Good Versus Evil

Until the last good versus evil
We are called to join the angels
In the battle against evil .
God promises evil will not prevail
Against us .
Let us worship with Jesus
Our triumphant king .
                             I Love You All
                             By Brock

It is Jesus

It is Jesus' name that saves us from sin .
We were given our name at our Baptism .
It is the name that the pastor speaks
At church services
And our sins are forgiven in Jesus' name .
It is the name we confess
At the end of our prayers .
Jesus's name is the one
Word the one name
That gives us life .
                           I Love You All
                           By Brock

Christmas

It Is Christmas .
It is Christmas .
It is Christmas .
It is Christmas .
It is Christmas .
It is Christmas .
It is Christmas .
It is Christmas .
It is Christmas .
It isChristmas ..
    I Love You All
    By Brock

God Has Compassion

God sure has compassion .
Jesus comes to seek
And to save the lost .
He will take away our transgressions .
God with his love
He will rejoice over repentant sinners .
                                     I Love You All
                                     By Brock

My Grandson

I remember not too long ago

When I could hear your Heart beating

on my chest.

I know life is a cabaret

Of pleasures

And distractions

And ups and downs.

I will never regret

That I had an amazing

Time and experience

With you.

I will never forget

How you made me feel

Even if we fall off track

For a time.

We did grow together 

Even if we grew apart

But now is the time

To come together

In peace right now.

                                  I Love You All

                                  By Brock

Deeds

We make enemies too often
Out of those whom
God gives us as neighbors
Down the Street .
We celebrate another's struggles
Rather than defend them
Or even speak well of them .
We deserve our own deeds
Upon our heads .
Remember God is merciful always .
                                I Love You All
                                By Brock

He is With Us

We get discouraged over Christmas .
We look to our past
And find guilt and shame sometimes
Rather than looking for the new baby Jesus .
We all have the gift of the church
His people are together to encourage
And hope in Immanuel .
God is with us today .
So let us pray to Jesus .
                                    I Love You All
                                    By Brock

It Is Time

It is almost Christmas
On our own  , we are a doomed flock .
Oh how great is God's goodness .
His love endures forever .
He gathers , enlightens us . ,
God protects us .
We are His own .
He sent Jesus the Good Shepherd ,
To be our Savior and King .
He is the giver of life .
He will live eternally .
                                I Love You All
                                By Brock

Reminisce

 Old age has come at a bad time
Just as I was beginning to know everything .
The longer I live the sweeter the Lord grows .
The longer I serve Him
The more I pray .
I walk now into the unknown
Trusting the Lord now that I am getting old .
I remember things and people
That are near my heart
And are mine to hold .
Oh I reminisce the memories more
Now that I am getting old ..
Thank you Lord for the memories .
                                     I Love You All
                                     By Brock

Retire

When you retire you will have many things to treasure forever  .
You will know time is always precious .
You will laugh more and spend more time thinking
And sometimes out of the blue
Your emotions will move to tears .
You will know where you came from
And you know where you are
And where you want to be .
You will enjoy life .
You will keep your dreams alive
And you will never give up on hope .
You hope to give more hugs
And to smile more and call people and kids Smiley .
You will always pray for your family and your loved ones
And have religion and go to church
And pray for your fellow man .
You are never to old to pray .
                                            I Love You All
                                            By Brock

Craving

I have a craving for frog eye salad  ,
Peanut butter cookies ,
cream peas , my special green tea  ,
Roast beef with carrots
Onions and cabbage
And seeing people and family
I have not seen in a long time
But the most I am craving for is hope .
                                   I Love You All
                                   By Brock

No Ordinary Person

All people need people .
There is no ordinary person .
Everyone needs to relax the tension
Of their body .
Everyone needs to calm the restlessness
Of their mind
And still the thoughts
Which worry us all .
We need our body and soul to rest
For tomorrow .
Right Smiley !
                             I Love You All
                             By Brock

Jesus' Call

Some people  do not think Jesus' call
Is all that urgent .
They take their time
And ignore His words .
Come to me and I will give you rest .
They need to hear and repent and believe
In God .
For God so loves the world  ,
That He gave his only son .
That whoever believes in Him
Should not perish
But have eternal life .
                        I Love You All
                        By Brock

Do Not Bother

We never bother our Lord
When we pray .
He hears every prayer .
He is never to busy
He never sleeps .
He never spends hours
Hunting pheasants
With his cell phone off .
His ears are open
To all who call Him .
                 I Love You All
                 By Brock

Grief

Grief is a place where love
Has no place to go they say .
You can feel what ever you want
It is all up to you .
Put your head upon your pillow .
Be glad you had some good times .
I believe grief
Does bring love to share
To all who love you .
                               I Love You All
                               By Brock

Old

You are lucky to be old .
When you look for answers
You find more questions .
A broken heart will grow .
A heart that never breaks
Will never grow .
Remember change always wins .
Life is a journey to experience
Not a problem to be solved
When you are old .
                               I Love You All
                               By Brock

The Pastor

The pastor is our guardian .
He must be well trained and also attentive .
He must be allowed to be a man .
He must oppose falsehoods .
He must be our shepherd .
He should protect us
The best he can .
                             I Love You All
                             By Brock

What Else

God has promised us
For than we can expect .
It is amazing that anything
More should come to us .
First God created us
And redeemed us .
He walks with us every day .
Remember  , He gives us the strength to face
Every challenge .
What more could we ask ?
                                     I Love You All
                                     By Brock

No Darkness

God will come to rescue us .
From this sad world .
And deliver us to heaven .
He has words of promise
That are certainly true .
We are anxious
For him to come .
He has his own time frame .
We do not have any kind
Of time frame at all .
Remember there is no darkness at all
When He brings us to heaven  ,
We will be in endless light
And the rightness of His life  .
                          I Love You All
                          By Brock

Do You Know

At what age did you feel  ?
10 , 13 , 16 years old ?
You were sure you knew
How the world works
And what your parents should do .
Oh the confidence 0f a teenager !
Over time you began to realize
That your parents knew
Far more than you gave them credit for .
Oh that is a break through that was .
                                     I Love You All
                                     By Brock

He Gives What We Need

 He could easily reject us
But God gives us what we need .
He does not find fault with us .
His forgiveness has covered us
Even when we feel lost some days
And the days we feel alone .
He always welcomes us home .
                               I Love You All
                               By Brock

A Broken Heart

When you are young
And your heart is broken
Your mom or dad or grandma
Will fix it that day
When you are older
And your heart is broken
And there is no one but the Lord
Your heart will feel broken
For a long time
But no matter how old you are
Your soul will always remember
Your broken heart
                               I Love You All
                               By Brock

The Journey

In my journey of my life
I will have some pleasures
And I will have some pain  .
I will find sunshine
And some rain some snow
Along the way .
There will always be losses
But there will be gains .
I have learned to smile
Again and again .
Each day that I wake up
I feel refreshed and ready
For the new day .
           I Love You All
           By Brock

Sow Tears

The hits and hurts of life
Can leave me breathless .
I will sow tears
As I struggle along ,
Not knowing if I can make it
Up the next hill alone..
I know I have the Lord on my side
So I will sow tears .
                     I Love You All
                     By Brock

My Life

Life is a journey to experience
Not a problem to be solved .
My disabilities do not exist
When I am with family and friends .
God does not ask me to understand
Or comprehend .
He just ask me to pray .
When I see a rainbow .
I know God is smiling with me .
                        I Love You
                       By Brock

I Try My Hands

I Try my hands to fix things .
I do take a close look
At all my dings and dents over time  .
I flinch and get afraid
But I try to mend my ways .
I try to repair and sometime
I fall short
But I do try to do the best
I can
1 day at a time with my hands
And with my heart
And that is all I can do .
                    I Love You All
                    By Brock

The Greatest Thing

The greatest thing
In my life is loving you
That is all I have
Or want to say .
               I Love You All
               By Brock

Change

Change always wins .
You can not have everything .
Life is a journey to experience  .
You know rivers never goes in reverse
So live like a river .
Forget your past and focus
On your Father .
You are a swan in the water
So go as far as you can .
                     I Love You All
                     By Brock

What Is

Now as I sit and sip
And drink my green tea
In my man cave .
I try my best to life
In the land of happiness
And what is ?
             I Love You All
             By Brock

I Believe

I believe , that God wants us  
To know we are not alone ..
We have the Holy Spirit
To comfort , teach and renew
Our trust in God .
We can trust God
And watch for the Holy  Spirit
Work in our lives
                          I Love You All
                          By Brock

God's Plan

We do not know God's plan
For our lives .
Just like Moses' mother and sister
We did not know where God
Might take us
Or what God has planned
For us to do .
Remember , when we remain open
We alow God to shape    
Our lives in surprising ways .
                      I Love You All
                      By Brock

Your Grandson

Your grandson will hold your hand
Your grandson will hold your hand
For a little while ,
But he will hold your heart
For a life time .
Sometimes in life grandpa
Will need a hug .
No words , no advice
Just a hug to make him feel better .
A grandson's kindness does not cost anything
But it means everything to grandpa .
                                             I Love You All
                                             By Brock

JoDean

She was like a mom to me .
She treated me like one of her boys
Not different at all .
She was like a beacon of light .
I earned a lot from the lady  .
When ever I saw her  ,
She always uplifted me .
She always saw my potential .
Believe it or not I learned about faith
Through her .
She taught me the value of adversity
In my later years .
I will always love her .
                                  I Love You All   
                                  By Brock

Confidence

Faith is more than simply believing
That God exists .
It involves a personal relationship,
With God .
I trust that God loves me ,  forgives me
And will save me some day
With the assurance in my heart  ,
Each day I pass in peace
And I await the final judgment
With confidence .
                          I Love You All        
                          By Brock

We Can Make It

We can make it only
So far in our obedience
Of God's covenant
With you and me
That should have us laughing
With joy .
His son , Jesus , has kept  his part
Of the covenant
And has ensured that God
Will remember his covenant
With us forever .
                             I Love You All
                             By Brock

Loving Him

I will spend my life time loving you  .
I will prove it a 1000 ways  .
My love for you will never get old .
It will only grow .
When the world seems cold
There is always someone there to care ..
I hear no music in my heart
Until I hear your voice .
I know you are only one heart but always
For me .
You are as soft as a rainbow .
Only your father knows
How much I love you .
You make me whole
When you touch me .
                        I Love You All
                        By Brock

I Really Love

I take advantage of you sometimes
It is not easy to say
I am sorry today .
You are the glue that keeps us together .
Please forgive me  .
Sometimes it is so hard to say the right thing
But it should  be said
It is not easy to really say
I really truly love you .
Yes I truly love you .
                                I Love You All
                                Brock

My Age

My age has made a change in me .
When I see a rainbow
I see God is smiling .
At night as I sit outside
I can see Jesus' face
When I look up at the stars at night .
At my age I wonder
Are there tears in heaven ?
I pray more because I know
God does not ask me to understand
Or comprehend or figure everything out
Like I tried for many years .
Am I turning into someone
I once knew
Like my grandma , my dad , my mom ,
My aunts and uncles ?
I sure pray and hope so .
                                   I Love You All
                                   By Brock

Worries and Doubts

 Burdened with worries and doubts  ,
I sometimes  ignore or over look
What God has done and is doing
In my life ,
But that rainbow was a reminder
to me that Jesus is the same
Yesterday  ,  today and forever .
When I cry out to God
I know I can lean on God's promises .
Of mercy and protection .
                   I Love You All
                   By Brock

Fishing

When we go fishing
And we get none
We most rely 0n our Master ,
We must trust Him
To work all things
For our good and praying .
After all He resolved
The greatest deficit of all ,
Our death sentence of sin  ,
To fulfill the law we could not .
                           I Love You All
                           By Brock

Righteousness of Goe

 When confronted with our sins,
may we be like David  .
May we see that we are the man .
We are the guilty ones .
The repenting , msy we also
Rejoice in our savior  ,
Who took on our sins
Through He knew no sin ,
So that in Him
We might become
The righteousness of God

                        I Love You All

                        By Brock

Conscience

Obey your conscience .

Remember it is the since .

Of right  and wrong 

But always do right  .

What is wrong is wrong .

What is right is right  .

Let your conscience 

Be your gide all the time .

You will sleep better every night 

When you obey your conscience .

If you are a fisherman 

Or a hunter

Or just a human 

Yes you need to obey 

Your conscience every day .

                         I Love You All   

                         By Brock

The sky is empty now

The sky is empty now
The Sun is rising little by little  .

It is a new day and how .

The olive tree will grow today .

The sky is high .

The sun is now .

A eye in the sky .

           I Love You All

A Moment 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

 

Take a moment in time  

To help a friend  

By being a friend . 

Talk to them 

About perseverance ,

Love , joy , honesty ,

Compassion , acceptance  ,

Humility 

And do not forget courage  .

Talk to them 

About taking one single 

Day at a time 

And being there for a friend .

                             I Love You All

                             By Brock

My Town

My town has its up town 

It has its down town  .

Oh yes it has its downs .

It has its up’s too !

There is no stop light

On Main Street .

Because everyone knows everyone  ,

Everyone stops and talks on the street 

And even on the clean side walks 

In the morning , at high noon 

Or after work or even under the moon 

Light  .

People in my town like to talk

Because they care about everyone . 

My home town is alive .

                                      I Love You All

                                     By Brock

A Juggling Act

Life is a juggling act . 

When you need a brake , 

From all the family and job

Juggling acts give coach 

And friends a call and just take a brake .

Let something fall ,

Because you might just need

Someone’s ear and their time .

You will feel better using their ears

And their time too .

You can then go back 

And pick up what fell .

You can always go back 

To juggling act of life .

Remember , when you are juggling 

Things you can not keep everything 

Up in the air .

Everyone needs a brake sometime 

And sometimes things just brake 

And that is life .

Just do the best you can .

                           I Love You All

                           By Brock

The Game

             The Game

Life is a game .

In every game there is a huddle 

And that is not all  .

In a game everyone counts .

In a game you put yourself out

In front and center from time to time .

In a game there is always a team.

There is always a coach who never

Gets paid .

Make sure you have time to play

And have fun together and play fair .

Remember , we can all rest 

In the caring arms of God . 

                                  I Love You All

                                  By Brock

The 1880 Tain

 The 1880 train goes and stops

Only for dreams.

With a ticket to ride you can hear

More than the colicky clack 

That comes from the track.

When the train is on its run 

You can sit , look , listen and dream .

You do not dare read a book 

Or sleep on the 1880 train .

It is aways a special time .

When you are on the old train .

You can not help but get geared up 

For a ride that will last a long time 

In your dreams.

                                  I Love You All

                                  By Brock

9/25/24

My Grandson And I

 I was born years ago  .

To me you are brand new.

I have a lot to say .

I want you to listen to me.

I know more things than you .

I think you know more wrong 

Things than me ,

I worry and pray more than you.

I truly know the meaning of love .

You play more than me 

That is the way it should be .

When I touch you  ,

You touch me in more ways 

Than I can say today.

                                 I Love You All

                                 By Brock

9/24/24

                                 

 

Sing

 I want to sing 

Every song I hear .

I want to catch a falling star 

And put it in my pocket 

And save it for a rainy day .

I am standing on the corner 

Watching all the girls go by .

You are the sunshine of my life .

I give to you and you give to me 

True love .

You must remember this 

A kiss is a kiss .

The world will always 

Welcome lovers as time goes by .

Do you want to sing with me ?

To me your everything .

                               I Love You All   

                               By Brock

9/23/24

The Truth

Jesus spoke the full truth

Of our sinfulness,

And yet He loves us,

Giving us redemption .

He loved completely in His words

And actions

All the way to the cross.

Anchored to Jesus

We to can speak the truth

In love to those who need Jesus.

                           I love you all

                           by Brock

9/22/24

What Is Love

There is no tomorrow 

Without you in my dreams .

My life I live for you  .

My heart is waiting for you .

My heart is saying

 How much I love you  .

The dreams I depend on

Are of you  .

I feel like I am walking 

In a dream .

I make sure the flame of love 

Keeps burning. .

Love gives us sweet  memories 

To remember  ,

That is what love is to me .

                              I Love You All

                               By Brock

Vanilla

Vanilla ice cream is plan 

But it is still so sweet .

You can lick it anywhere 

Even on Main Street .

Vanilla is sweet to taste  

In any season .

When I see someone  eat it 

A smile always comes  on to my face .

You always get sweet and gorgeous 

Attention  when you have vanilla 

Ice cream dripping down your lip

Or going  down your leg

Drippily drip  drippily drip !!

You know you have had to much

Vanilla ice cream 

When it gets under your feet .

When was the last time 

You had fun eating vanilla ice cream ?

No coffee ice cream 😆😆😆😆

I know someone younger than me

Who kinda likes vanilla ice cream

But has never had trouble

Having ice cream going down

those long long legs not even 1

😆😆😆😆😆

Let us have some ice cream

After the home coming parade .

Let us go lick some today 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

This is my homecoming  poem

For 24😆😆😆

                                   I Love You All

                                   By Brock

The Vineyard

The purpose of the vine is to provide

Support and to send food and water

To the branches .

As long as the branches are connected 

To the vine ,

They will bear fruit  .

Occasionally the gardener must 

Prune the branches .

The process is important 

Because it maintains the health

Of the branches , strengthens them 

And encourages the branches to produce 

More fruit. .

Remember , Jesus is our vine

And we are connected to Jesus . 

                               I Love You All

                               By Brock

Fix It

There is nothing you can not fix  .

Always keep looking up .

Do not be afraid to show your hands .

Sometimes you got to get down 

On your knees to help 

To get where you want to be .

You got to learn to stand back 

Sometimes  when you are down .

Sometimes you will need to strike

A match inside you once in a while 

To get the right things. Inside you going .

Do not waste your life .

Around the corner is a new day .

You can always add another chapter

To your story  .

Sometimes to fix something  

You got to let a test  you took 

Be your testimony ..

                                     I Love You All

                                     By Brock

Sticks And Stones

I do not remember when I learned the rhyme.

Sticks and stones may break my bones ,

But words can never hurt me .

I do remember that as good as it felt 

To shout that sentence at someone 

Who was teasing me .

I was told to learn to laugh. 

On the outside and cry inside .

Yea when I did run 

It was like a hidden place  for me to cry ,

Sweat and pray .

The hurting words have tremendous power .

Even those who will not dance with me 

And only say no I have to go 

That hurt me more than they know 

Because I did not fit in . 

                                        I Love You All

                                        By Brock

Looniness

I know the meaning of loonies .

Your mother wrote me 

And told me I broke the camel’s back

You did not write it 

And you are not a teenager not yet .

All the dreams I had of you and I

Are all shattered  .

I ask the Lord to take my hand .

Will you not even cry for me .

With all the pain you put me through 

Because I do not understand 

What you are thinking .

Remember me if no one 

Gives you a hug ,

And  calls you 

The best grandson in the world .

If you never see me again ,

I will always love you .

                           I Love You All

                           By Brock

My Birthday

I will soon celebrate a birthday .

I will be older than I have been before ,

Funny how that works 

The older I get the more I can call people Kids !

While I may say with age comes wisdom ,

The only thing I seem to know 

For sure is that there is very little

I know for sure and understand  .

I spend a lot of time now praying 

For patience .

I spend more time wondering 

What God has in stored for me 

In my every day life .

I experience the power of God’s 

Holy Spirit swirling in my midst .

As I get older I know the best 

I can do is get out of the way 

Of God and just pray 

And let God do the right thing .

I am indeed going to be a year older

And with age comes a little more

Tolerance for that which I can not know .

After all , what choice do I have but pray .

I feel we all will be saved by grace .

                                       I Love You All

                                       By Brock

The Little Bible

 

I hope you get a little Bible soon  .

You are getting big my big guy 

So pretty  soon you will be able to read it .

I pray the Lord will keep you under his wings

And help you to grow up to be 

A strong and a healthy boy 

And that you will go often  to the Bible 

For strength and courage

As you go through life .

                                      I Love You All

                                      By Brock

Accountable

Secrecy is suicide  .

Satan wants me to think

That I can fight 

This battle on my own .

He uses shame and fear to keep me 

Isolated and alone .

I have my days .

I may think that I

am the only I struggling 

With trouble and pain

I know that is not true. .

Seeking help and revealing 

My battles

May be the most difficult thing

I will ever find .

Yes I found hope  

Praying to God .

                        I Love You All

                        By Brock

A Message

I am to believe 

I got a message saying it is from you .

I do not believe it .

You do not know anything 

About breaking a camel’s back .

You say you want a distance  from me .

You are near yet far away from me ‘

You are special and mean 

So much to me .

I am tracing our memories 

As I sit here and pray this Sunday .

I believe in Hope .

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                                    By Brock

My Grandson

You have been mad at me

For a long long time 

And I still do not understand .

I do not see the love in your eyes .

My world will keep turning .

I well get along . 

I will be here if you need me some day .

I wish you would lay your body

Next to grandpa 

Just one more quiet night .

I am glad we had some good times

Together 

As the angels watch over us .

Do not forget your grandpa 

Because he loves you 

No matter what  .

Oh the memories 

Oh those good times 

With my Smiley grandson .

                 I Love You All

                 By Brock

Wait Wait

What in the world 

Does it mean to wait

Is it to wait for the Lord 

In my time of need

With Pain in my heart 

Will it distract me from God 

Will the waiting point me to God 

Can I focus on God 

While I am waiting for God 

I believed I can receive God’s promise 

Of strength and hope 

While I am waiting for God. 

                             I Love You All

Classroom

Quietness is the classroom 

 Where you learn to hear .

That is what my dad said .

 May I  learn to love you more and more .

Jesus thanks for being for me

Not against me .

I know I will have trouble in my life 

But I need to take heart 

For You have overcome the world .

Being quiet when trouble comes 

And use the worry heads

Is one way to go .

Always remember the power 

Of God’s presence 

Can hold us steady in our dark times  .

I need to listen when God talks .

                                            I Love You All

                                            By Brock

Trust

When you are struggling 

Like most of us 

Who do you trust  

Or what do you trust 

To get you through

Money , your friends ,

A best friend ?

If any of those things

Are what you count on 

And you are still experiencing 

Fear and unhappiness

Perhaps these are not the things 

To save you ?

God is the one  

We should put our trust in .

                            I Love You All

                            By Brock

I Talked To The Lord

I talked to someone about you today .

Some how I knew you would understand .

Today I met a friend of mine today 

At our favorite place 

We talked for a while 

And we talked face to face .

He asked if there was anything on my mind ?

Yes I talked to someone  about you today .

I told him what you were going through .

After what I told him 

I felt like he already knew .

He said he loved you .

And he thinks about you all the time .

He knew your heart was broken .

He put his arms around me 

And told me everything will be Ok

As he and I walked away .

                                      I Love You All

                                       By Brock

Roses And Violets

Roses are red violets are blue .

Oh how I want to be with you .

You may be sleeping soundly. .

You may not wake up happy 

I only hope you still love me  .

Oh I want to be near you .

I want your cheeks to be red  .

And I do not even want you to be blue  .

I love you and and I hope to see you soon ,

How about Sunday at 2:30   If not today ?

I hope you are having sweet dreams 

Not about roses or violets 

But about me .

I have dreams about you and me 

Day and night

And dreams do come true .

I have no roses or violets today 

But I have my love for you only .

                                  I Love You All

                                  By Brock