Love Gifts (13 page)

It’s true we have never looked on His face,

But His likeness shines forth from every place,

For the hand of God is everywhere

Along life’s busy thoroughfare,

And His presence can be felt and seen

Right in the midst of our daily routine.

Things we touch and see and feel

Are what make God so very real.

You’re lovable, you’re wonderful,

You’re as sweet as you can be,

There’s nobody in all the world

Who means so much to me;

I love you more than life itself,

You make my dreams come true,

Forever is not long enough

For me to be near to you.

Love is much more than a tender caress

And more than bright hours of happiness,

For a lasting love is made up of sharing

Both hours that are joyous and also despairing.

It’s made up of patience and deep understanding

And never of stubborn or selfish demanding

It’s made up of climbing the steep hills together

And facing with courage life’s stormiest weather.

And nothing on earth or in heaven can part

A love that has grown to be part of the heart

And just like the sun and the stars and the sea,

This love will go on through eternity,

For true love lives on when earthly things die,

For it’s part of the spirit that soars to the sky.

In this sick world of hatred and violence and sin,

Where society renounces morals

and rejects discipline,

We stumble in darkness groping vainly for light

To distinguish the difference

between wrong and right …

But dawn cannot follow this night of despair

Unless faith lights a candle in all hearts everywhere …

And warmed by the glow, our hate melts away

And love lights the path to a peaceful new day.

Mothers are special people

In a million different ways,

And merit loving compliments

And many words of praise,

For a mother’s aspiration

Is for her family’s success,

To make the family proud of her

And bring them happiness …

And like our heavenly Father,

She’s a patient, loving guide,

Someone we can count on

To be always on our side.

The unexpected kindness from an unexpected place,

A hand outstretched in friendship,

a smile on someone’s face,

A word of understanding spoken in a time of trial

Are unexpected miracles that make life more worthwhile.

We know not how it happened that in an hour of need

Somebody out of nowhere proved to be a friend indeed …

For God has many messengers we fail to recognize,

But He sends them when we need them,

and His ways are wondrous and wise …

So keep looking for an angel and keep listening to hear,

For on life’s busy, crowded streets, you will find

God’s presence near.

God sends His little angels in many forms and guises.

They come as lovely miracles that God alone devises,

For He does nothing without purpose,

everything’s a perfect plan

To fulfill in bounteous measure all

He ever promised man …

For every little angel with a body bent or broken

Or a little mind challenged or little words unspoken

Is just God’s way of trying to reach out

and touch the hands

Of all who do not know Him

and cannot understand

That often through an angel

whose wings will never fly

The Lord is pointing out the way to His eternal sky,

Where there will be no handicaps

of body, soul, or mind

And where all limitations will be

dropped and left behind …

So accept these little angels as gifts from God above,

And thank Him for this lesson in faith

and hope and love.

Oh, God of love look down and bless

This radiant bride with happiness,

And fill her life with love’s sweet song,

Enough to last her whole life long …

And give her patience when things disturb

So she can somehow gently curb

Hasty words in anger spoken,

Leaving two hearts sad and broken …

And give her guidance all through life

And keep her a loving, faithful wife.

A mother’s love is something that no one can explain—

It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain.

It is endless and unselfish and enduring,

come what may,

For nothing can destroy it or take that love away.

It believes beyond believing when the

world around condemns,

And it glows with all the beauty of the rarest,

brightest gems.

It is far beyond defining, it defies all explanation,

And it still remains a secret like the

mysteries of creation—

A many-splendored miracle man cannot understand

And another wondrous evidence

of God’s tender, guiding hand.