Posted by Roberta Grimes • September 16, 2023 • 29 Comments
My sweet Lord, my 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... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • September 09, 2023 • 34 Comments
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day’s Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • August 12, 2023 • 46 Comments
What’s it all about, Alfie? Is it just for the moment we live? What’s it all about when you sort it out, Alfie? Are we meant to take more than we give? Or are we meant to be kind? And if only fools are kind, Alfie, Then I guess it is wise to be cruel.... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • August 05, 2023 • 28 Comments
I don’t know how to love Him. What to do, how to move Him. I’ve been changed. Yes, really changed. In these past few days, when I’ve seen myself I seem like someone else. I don’t know how to take this. I don’t see why He moves me. He’s a man, He’s just a man.... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • July 29, 2023 • 16 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. – From “Just... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • July 15, 2023 • 27 Comments
To dream the impossible dream. To fight the unbeatable foe. To bear with unbearable sorrow. To run where the brave dare not go. To right the un-rightable wrong. To love, pure and chaste from afar. To try when your arms are too weary to reach the unreachable star. This is my Quest! To follow that... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • July 08, 2023 • 25 Comments
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He lets me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no... Read More
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
