Posted by Roberta Grimes • May 04, 2024 • 10 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 • April 06, 2024 • 19 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. Let peace begin with me. Let this be the moment, now. With... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • March 16, 2024 • 18 Comments
He can turn the tides and calm the angry sea. He alone decides who writes a symphony. He lights evr’y 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 • March 02, 2024 • 12 Comments
God hath not promised skies always blue, flower-strewn pathways all our lives through. God hath not promised sun without rain, joy without sorrow, peace without pain. God hath not promised we shall not know toil and temptation, trouble and woe. He hath not told us we shall not bear many a burden, many a care.... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • February 10, 2024 • 6 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 “Just... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 27, 2024 • 28 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 • January 13, 2024 • 16 Comments
Whether I’m right, or whether I’m wrong, Whether I find a place in this world or never belong, I gotta be me! I’ve gotta be me! What else can I be but what I am? I want to live, not merely survive. And I won’t give up this dream of life that keeps me alive!... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • January 06, 2024 • 29 Comments
There is Someone walking behind you. Turn around. Look at Me. There is Someone watching your footsteps. Turn around. Look at Me. There is Someone who really needs you. Here’s My heart in My hand! Turn around. Look at Me. Understand, understand. And there’s Someone to stand beside you. Turn around, look at Me. And... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • December 30, 2023 • 40 Comments
I wonder as I wander, out under the sky, how Jesus the Savior did come for to die for poor ordinary people like you and like I; I wonder as I wander, out under the sky. When Mary birthed Jesus, ‘twas in a cow’s stall with wise men and farmers and shepherd and all. But... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • December 23, 2023 • 43 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
