Posted by Roberta Grimes • March 18, 2023 • 86 Comments
“If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love,... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • March 11, 2023 • 34 Comments
Let there be peace on Earth And let it begin with me. Let There Be Peace on Earth, The Peace that was meant to be. With God as our Father, Brothers all are we. Let me walk with my Brother In perfect harmony. – Jill Jackson-Miller (1913-1995) & Sy Miller (1908-1971) from “Let There Be... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • March 04, 2023 • 44 Comments
When morning gilds the skies My heart awaking cries: Let Jesus Christ be praised! Alike at work and prayer, To Jesus I repair: Let Jesus Christ be praised! Does sadness fill my mind? A solace here I find, Let Jesus Christ be praised! Or fades my earthly bliss? My comfort still is this, Let Jesus... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • February 25, 2023 • 82 Comments
Who can I turn to When nobody needs me? My heart wants to know. And so I must go Where destiny leads me. With no star to guide me. And no one beside me. I’ll go on my way and, after the day, The darkness will hide me. And maybe tomorrow I’ll find what I’m... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • February 18, 2023 • 72 Comments
We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing; He chastens and hastens His will to make known; The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing; Sing praises to His Name; He forgets not His own. Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining, Ordaining, maintaining His kingdom divine; So from the beginning the fight... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • February 11, 2023 • 28 Comments
“Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. And He will delight in... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • February 04, 2023 • 14 Comments
My sweet Lord, My Lord. I really want to see you. Really want to be with you. Really want to see you, Lord, But it takes so long, my Lord. My sweet Lord. My Lord, My Lord. I really want to know you. Really want to go with you. Really want to show you, Lord.... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 28, 2023 • 27 Comments
This land is mine. God gave this land to me. This brave and ancient land to me. And when the morning sun Reveals her hills and plains, Then I see a land Where children can run free. So take my hand And walk this land with me. And walk this lovely land with me. –... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 21, 2023 • 44 Comments
I paused to watch a darting speck That flickered in the yellow breeze And came to taste my daisy bed And touched with gold my lazy trees And blessed all I had done. And though I had to turn my head, I watched it as it fluttered by. And though I had to work instead,... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 14, 2023 • 46 Comments
Jesus calls us o’er the tumult of our life’s wild restless sea; day by day his voice still calls us saying, ‘Christian, follow me.’ As of old Saint Andrew heard it by the Galilean lake, turned from home and work and kindred, leaving all for Jesus’s sake. Jesus calls us from the worship of the... Read More
