The Winds of Fate

One ship drives east and another drives west

With the selfsame winds that blow.

'Tis the set of the sails

And not the gales

Which tells us the way to go.

Like the winds of the sea are the ways of fate,

As we voyage along through life;

Tis the set of a soul

That decides its goal,

And not the calm or the strife.

~Ella Wheeler Wilcox~

We are the keepers of the light

within our souls, you see

For that we should endeavor

to be the best that we can be

For others look to you and me

But it is His light they need to see

For if the Light grows dim

and a darkness grows within

How point we the way to Him

Who's love and mercies shine bright

Who's beacon lights the darkest night

And draws the lost from

a treacherous plight...and to

The true Keeper of The Light

V W Loveday July 13,2002©

By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and

stereotyped; by repressing them we become literal,

reformatory and holier-than-thou; encouraged, they

perfume life; discouraged, they poison it.

                 ~Joseph Collins~

Conviction

Thy faith is not in vain

Though tempests blow

And scars remain to mar

The heart's dream-loveliness;

For, while the spirit weeps

In anguished pain,

It grows in strength and blessedness

To weather storms again.

Thou wouldst not have rejoicing

Nor triumph after tears

If life were on long pathway

Without pitfalls through the years.

Be thankful for the shadows

Upon this earthly sphere;

Thy faith shall overcome them,

For God is ever near!

~Veronica Joan Joslyn~