Empty House

We entered a house so empty,
nothing hanging on the wall-
no furniture there, floors were bare,
and echos down every hall.

Placed our possessions within,
ourselves and all that we own-
a husband and wife, with loving and life,
the house turned into a home.

The time changed into memories,
the days and weeks into years-
that special space was a magical place,
filled with laughter and tears.

Then one day we left forever,
to a home on another road.
We left it behind knowing we'd find
another delightful abode.

Thinking back on that old house,
recalling the blessings again,
it's now plain to see every memory
was the living of life within.

The house itself wasn't special,
but the life we lived inside-
homes with love, blessed from above,
are a special place to abide.

No Government

No government can save us.
  No political party can.
No left or right-wing anything-
  No woman alive or man.

No human has the answers-
  they never can nor could.
Only God can save us,
  turning evil into good.

It's not about changing minds
  to see some point of view..
It's about changing hearts,
  making all things new.

Talk too much

I talk too much
  about myself,
    but pray that won't continue.
I pray instead
  my main desires
    might find another venue.

To fling aside
  the cares of life,
    so tossed about at random,
to love others
  more than self
    should be my living anthem.

Dear Saviour,
  please deliver me,
    by grace help me recover.
Instead of living
  in sin within,
    to truly love my brother.