TO MY SON AND DAUGHTER

DID I TELL YOU I LOVE YOU TODAY
IF I DIDN’T I WANT TO RIGHT NOW
TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH YOU ARE LOVED BY ME
AS MUCH AS MY HEART WILL ALLOW

I KNOW AS A MOTHER I FAILED MANY TIMES
TO SEE WHAT WAS THERE FROM THE START
THE LOVE THAT YOU SHOWED ME
SO MANY TIMES
I THANK YOU TODAY FROM MY HEART

WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND TO BUSY TO SEE
WHAT A BLESSING GOD GAVE
AS YOU GREW
I KNOW THAT MY LOVE FOR EACH OF YOU
IS THE ONE THING MY HEART ALWAYS KNEW

MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU FOREVER
HE WILL SHOW YOU HIS LOVE EACH NEW DAY
HE BLESSED ME THE DAY YOU WERE BORN
SO TODAY WITH THESE WORDS LET ME SAY
LOVE TO YOU BOTH
AND MAY GOD GUIDE YOUR WAY

GOD’S GREATEST GIFT TO ALL
IS TO KNOW TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER
LOVE MOM

THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT

They call them children of the night
They have no place to go
I pray to you my LORD to help
These wondering children know

No one seems to care for them
So love is just not there
I know you love each child on earth
Please show them how you care

Let them feel you in there hearts
Let their troubles fade away
They are too young to feel the pain
This world gives them each day

The devil is out to get them
Their hearts turned hard I know
I pray for each to know this devil
Is there and won’t let go

Only you my LORD can help them now
Let them know love and not just hate
Show them how the devil tries
To make hell their final fate

They call them children of the night
As they wonder here and there
That’s why I pray to help them
There are still some of us who care

By JOYCE CLOSE

JESUS LET ME UNDERSTAND

Jesus let me understand each
day the things i do
i want to please you everyday
but i know i don’t seem too

why do some have hearts like angels
and love like angels will
others seem to have hearts like satan
thier heart are hard and still

Jesus let me understand as each day you
guide me through
then i know the love in my heart
was placed there to serve you

Jesus let me understand the love you
have for me
when each day i don’t show my love
to all the ones i see

i praise you lord for all you gave
your life you gave for all
Jesus let me understand even though i sin
you will never let me fall

5-21-09
by joyce close

BEYOND THE CLOUDS

BEYOND THE CLOUDS MY SAVIOR LIVES
SOMEDAY TO ME THIS HOME HE'LL GIVE
HIS LIFE HE GAVE TO ALL WHO KNOW
HE DIED FOR US WAS THE FATHERS GOAL

BEYOND THE CLOUDS THE ANGELS SING
PRAISES TO THIS KING OF KINGS
WE WILL SOMEDAY BE THERE TO SEE
ALL THE THINGS GOD MEANT TO BE

BEYOND THE CLOUDS OUR SAVIOR WAITS
TO BE WITH US AT HEAVENS GATES
HE KNOWS EACH ONE BY HIS OWN NAME
AND LOVES US ALL EACH ONE THE SAME

BEYOND THE CLOUDS WE WILL SEE
AS JESUS TAKES MY HAND FOR ME
UP HEAVENS STAIRS HE GUIDES US IN
BECAUSE HE DIED AND WASHED OUR SIN

BY JOYCE CLOSE
5-7-09

DO ANGELS CRY?

I ALWAYS WONDER IF ANGELS CRY
WHEN THINGS ARE BAD ON EARTH
I KNOW THEY LIVE IN HEAVEN ABOVE
WHERE THINGS ARE BETTER NOT WORSE

I ALWAYS WONDER IF ANGELS CRY
WHEN CHILDREN DO NOT PRAY
WHEN EVERYONE IS WAY TO BUSY
TO TEACH THEM DAY BY DAY

THIS WORLD IS GETTING WORSE EACH DAY
WE SEE THAT FROM THE SIN
WE NEVER SEE THE THINGS THAT CHANGE
WE JUST LET THE DEVIL WIN

I ALWAYS WONDER IF ANGELS CRY
WHEN JESUS LOOKS DOWN AND SEES
ALL THE LOVE HE GAVE TO US
STILL SOME JUST DON’T BELIEVE

I WONDER IF THE ANGELS CRY
WHEN THEY SEE THIS EARTH EACH DAY
THE LOVE HAS GROWN COLD AS ICE
LET FAITH SHOW US THE WAY

LORD FILL OUR HEARTS AGAIN WITH LOVE
I PRAY DON’T LET IT DIE
GIVE THE CHILDREN ANOTHER CHANCE
SO ANGELS IN HEAVEN DON’T CRY

BY JOYCE CLOSE
3 - 2 - 09

AMERICA...IN GOD WE TRUST

I have realized in my late years
Some things change along the way
It’s hard to make some this I know
If we don’t believe in what they say

The LORD was here as our country grew
From HIM some want to depart
Let this country show once again
Our LORD was here from the start

They want to take our LORD from us
In prayer, and our government too
This country was made
IN GOD WE TRUST
With HIS help we will stand up to you

Remembering all the people
That died to make our country free
I will stand up and fight for our LORD
IN GOD WE TRUST
This country will always be

JOYCE CLOSE 2-13 -09

FORGIVE ME FATHER

FORGIVE ME FATHER FOR I HAVE SINNED
ON THIS DAY YOU GRACIOUSLY GAVE
I SINNED AGAIN AS A SINNER I AM
I KNOW THROUGH YOUR SON I AM SAVED

SO MANY TIMES I ASK YOU TO GUIDE ME
I NEED GUIDANCE EACH DAY I BEGIN
I ALSO KNOW I MUST HELP MYSELF
AND NOT LET THE DEVIL COME IN

EACH ONE OF US NEED OUR DEAR SAVIOR
AS WE WALK IN THIS WORLD OF SIN
JUST HOLD ON TIGHT LORD TO MY HEART
AGAINST THE DEVIL I WILL SURELY WIN

HEAVEN IS WHERE I WILL SEE YOU LORD
AND JUDGE ME YOU WILL CERTAINLY DO
YOUR BODY AND BLOOD WAS SHED FOR ALL
I KNOW HEAVENS DOOR I’LL WALK THROUGH

LET ME FEEL THE WONDERFUL LOVE
YOU GIVE TO ME DAY AFTER DAY
PLEASE GUIDE MY WORDS AND ACTIONS
THEN HAPPILY I’LL BE ON MY WAY

JOYCE CLOSE 1 -25- 09

ALONE WITH MY THOUGHTS

When I am alone and think of the past
I think all the things I did wrong
When I didn’t trust the lord to do
everything that has come and gone

I was weak with my trust and thought
I could do
The things now I know where the lords
I remember the worry when sickness
Was there
I knew sickness we could not afford

Now I look back to all of those days
and know my lord had it planned
the time that I spent worrying each day
was like putting my head in the sand

I have learned through the years
to trust in lord and not the things
I can do
I ‘m thankful for GIVING ME ALL OF THESE YEARS
TO SHARE CHRISTIAN FRIENDSHIP WITH YOU

BY JOYCE CLOSE

WHEN ILLNESS COMES

CHRISTMAS IS A WONDERFUL TIME
JOY WAS EVERY WHERE
OUR CHILDREN WERE SO CLOSE THIS TIME
ALL THE ONES WE LOVED WHERE THERE

THEN ILLNESS CAME TO THE ONE I LOVE
AND FRIGHTENED I BECAME
SO TO THE HOSPITAL THERE HE WENT
CHRISTMAS WOULD NOT BE THE SAME

THEN I THOUGHT THIS DAYS NOT OURS
IT BELONGS TO GOD’S ONLY SON
SO WITH THIS THOUGHT I DID THE BEST
I TRIED TO GET THINGS DONE

I PRAYED THAT GOD WOULD HEAL HIM
PLEASE HOLD HIM IN YOUR CARE
I KNEW HE HEARD MY VOICE
OUR SAVIOR’S ALWAYS THERE

NOW WE ARE BOTH HOME AGAIN
BABY JESUS WAS THE ONE
HE HEARD MY PRAYER I SAID TO HIM
PLEASE GUIDE EACH DAY THAT COMES

By JOYCE CLOSE

THE DAY THAT JESUS SENT ME

THE DAY THAT JESUS SENT ME
TO YOU AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS
I NEW HE DID THE RIGHT THING
OR TO YOU HE WOULD NOT SEND
THE DAY THAT I BEGAN TO WRITE
AND YOU WERE THERE FOR ME
MY PRESENT THOUGHT WAS WHY
THEN I KNEW THIS WAS TO BE
ONLY CHRIST COULD BE THE ONE
THAT WOULD LEAD ME RIGHT TO YOU
HE KNEW THE FRIENDSHIP GIVEN
TO ALL STRANGERS AS YOU DO
I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO
AS A STRANGER I DID COME
NOW HAVE FRIENDSHIP WITH YOU
TOO.

BY JOYCE CLOSE

TO COLIN FOR THE SURPRISE HE GAVE ME