Where Have You Been And Where Are You Going - By Alberta Anne Thomas – June 9, 2002

Where Have You Been

And

Where Are You Going

By Alberta Anne Thomas – June 9, 2002

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We are all in God’s hands

We are all in God’s plans.

The problem, mostly unseen,

Comes from inside the hearts of man.

We watch, in wonder and delight,

The dark starry night.

We see, with hearts full of love,

Our children’s first sight of light.

As we go about our daily labor,

We fight with our neighbor,

We cuss at family or a friend,

Which can cause a relationship to end.

We ignore, scream or yell at our child,

So impressionable, so very small and mild,

Then wonder what causes them to go wild.

We surely don’t want to listen,

We definitely don’t want to hear,

Just what we are and will be missing

If to God we don’t draw near.

What we cannot, do not see,

Is God’s all compassing love,

Given freely to both you and me,

From our Lord God above.

If to Jesus you give your heart and soul,

You win you sins remission,

This would become your daily mission,

To show others where you have been,

And don’t want to go again.

Giving our hearts and becoming a Christian,

Does not give the end of strife,

But God’s love is a life raft for the living of life,

Now and in the heavenly life to come.

The Trip of Life

The Trip of Life

I rambled through my childhood.
I skipped through my teens.
I ran through my early twenties; then had a tumble in my late twenties; when I realized I had three children and was alone because we both worked at jobs we loved but the jobs created long hours away from each other, and our children.
In my thirties I caught my running stride again. I continued to run until my early forties when my first grandchild was born. I tripped then and started falling into my fifties when the great grandchildren started to be born.
I righted myself, caught my breath, and walked into my sixties.
Now I find I have fallen into my seventies.

I will probably crawl into my eighties.

But through all of this, it has been an enjoyable trip.

By A. A. Thomas, June 6, 2016