Category: Grateful

If not for Christmas Day


“If not for Christmas Day, our hearts would never beat with Love,
Nor know the pain that crushes hope is healed with Mercy’s touch.
If not for Christmas Day, the light would dim with every tear;
If not for Christmas Day, our strength would faint with ev’ry fear;


For ev’ry gift of grace You give, with joy we praise Your Name;
GLORIA! Sing, GLORIA, because of Christmas Day.” 
DDC 2018

Child Of Light


 In my desire to keep the faith, I planned on sharing this poem today when here in the northeast, and in many parts of the world on December 21st 2018, it is the shortest day of the year with only 9 hours and 15 minutes of daylight. I did not have a photo to accompany the poem until this morning when I saw one light across the lake shining on the dark horizon…for this day and always, it is my prayer that the Lord Jesus Christ would shine His light through me and make a…

“Child of Light”

“Lord, to be Your child of light,
With kindly word, and deed;
To answer every sacred call,
When You reveal the need.
Repel the urge for recompense, 
Purge all but purity;
That those who faint with emptiness,
Know generosity.

Lord, to be Your child of light, 
To rise like dawn each day,
To give chase to the darkness 
And radiate Your Name;
Revive my sleeping spirit,
And let Your glory shine
That those still lost in shadows,
Might step into Your light.

When e’er a storm is tempting me
To run away and hide,
There’s much more to my story,
It’s time to shine, shine, shine.

So, when the veil of darkness falls,
When days turn into night,
Shine Your glory through me,
Make me Your Child of Light.

Lord, to be Your child of light,
To stand with grace and truth;
Illumined with assurance
That what You say, You do;
And if when wrought with burdens,
In You I will confide,
That those confounded by Your Cross, 
Might leave their doubts behind.

Lord, to be Your child of light
In these uncertain times,
To trust with all my heart and soul,
With all my strength and mind;
That when I’m called to sacrifice 
I’ll pray, Your will be done;
And make the choice to die to self,
That others know Your love.

Lord, to be Your child of light,
In who I am today;
To walk in faith with courage,
Remembering You reign;
Whatever circumstances rise, 
Or corrections I may need;
To know You more and make You known,
Lord, shine Your light through me.

When e’er a storm is tempting me
To run away and hide,
There’s much more to my story,
It’s time to shine, shine, shine.

So, when the veil of darkness falls,
When days turn into night,
Shine Your glory through me,
Make me Your Child of Light.

There’s much more to my story,
It’s time to shine, shine, shine…
Shine Your glory through me,
Make me Your Child of Light.

Shine Your glory through me,
Make me Your Child of Light.” 
DDC 2018