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    MY FATHERS LAP

   DID YOU EVER WANT TO BE A CHILD AGAIN AND SIT
   ON FATHERS LAP? I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE
   TO BE RIGHT THERE, RIGHT NOW!

   LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE ONLY FATHER
   I EVER HAD, HIS NAME IS JESUS
I MET HIM AT AN ALTER
AND GAVE MY LIFE TO HIM
I BECAME HIS CHILD AND HE
BECAME MY FRIEND!

   HIS TENDER MERCIES WILL HOLD ME UPRIGHT
   EVEN THOUGH I WANT TO FALL!
   EVERYTIME I NEED HIM, HE IS THERE AT MY
   CALL!

    I CAN'T WAIT FOR HIM TO HOLD ME AND WIPE
    AWAY EACH TEAR! I FEEL HIS PRESENCE NOW
    IN THE WRITING OF THIS RHYME, HE GIVES
    ME LOVE AND COMFORT ALWAYS. AND IT
    COMES JUST IN TIME!

    HE PROMISED HE WILL NEVER LEAVE ME AND HE
    WILL GO WITH ME TO THE END! IT IS HIS PROMISE
    AND ON THIS I CAN DEPEND!
               
      poetry owned and copyrighted by
        Mary Alice Bowles!

JESUS LOVE
MY BEST FRIEND


IF YOU'RE WALKING IN A VALLEY AND YOU
CANNOT SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY!
JUST CALL ON MY BEST FRIEND JESUS
  PRAY WITHOUT CEASING AND HE WILL TELL
YOU WHAT TO SAY!

  HE TELLS GOD OUR FATHER, HE WILL PLEAD
YOUR PERFECT CASE!  YOU DON'T EVER NEED
A LAWYER, JESUS DIED TO TAKE YOUR PLACE!

JUST LET HIM BE YOUR MASTER
AS YOU TRAVEL EACH NEW DAY JUST LET
HIM LEAD AND GUIDE YOU AND HE
WILL TAKE ALL YOUR FEARS AWAY!
"But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."  Isaiah 40:31
PLEASE BE SURE TO VISIT
MY WONDERFUL KITCHEN
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