My Heart

I sometimes close my eyes

To help me focus

And block out distractions

When I pray .

I do not need to close

My eyes to praise God .

I can pray at any time ,

At any place .

I can pray when I run ,

Pull weeds or fish

Or hunt , or ride a bike

Or drive a vehicle .

I can get down on my knees .

I can spread out my hands

Toward the heavens .

I can pray when I sit or stand

Or lay down even face down .

It is not the posture of my body

But of my heart .

I know God's eyes and ears

Are always attentive to my prayers .

                                By Brock

Running

Finding peace through mindful running .

I may jog or run at my own pace .

I can truly smell the outdoor air .

I will hear the real early birds

Talk to each other

Back to back .

My feet are my foundation .

My heart is receptive .

My time is not measured

By an hour glass

But by my eyes

And the peace

That is in front of me ,

And I am driven by God .

                      By Brock

The Gorilla

Once in a while

You may see or hear a gorilla

In your back yard

Or in your room

Or in a public place .

You want the gorilla to go away .

The gorilla wants you to feel uncomfortable .

He may just laugh at you

When he puts his claws on your shoulder .

You may have looked up to him at one point

With respect

But now you hurt where a doctor can not help .

Someone may say just walk away from the gorilla .

You are better than him .

You should never take the advice of someone

Who has not had your kind of trouble ,

Because they may love the gorilla

That is given you a hard time on your life's trail .

God will help you from above

With his special love .

                                           By Brock

Time

Time is always on your mind .

Don't rush with time-consciousness

Gnawing at your mind .

You should sometimes

Dwell in timelessness .

You should take one day at a time .

Time can be a tyrant

It can tick away relentlessly in your mind .

With time there is always a demand

To get something done .

Always find time to pray to him .

                                By Brock

Each Day

Let me help you

Get through each day .

There are many possible

Paths to travel between

Getting up in the morning

And then lay down at night .

You should always stay

Alert at all times during the day .

You will get through each day

One way or the other .

You can moan and groan

Or you can say

You are fine for the shape your in .

Don't be afraid to lean on me .

                                 By Brock

He Was The Man

God gave him a blessing

And the strength to sing

Until the very end .

His singing was always

In the air .

He sang about black birds

And yellow birds .

Now he sings with the angels .

He was always a sight for sore eyes .

He may have been sick sometimes

But he always made everyone

Feel better after seeing him .

He called all the children smiley .

He loved to talk to children

Because they all listened to him .

He loved to whistle a happy tune .

He had a special medicine

That doctors did not have

But his medicine made everyone

Better for it made you laugh , smile

And happy and also to love him

And he was my dad .

                                     By Brock

Enough Is Enough

Do you have a gunny sack of troubles ?

Don't put the weight of your troubles

On your shoulders .

Do you know what really matters .

There is always some opposition to what you think ,

What you do and what you believe .
God will put a blessing on you .

Trouble can push you up not always down .

Sometimes you need to just walk away

From your trouble .

Be a peace maker .

Let somethings go and ignore it .

Remember eagles fly high above it .

Don't be a crow .

It takes a strong person to ignore a fight .

Today there is room enough to drop

Your gunny sack of trouble .

                                By Brock

The Crowded Hour

Everyone will have their share

Of a crowded hour .

Everyone is someone

They may not know your name

But they may know what you do

But they know who you should be .

Find free time to just pray in the crowd .

May the hope of heaven

Encourage us all to walk

Along the path of life

Don't try to run on the path of life

That is not always good  for a good life .

In every crowded hour ,

Make sure to have moments

Punctuated with thanksgiving

Because we are together

In this crowded hour .

                      By Brock

Smell , Feel , Sight And Sound

We live in a world

Of sight and sound .

Sometimes we do not need

To say anything .

We can just go out and smell

What is high in the air around us .

We can go also and smell

What is near the ground as well .

We can feel so many things

And touch some people  ,

If you take the time to do so .

You can feel the heat of the sun

Or the chill that some people

Give you unexpectedly .

Are you going to feel anything  ,

Look at anything ,  smell anything

Say anything

Oh hell remember anything about today ?

It is all up to us

As to what we want to do about today .

What are we going to do at this moment ?

                                             By Brock

How Big Are Your Fingers

Prayer is a conversation with God

Whenever you fold your hands in prayer

Your thumbs are the nearest to you

So begin by praying for those closest to you

Like your loved ones .

The index fingers are the pointers

So pray for those who  teach about the Bible

And your preacher

And those who teach the  children .

The next fingers are the tallest ones ,

With them pray for those in authority .

The fourth fingers are the weakest  ,

With them pray for those who are in trouble

And who are suffering .

The little fingers reminds us

Of our smallest in relation to God's greatness .

Ask Him to supply your needs .

God wants to hear what is in your heart

Every day and night .

                                         By Brock

A Flag

People love flags .

I feel the flag that flies

Over me means love .

A flag represents many things ,

Home and respect and memories

And may be a person in your life

And hope and liberty

And war and let us not forget

Freedom and victory .

                          By Brock

This Morning

This morning I am going

To put my make up on .

I will dress up with a smile ,

Jesus will heal me .

There is a new day coming .

I have gone

To far to look back at even one

Yesterday .

I look in the mirror

And all around me

There is happiness

So I don't plan to look

Back once .

                     By Brock

Nothing Is Useless

Some days your battling discouragement

Caused by your limited mobility and chronic pain .

You tell me your body is falling apart .

You tell me you have nothing of value

To offer anyone .

I said , would you say all that

When I greet you

With a smile and call you smiley

Or when I listen to you

Or when I pray for you

Or when I offer you kind words .

When I tell you I love you .

How can you say your useless .

You should say your fine

For the shape your in

And I will have a good day .

                       By Brock

The Bar

You don't need to be good to people there

If you don't expect to come back .

When you leave the bar ,

Remember it has a double locked door .

The bar is one place you thought

You could unwind .

Now you know you have stayed to long .

The memories there never open .

Now when you leave and look back at the bar

Over you heavy shoulder ,

What you have gone through is more important

Than right now to you .

                                             By Brian

Life Is Often A Mess

Everyone knows how messed up everything

Can become in life .

Many of my challenges in my life often seem

To be larger than my abilities .

Many tangles develop that I am unable

Or understand ,

Often it seems that the more

I seek to unravel them ,

The more tangled they become .

The worst tangles of all

Are those that are inside me .

It is like a knot that I can not untie .

                            By Brock

The Early Years

He plays like his hair on his head

Is always on fire .

He can put a puzzle together

So fast .

He always giggles and laughs

And smiles at me .

Naps are never on his mind .

When I pick him up ,

I pick up super power .

He likes to turn and run

When he can .

I will enjoy him

As we get older

Yes we do take naps

When we get tired too !

                    By Brock

The Road

We have traveled may roads together .

I have tried to show you joy and laughter .

We have traveled north to the highest point .

We have traveled up and down east and west .

We have traveled down south to .

Where ever the road leads us .

We have traveled all around together .

We have traveled some straight a ways to .

We have traveled in all kind of weather .

We have travels in the light .

We have traveled in the darkness .

You have given me joy and smiles  

And also sadness along the road .

You put miles on my heart

And I will keep beating for us .

                          By Brock

 

On This Day

On this day call someone smiley.

Give yourself and someone laughter

Joy and peace .

Give strength and comfort .

On this day give guidance .

On this day give light

Where there is darkness .

On this day where there is worry

And pain give healing .

On this day always find time to rest .

On this day where there is to much heat

Give coolness .

Where there is to much coolness

Give warmth .

On this day always give love

To someone new .

Always have a good day .

                           By Brock

Each Day

Each day has its tasks

That we are to fulfill .

None of us

are either so old or so feeble .

That God can not use us .

Each day you should be reminded

Of a great secret that you need to learn

And remember and that is to listen .

It is not so easy to practice .

Remember yesterday is the past

Tomorrow is unknown

But today the Lord will help .

My grandma always said

Live one day at a time

And take one day at a time

And my dad always said

You need to listen

More than I talk .

I try to do these things each day !

                             By Brock

Doubts

Questions rise in my heart .

Doubts creep in .

They just ooze in to  me

Like water trickles

Into a leaky house .

The way I live these days

Many things invite doubts

The fear of the unknown

And worry and those gloomy thoughts .

The dark clouds of hopelessness

Come suddenly and hide the sun from me .

I believe in God

And doubts will always come my way

But I also know God will always be with me .

                                         By Brock

Prepare The Child

I brought my child to the rest home

To see her great grandma .

She was captive by debilitating age

But she showed her great grandchild

The gorgeous spring day

That danced invitingly

On the other side of the window pane .

Oh the bird feeder out side the window .

A bird flitted close to help itself to some seed .

My grandma would say

She was fine for the shape she is in .

Grandma was dysfunctional

But we all become a little dysfunctional

As time goes by .

I try to prepare the child for her road of life

Not the road for the child .

I try to equip the child

To deal with the difficulties

The child will encounter

On her road of life .

Grandma told her great grandchild

To take one day at a time

and have fun when you can .

The great grandchild would go

To the rest home when she could

To visit her great grandma

Because she loved her

And also she learned

Something from her great grandma

Every time she visited her .

The child's eyes and great grandma's eyes

Sparkled eye to eye every time .

I tried to do the right thing

To prepare the child

Like my grandma prepared me  .

                                By Brock