A SPECIAL FRIEND

FRIENDSHIP IS A BLESSING IT
COMES FROM HEAVEN ABOVE
NO MATTER WHAT WE THINK AT FIRST
IT WILL TURN RIGHT INTO LOVE

THE LORD GIVES EACH A CHANCE
IN LIFE
TO SHARE ONES HEART AND HAND
SO REACH RIGHT OUT AND TAKE
THEM BOTH
TO HELP YOU IF THEY CAN

REMEMBER FRIENDSHIP IS ONLY TRUE
IF YOU CARE AND SHARE EACH DAY
TRUE LOVE IS WHAT JESUS GAVE
LET ME KNEEL WITH YOU
AND PRAY

I FEEL THE SADNESS IN YOUR HEART
SO REACH OUT AND KNOW I CARE
REMEMBERING WHAT JESUS DID
MY FRIENDSHIP IS ALWAYS THERE

BY JOYCE CLOSE
7 - 17 - 09

ANOTHER OF GOD'S GIFTS

GOD PUT A PAINT BRUSH IN MY HAND
AND BLESSED ME WITH THE NEED
I ASKED HIM NOW WHAT SHOULD I DO
I NEED YOU TO SUCCEED

SO MANY TIMES I ASK THE LORD
TO GUIDE THIS PAINTERS HAND
THAT HE SO KINDLY GAVE TO ME
THE THOUGHT THAT SURE I CAN

SO THERE I AM I PAINT AND PAINT
AND TRY AGAIN TO DO
I TRIED SO HARD TO USE THAT BRUSH
LIKE GOD WOULD WANT ME TOO

NOW I KNOW JUST WHY THE LORD
PUT THIS PAINT BRUSH IN MY HAND
MY CHURCH ASKED ME TO PAINT FOR THEM
I PRAYED GOD HELP ME IF YOU CAN

SO NOW THESE THINGS ARE HANGING THERE
TO HIS GLORY IT WILL BE
WITH MY PAINT BRUSH IN MY HAND
LET GOD GUIDE EACH THING I SEE

BY JOYCE CLOSE

THIS LONELY ROAD

AS I WALKED DOWN OUR LONELY ROAD
I’M .ALONE IT SEEMED TO ME
THE BIRDS WERE SINGING ALL AROUND
I THOUGHT HOW BEAUTIFUL THINGS CAN BE

THE TREES WERE SWAYING IN THE BREEZE
I THOUGHT THAT WILL COOL THIS DAY
AS I WALKED ON AND ON MY LONELY ROAD
I THOUGHT THIS HAS TO BE GOD’S WAY

I LOOKED BACK AND SAW THIS LITTLE FAWN
IT RAN INTO THE WOODS WITH MOM
HOW CAN YOU SEE ALL THESE THINGS
FROM THE PLACE WHERE I MOVED FROM

SOMETIMES I DIDN’T KNOW WHY I CAME
WHY THE LORD PLACED ME RIGHT HERE
THEN I THINK WHAT A BLESSING IT IS
TO HAVE GOD’S NATURE BE SO NEAR

SO I THANK THE LORD WHEN I TAKE
THIS WALK
DOWN THIS LONELY ROAD AGAIN
FOR ALL THE THINGS I SEE AND DO
FOR THE PEACE I HAVE WITH IN

BY JOYCE CLOSE
7 - 13 - 09

4TH OF JULY

EVERY ONE WAITS FOR THE FIREWORKS TO START
BUT THE 4TH OF JULY IS THE DAY
TO SHOW PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT AND DIED FOR US
JUST HOW THANKFUL WE ARE IN SOME WAY
OUR LAND IS FREE SO SHOW YOU CARE
KNEEL DOWN AND PRAY FOR EACH SOUL
THE LORD KNEW JUST WHEN THERE WORK WAS DONE
MY SON IT IS TIME TO GO .
EACH KNEW THAT OUR SAVIOR JESUS
HAD DIED FOR THEM ON THE CROSS
IN PEACE THEY ARE EACH FAMILY KNOX'S
BUT FOREVER FEEL THE LOSS .

THE BEAUTY IN GOD'S WOODS

SOME TIMES WHEN I LOOK OUT MY
WINDOW I SEE THIS LITTLE BEAR
HE MUST BE ALL ALONE NOW
THERE IS NO ONE WITH HIM THERE

I WONDER IF HE’S LONESOME
HE SEEMS FRIGHTEN HERE SOME TIME
HE WONDERS OFF HERE AND THERE
TO SEE WHAT HE CAN FIND

HE LOOKS INTO THE FEEDERS
HE LOOKS THERE AND EVERY WHERE
NO FOOD IS LEFT FOR HIM TODAY
MY HEART FILLS WITH LOVING CARE

I KNOW EVERYTHING THE LORD
PUT HERE THE REASON’S ARE HIS OWN
WHEN I LOOK OUT THERE IN THE WOODS
I SEE THE BEAUTY GOD HAS SHOWN

REMEMBER GOD CREATED THEM
THE BEAR THE DEER AND ALL
WE WAIT TO HEAR THE SOUND GOD
GAVE TO ALL THAT COME TO CALL

BY JOYCE CLOSE