INSPIRATIONS

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#555555" TEXT="#080000" background="03eb85a3.jpg"> <div> <B>FOOD   FOR  THOUGHT 3 - A  </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>  ( INSPIRATIONS )</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="about_us.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ABOUT US ">ABOUT US </A>   |   <A HREF="products_and_services.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Poems">"Special Poems"</A>   |   <A HREF="humor.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="HUMOR">HUMOR</A>   |   <B>INSPIRATIONS</B>   |   <A HREF="memories.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MEMORIES">"MEMORIES"</A>   |   <A HREF="ideals.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="IDEALS">IDEALS</A>   |   <A HREF="turmoil.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="TURMOIL">TURMOIL</A>   |   <A HREF="contact_me.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me">Contact Me</A>   |   <A HREF="guest_book.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guest Book">Guest Book</A>   |   <A HREF="the_toadmaster.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE TOAD MASTER">"THE TOAD MASTER"</A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#555555" TEXT="#080000" background="03f08083.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FOOD FOR THOUGHT 3 A ">BACK TO HOMEPAGE</A></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-90/iftomnev.mid" autostart="true" loop="true" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> <B>SOUND CONTROL</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#66334C" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>"</B></I><I><B>INSPIRATIONS</B></I><I><B>"</B></I></div> <div> <I><B> * * * * *</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>SCROLL DOWN FOR:</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>''THE LOST LAMB''</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>''THE BEST SIDE''</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>''IT ONLY TAKES ONE BLESSING''</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>''TIME AFTER TIME''</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>* * * * *</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>"THE LOST LAMB" </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>( PRAYERS )</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>* * * * *</B></I></div> <div> I bow my head in shame dear Lord</div> <div> for long neglecting thee;</div> <div> I had been living by the sword,</div> <div> but still , You stayed by me. </div> <bR> <div> I knew that You were always there,</div> <div> and yet, I turned an eye;</div> <div> and many times I felt despair</div> <div> though You were there close by. </div> <bR> <div> I searched for strength another way</div> <div> down life's deep darker lane,</div> <div> and this poor lamb who went astray,</div> <div> has come to know the pain. </div> <bR> <div> Please bring me back into the fold,</div> <div> beneath Your guiding hand,</div> <div> oh Lord, my life has been so cold,</div> <div> I need Your warmth again! </div> <bR> <div> So now I bow my head and pray</div> <div> and humbly beg of  Thee,</div> <div> to ask forgiveness for the way</div> <div> I failed You selfishly. </div> <bR> <div> Now in my heart I hope and feel</div> <div> Your holy presence dear,</div> <div> and in my life, a void has filled;</div> <div> since now that You are here!</div> <bR> <div> William E. Hardison (c)</div> <div> * * * * * * * * * * * *</div> <bR> <div> "THE BEST SIDE"</div> <bR> <div> Whatever we plot from bottom to top,</div> <div> and whether it helps us or no,</div> <div> we're on a path of eternal wrath</div> <div> of strife in a world of woe.</div> <bR> <div> Some wallow each day in hollow dismay,</div> <div> and never they stop to pray,</div> <div> but praying they don't, it's trouble they want,</div> <div> and problems will stay that way!</div> <bR> <div> So to each his own, whether young or grown,</div> <div> each one has a life to hone;</div> <div> and try they must to pry out the lust</div> <div> of evil that many are prone.</div> <bR> <div> Now here's a side that all should abide,</div> <div> and that is to goodness subscribe,</div> <div> to gain all the strength of a heavenly Saint</div> <div> and in God's work confide.</div> <bR> <div> So, let's all pitch in and cast away sin,</div> <div> and with a new life begin;</div> <div> for at judgement date at the pearly gate,</div> <div> our friend, Jesus, will lead us within!</div> <bR> <div> By William E. Hardison  (c)</div> <div> * * * * * *</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>"IT ONLY TAKES ONE BLESSING"</B></I></div> <div> When evening shadows come to fall</div> <div> at close of weary days,</div> <div> just count your many blessings all,</div> <div> not sorrows or dismays.</div> <bR> <div> For often-times we dwell on woes,</div> <div> and often we forget;</div> <div> that even tho' ill winds may blow,</div> <div> means not our end is met.</div> <bR> <div> For God has given us our gifts,</div> <div> our lives, for which we owe</div> <div> our soul to Him for which He lifts</div> <div> when hard times come to tow.</div> <bR> <div> And every blessing that we count,</div> <div> even if it's one,</div> <div> just a simple,honest, small amount,</div> <div> God sees it as a ton!</div> <bR> <div> ©William E. Hardison </div> <div> <I><B>* * * * *</B></I></div> <div> Time After Time</div> <bR> <div> My, oh my, how time does fly,</div> <div> like winds from a hurricane,</div> <div> swiftly blown to the vast goodbye..</div> <div> as smoke does from a flame!</div> <bR> <div> And the days and weeks like a bullet streaks</div> <div> to the past with lighting speed...</div> <div> to find some mark where dreams embark,</div> <div> to fill a dreamers need.</div> <bR> <div> And the months and years like javelin spears</div> <div> just soar past overhead...</div> <div> to reach some goal where the weak and bold..</div> <div> meet up with the lives they led.</div> <bR> <div> But in meanwhile, just hope and smile,</div> <div> and count your blessings all;</div> <div> for near the end you can depend</div> <div> on God, to whom we call!!</div> <bR> <div> William E. 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