Posted by Roberta Grimes • March 23, 2024
Precious Lord, take my hand, Lead me on, let me stand. I am tired, I am weak, I am worn. Through the storm, through the night, Lead me on through the light, Take my hand, precious Lord, And lead me home. – Thomas A. Dorsey (1899-1993), from “Take My Hand Precious Lord” (1937) One question... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • March 16, 2024
He can turn the tides and calm the angry sea. He alone decides who writes a symphony. He lights evr’y star that makes the darkness bright! He keeps watch all through each long and lonely night! He still finds the time to hear a child’s first prayer. Saint or sinner calls and always finds Him... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • March 09, 2024
Two and two are four, Four and four are eight, Eight and eight are sixteen, Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two… Inchworm, inchworm, measuring the marigolds, You and your arithmetic, you’ll likely go far. Inchworm, inchworm, measuring the marigolds, Seems to me you’d stop and see how lovely they are. Inchworm, inchworm, measuring the marigolds, With... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • March 02, 2024
God hath not promised skies always blue, flower-strewn pathways all our lives through. God hath not promised sun without rain, joy without sorrow, peace without pain. God hath not promised we shall not know toil and temptation, trouble and woe. He hath not told us we shall not bear many a burden, many a care.... Read More