sometimes, when I'm in despair  Can't seem to find you anywhere Your Word says that you walk with me Too often wonder, can that be? For when I feel closeness, I lack I'm not sure how to get that back Dear Lord, you know I love you dearly So, can you help me see more clearly What I'm missing, what I must do? For I know you want closeness, too Wait, Lord, it's right in front of me  Yet, I have been too blind to see I could not get closer to you If neither heart nor mind were true For, I could sit in church all day Rotely repeating words to say Or sing the hymns without a thought The lyrics meaning, all for naugh...

Hands Did you ever take a moment and Reflect upon the human hand? The wonder of the perfect sum Of fingers and opposing thumb The grasp of newborn's dimpled fist Is every parent's state of bliss A toddler's hand wrapped up in yours To keep them safe and guide their course The clumsy hands that seem no use When young ones learn to tie their shoes The myriad of things hands hold The wrinkled hands of one grown old  Sensitive enough for reading braille Or paint with intricate detail With nimbleness, pluck guitar strings  The hands are such miraculous things! Range of emotions hands express From angry fist to sweet caress A hand on shoulder for support Slap of high five when playing sport Sweet joy of lovers holding hands A pat that says, I understand  A friendly wave, an okay sign Applause of hands for something fine If need evidence that God exists It's right there at your fingertips For even with a passing glance Know hands did not happen by chance Miraculous from nails ...

This Day Where is it that you place your gaze? In day you're in or yesterdays? Or is it that you fix your eyes On things ahead - the future's prize?  Do you look at past with regret? Or focus on what is not yet? Might live your days each as they come Accepting life as total sum? Or maybe as each day's begun You've scattered focus on each one  Past, present, future all collide Not quite sure how to think inside The past has memories to spare But no one can keep living there Though nice to reminisce a bit Can't wallow in regrets of it And future can seem bleak or bright But, thinking 'bout it day and night Won't cause it somehow to appear  Or alleviate the things you fear Tomorrow's never promised you  And yesterday's already through  The only time you have for sure Is gift of today to live for So celebrate the day you're in Don't wait til later, let's begin Dear Lord, I praise you for this day No matter what it brings my way The joyous tim...

How Did I Get Here? How did I get here? I don't know Seemed sometimes fast, other times slow Though, does not matter what the pace Still wonder how came to this place How did I reach this point in time? Reality of it's so sublime For most of journey was uphill Through hard fought land, yet, I'm here still How did I get from there to here? In baby steps year after year? Know sometimes how I reached this place Was through tremendous leaps of faith But, other times, through missteps went To places that I never meant Through valleys deep or forests dark Through turbulent waters full of shark Yet, oh, so many times I've found That when I stop to look around  The sun is shining on my face And I am in a lovely place A place with lush, green, rolling hills With irises and daffodils  A place of rest, peace, and beauty  Exactly where I want to be I've found as I trek on my way Sometimes have both in the same day Day can begin as walk in park Then suddenly turn very dark Or st...