Posted by Roberta Grimes • July 01, 2023 • 38 Comments
Jesus loves me, this I know, For the Bible tells me so. Little ones to Him belong. They are weak, but He is strong. Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so. – Anna B. Warner (1827-1915), from “Jesus Loves Me” (1862) (Popular Children’s Hymn, first... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • June 24, 2023 • 25 Comments
He can turn the tides and calm the angry sea! He alone decides who writes a symphony. He lights every star that makes the darkness bright! He keeps watch all through each long and lonely night. He still finds the time to hear a child’s first prayer. Saint or sinner calls and always finds Him... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • June 10, 2023 • 45 Comments
On a clear day, rise and look around you, And you’ll see who you are. On a clear day, how it will astound you That the glow of your being outshines every star! You’ll feel part of every mountain, sea and shore. You can hear from far and near A word you’ve never, never heard... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • June 03, 2023 • 41 Comments
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • April 22, 2023 • 27 Comments
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now I’m found. Was blind, but now I see. ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed. – John Newman (1725-1807), from... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • April 15, 2023 • 36 Comments
There was a time in my life I thought I had to do it all myself And I didn’t know the grace of God was sufficient And I didn’t know the love of God was at hand But now I can say If you are discouraged Struggling just to make it through another day You... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • April 08, 2023 • 23 Comments
Christ the Lord is ris’n today, Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia! Sing, ye heav’ns, and earth, reply, Alleluia! Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia! Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia! Once He died our souls to save, Alleluia! Where thy victory, O grave?... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • April 01, 2023 • 48 Comments
I am weak but Thou art strong. Jesus, keep me from all wrong. I’ll be satisfied as long As I walk, let me walk close to Thee. Just a closer walk with Thee. Grant it, Jesus, is my plea! Daily walking close to Thee. Let it be, dear Lord, let it be. – Traditional, from... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • March 25, 2023 • 16 Comments
If I loved you, Time and again I would try to say All I’d want you to know. If I loved you, Words wouldn’t come in an easy way. Round in circles I’d go! Longin’ to tell you, But afraid and shy, I’d let my golden chances pass me by! Soon you’d leave me, Off... Read More
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
