Broken Dreams

(By Lauretta P. Burns)

As children bring their broken toys with tears for us to mend,

I brought my broken dreams to God because He was my friend.

But then instead of leaving them with Him in peace to work alone,

I hung around and tried to help with ways that were my own.

At last I snatched them back and cried, "How can you be so slow?"

"My child," He said, "What could I do? You never did let go."

Here are two of my newest cards.

He’s All That Matters

If I wake up tomorrow

With nothing but pain

And all the things are gone

That I’d counted as gain

If I still had Jesus

As my Saviour and Lord

I’d still be as rich as a king.

If each day brought losses

That were so hard to bear.

If every one left me

With no one who cared

If I still had Jesus

As my Saviour and Lord

I still His praises would sing.

For He’s all that matters

When all’s said and done

The stuff that we treasure

Is nothing but dung

I’d trade it all in a moment

For Jesus my King

For He is what matters to me.

Here is my newest card to link to Word Art Wednesday.

Have a blessed weekend!

COULD THEY BUT KNOW

I sometimes think that God must surely smile,

While looking on His world so tenderly;

And whisper softly to His angels there:

“Could they but see."

His fretted world perplexed and worn and sad,

Distrustful of His watching thought the while;

Unmindful of the strength of love which shines

Behind God’s smile –

The kindest smile a weary world could know –

A smile that pities, loves, forgives and plans;

That knows earth’s strivings, failings, hopes and fears,

And understands.

Could they but see how near His angels are,

And know the grandeur of the ways they tread,

Or glimpse the land of happiness untold

Which lies ahead.  

I sometimes think that God must surely smile,

When looking on His troubled world below,

And whisper softly, tenderly, His thought:

“Could they but know.”

Author Unknown

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: 

now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 

1 Corinthians 13:12

A couple more cards I made.  

The photos aren't too good, but you can get the general idea.

  

Cards

I have been quite busy lately and have not shared any of my cards with you in a long time.

I thought I would share a few of my latest.

Thanks for visiting.

The Bible

THE HOLY BIBLE

 The Holy Bible is God’s love letter to us.

It is God’s words given to men to write down for us to read.

It is our guide book.

It provides strength and comfort.

It encourages us when we are doing right

and convicts us when we are doing wrong.

God’s Word never changes.

 Century follows century – it still stands.

Dynasty succeeds dynasty – it still stands.

Empires rise and fall and are forgotten – it still stands.

Kings are crowned and uncrowned – it still stands.

Storms of hate swirl about it – it still stands.

Atheists rail against it – it still stands.

Profane, prayerless punsters caricature it – it still stands.

Unbelief abandons it – it still stands.

Thunder bolts of wrath smite it – it still stands.

The flames are kindled about it – it still stands.

Author Unknown

Heaven and earth shall pass away:  but my words shall not pass away.

Luke 21:33 

The Bible Stands

The Bible stands like a rock undaunted

’Mid the raging storms of time;

Its pages burn with the truth eternal,

And they glow with a light sublime.

Refrain

The Bible stands though the hills may tumble,

It will firmly stand when the earth shall crumble;

I will plant my feet on its firm foundation,

For the Bible stands.

The Bible stands like a mountain towering

Far above the works of men;

Its truth by none ever was refuted,

And destroy it they never can.

The Bible stands and it will forever,

When the world has passed away;

By inspiration it has been given,

All its precepts I will obey.

The Bible stands every test we give it,

For its Author is divine;

By grace alone I expect to live it,

And to prove and to make it mine. 

Words & Music:  Haldor Lillenas