Posted by Roberta Grimes • July 26, 2025 • 5 Comments
When I’m worried, and I can’t sleep, I count my blessings instead of sheep, And I fall asleep counting my blessings. When my bankroll is getting small, I think of when I had none at all, And I fall asleep counting my blessings. I think about a nursery, and I picture curly heads; And one... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • July 19, 2025 • 6 Comments
Dear One, the world is waiting for the sunrise. Every rose is covered with dew. The thrush on high his sleepy mate is calling, And my heart is calling you. Dear Heart, the world is waiting for the sunrise! Every little rosebud is heavy with dew! And while the thrush his sleepy mate is calling,... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • July 12, 2025 • 2 Comments
Hello, darkness, my old friend I’ve come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams, I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone ‘Neath the halo of a... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • June 28, 2025 • 2 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. And... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • May 24, 2025 • 4 Comments
Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee. Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and mighty! God in three Persons, blessed Trinity! Holy, Holy, Holy! all the saints adore thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea. Cherubim and seraphim, falling down before thee, Who was and... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • April 19, 2025 • 12 Comments
I serve a risen Saviour, He’s in the world today. I know that He is living, whatever men may say. I see His hand of mercy, I hear His voice of cheer, And just the time I need Him He’s always near. He lives! He lives! Christ Jesus lives today! He walks with me and... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • April 12, 2025 • 12 Comments
O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here, Until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel. O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free Thine own from Satan’s tyranny; From depths of hell Thy people save, And give them victory o’er the... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • March 29, 2025 • 20 Comments
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, The emblem of suff’ring and shame. And I love that old cross where the dearest and best For a world of lost sinners was slain. So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross ‘Til my trophies at last I lay down. I will cling to the... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • March 15, 2025 • 9 Comments
Be My love, for no one else can end this yearning, This need that You and You alone create. Just fill My heart the way you’ve filled My dreams, The dreams that You inspire with every sweet desire. Be My love, and with Your kisses set Me burning. One kiss is all I need to... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • March 01, 2025 • 2 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
