The Few

The easy roads are crowded and the level roads are jammed;

The pleasant little rivers with the drifting folk are crammed.

But off yonder where it's rocky, where you get a better view,

You will find the ranks are thinning and the travelers are few.

But the steps that call for courage and the task that's hard to do,

In the end result in glory for the never-wavering few.

-- Author Unknown

I Used to Love the Nights

I discovered the following lines of verse in a book on Preachers and their Families that I came across in a bookstore. I 'captured' it with my iPhone and share it with you here. It was written by a man name Rob Morgan, and carried no title.

I used to love the nights, dear Lord,

The fading of the evening lights,

The quiet routine;

The bedtime prayers;

A tale or two; then nodding heads,

three weary kids in cozy beds;

The silent hours of healing rest,

I loved the evenings best.

I hate the evenings now, dear Lord,

A speeding car out in the night,

Dives and dens and worthless ends,

Flashing lights, unworthy friends,

An empty heart, a search for love,

When all he needs is found above.

I'm going to trust You through this night,

I'm going to walk by faith, not sight.

You slumber not, nor do you sleep,

Your watchful eye can always keep,

My children in your care.

To Him who tucks me into bed;

Please station angels around his head,

And guard my child where're he be,

And bring him back, dear Lord, to Thee.

Famous Words of Voltaire

~ Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

~ Prejudices are what fools use for reasons.

~ It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.