Posted by Roberta Grimes • December 09, 2023 • 22 Comments
My sweet Lord, Mm, my Lord, Mm, 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. Mm, my Lord. Mm, my Lord. I really want to know you. Really want to go with you.... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • December 02, 2023 • 38 Comments
To us and our good fortune! Be happy, be healthy, long life! And if our good fortune never comes, here’s to whatever comes. Drink l’chai-im, to life! To life, l’chai-im! L’chai-im, l’chai-im, to life! Here’s to our prosperity, our good health and happiness, and most important … To life, to life, l’chai-im! L’chai-im, l’chai-im, to... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • November 18, 2023 • 27 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 • November 04, 2023 • 18 Comments
I used to think that I could not go on. And life was nothing but an awful song. But now I know the meaning of true love! I’m leaning on the everlasting arms. If I can see it, then I can do it! If I just believe it, there’s nothing to it! I believe I... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • October 21, 2023 • 34 Comments
When the twilight is gone, and no songbirds are singing. When the twilight is gone, you come into my heart. And here in my heart you will stay while I pray. My prayer is to linger with you, At the end of the day, in a dream that’s divine. My prayer is a rapture in... 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 • 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 • April 29, 2023 • 47 Comments
Morning has broken like the first morning. Blackbird has spoken like the first bird. Praise for the singing, praise for the morning, Praise for them springing fresh from the world. Sweet the rains new fall, sunlit from Heaven, Like the first dewfall on the first grass. Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden, Sprung... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • December 31, 2022 • 34 Comments
(I come to the garden alone, While the dew is still on the roses. And the voice I hear, falling on my ear, The Son of God discloses. And He walks with me, And He talks with me, And He tells me I am His own. And the joy we share as we tarry there... Read More