To the heavens, my eyes gaze up,
heavy as a flower in the rain,
Sorrow now has filled my cup
only time can ease my pain.

But like the Bud and brand new leaf
leaves the mud and thorns below
to rise above these thorns of grief
I need some time to grow.

DON'T YOU QUIT!

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest if you must, but don't you quit!

Life is tough with its twists and turns
As every one of us sometimes learns,
But many a failure turns about
He just might have won had he stuck it out!

Don't give up though the pace seems slow
You may succeed with another blow!
Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a tired and faltering man.

Often the struggler has given up,
when he might have captured the victor's cup!
And he learns too late when he steps down
How close he was to the golden crown.

You never know how close you are
It may be close when it seems far
So stick to the fight, when you're the hardest hit
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit!

Author unknown

MY GUARDIAN ANGEL FOUND ME IN PRISON. by Carrie Neighbors

Laying down my head in total despair,
No hope and total emptiness, thinking why should I care?
Then in the darkest dark of the night,
a silhouette appeared surrounded by light,

Reaching across me I felt a feather soft touch
and the voice of an angel whisper "you'r loved so much".
As my eyes adjusted I saw wings that were tattered,
her hair a bit messy, her hands a bit battered.

She said "when you were a baby, in your mothers arms,
she prayed you an angel to keep you from harms.
That prayer was answered, when God sent me,
and that has been no easy job as you can plainly see!

She bowed her head as a tear fell from her eye,
I felt such shame to see my angel cry!
She told me of friends she had sent my way,
How she delighted in my joy and listened to me pray.

Then anger and violence took over my days,
yet still she held on in all of her ways.
She would never give up even though she grew tired,
Tho a time or two she admitted she wished she be fired!

Then I realized she was showing me my worth,
she said "you been loved since the day of your birth!"
"Never give up, your life is worth living!
It is not always taking, sometimes it's giving!"

Joy filled my heart like never before,
Till I awoke to the clanking of my prison cell door.
Just a dream I thought, as a tear fell from my eye,
Then I felt a soft touch as my angel flew by!

TOMORROW WHEN I GO TO PRISON ALONE. Poem by Carrie Neighbors

TOMORROW WHEN I GO TO PRISON ALONE. A poem by Carrie Neighbors

When your tomorrow starts without me
and I am not there to see,
That the sun shall rise, and find your eyes
are filled with tears for me.

I hated how you cried, the pain you felt that day
As you watched me stand before the judge, then slowly led away.
As I turned to walk away, a tear fell from my eye,
Shackled and chained like an animal, all I could say was "WHY?"

I had so much more to share with you, so much yet to do,
It seemed so impossible, that I was leaving you!
I thought of all our yesterdays, the good ones and the bad,
I thought of all the love we shared, and all the fun we had!

If I could take back yesterday, if only for a while,
I'd take away, my foolish way, and work to make you smile!
But then I fully realized, that just could not be,
For my foolish follies have truly caused this reality!

When I thought of all my worldly things, I'd surely miss tomorrow,
My thoughts of you, and me not there is what filled my heart with sorrow!

Passing through those prison gates, so awfully far from home
I truly felt that painful sting of being all alone!
Someday I will leave prison, at long last be set free,
I pray on that day, you will still be waiting for me.
But when tomorrow starts without me, remember as you tarry
That prison life is full of strife when there ain't no commissary!

You Raise me up

He was our shooting star

There are many stars, that dance across the sky
Some last for many years, some are born to quickly die.
A shooting star my friend, is a rare and wonderful sight
If you see one light up the night, you can wish upon its flight!

A shooting star with a comet tail, has a short time to live
But oh what a wonderful gift to the sky, this rare star has to give!
It doesn't look like all the rest, yet its a beauty to behold
A wonderous light and majical heir, has a mystery yet to unfold!

Many stars will stand alone, as they brighten up the night
But a shooting star is moving fast, in its rare and wonderful flight!
His life was like that shooting star, a gift we were not worthy of
A life that brought beauty down to earth, Yet he belonged to the heavens above!

SOMEONE MAY BE WATCHING YOU!

Praise God for all his blessings
be thankful in all that you do
be an example in your life that is lived for Jesus
Someone may be watching you!

Treat each day as a new beginning
Make sure your words are spoken true
be a gift to those that come your way
Someone may be watching you!

The trials that you face
when each day begins anew
Shine in your Christian faith
For someone may be wathcing you!

Angels On loan From God

A child is a gift from God,
no greater a gift could be
A God that sends his angels down
In human form to see.

Little ones that bring us joy,
yes joy beyond compare
We give them all we have to give
Our love we gladly share.

We plan to have our child there
until in our days we grow old
We sometimes take for granted
They will always be ours to hold.

But sometimes God has a greater plan
Our children are Angels on loan
and sometimes God needs his Angels
before the angel is grown.

So remember that hugs do matter,
and memories are made by the day
tender moments can last a lifetime
and never be taken away.

But the little angel you hold so dear
is only entrusted in your care
For she first belonged to heaven
and she could be needed there.

But of God we must trust his plan
and of him we shall not fear
Rejoice in the gift of each day we are given
Every moment of every year!

HIS LIFE WAS A JOURNEY

How could one person
have so much to give,
And teach us the meaning of life,
When he himself had so little time to live?

A steadfast love he possessed for the Lord
he set the bar on serving Jesus name,
He filled the church with the lives he touched
He loved all people the same.

He was always there to help a friend
For a friend truly was he
showing his faithfulness in his works
His life was a gift of love and generosity.

We cannot know why a life so precious
A life lived so well was ended.
But as the darkness of shadows fall
We can rest assured that to heaven he has ascended.

We know that he was yours dear Lord
A gift on loan to us for only a short while
But oh what a glorious gift he was
So precious and true was his smile!

Into thy hands that cradle him now
his journey on earth now is through
A life that was lived to the fullest down here,
Now in heaven and lifted up to you.

His life was a journey on earth
Today we celebrate his heavenly birth
Every journey must begin and end
And every journey's ending is a new beginning.

The meaning of being a Mother

Mother is another name for love
A child is a gift from our Lord up above
Biology in this union plays no part
For a mother is made by the love in her heart!

A bond between mother and child can't be broken
It runs deeper than any words ever spoken
The honor of motherhood is earned every day
With each hug or kiss shared on life's way

Sharing the good days, drying the tears
Yes mother is honor earned through the years
To carry a baby means a child you'll bear
But being a mother means you'll always be there!

PARENTING CHAPTER 5

To be a good parent is where greatness exceeds
It is not always easy to fulfill your childs needs
They are our future, our earth's greatest treasure
Each child in our life, deserves love beyond measure.

The loss of a child, can bring sorrow hard to comprehend
It's like walking in a tunnel that has no end
I have been through the happiness; and the loss too
Please read this chapter, let me share them with you!

The Garden with a Welcome sign

THE GARDEN with a welcome sign--------by carrie neighbors


There is a garden up in heaven where the colors never fade
Its welcome sign is always bright even in the shade


And going down the middle is a trail made out of stone
It’s wide enough for two so no one ever walks alone.


As angels prim the garden unto God they sing their praise
How could so much beauty not bring joy into their days?
A place with only sunshine, absent of life’s sorrow
Where days melt into years and there's no fear about tomorrow.


I walk through my own garden, its flowers smell so sweet
It’s my little piece of heaven, where God and me can meet
Someday in heavens Garden I will walk by Gods welcome sign
For now I am just content to know that God has walked by mine!

Thank-You, I hope to see you in heaven!

DEATH IS A NEW BIRTH, A JOURNEY FROM EARTH

Look not at death for it's just a new birth
It's a pathway to heaven and a journey from earth!

Can I help you in some way today?
Can I brighten your path along lifes way?
Can I tell you of Jesus the one who is true?
For he is ready and waiting for you.

I want to be a soul winner for Jesus,
And send others to that mansion on high
Your soul means so much to my savior
in heaven there is no sad goodbye!

I can only point you to Jesus
The one who is true,
And Jesus my sweet savior
Is willing to help even you!

When Jesus comes in the clouds of glory
and calls his loved ones home
Oh don't you want to be called in that number
and have a mansion of your own?

Then you will tell others,
"Look not at death for its just a new birth,
It's but a pathway to heaven and a journey from earth!"

STORE YOUR TREASURES IN HEAVEN!

I may never own a mansion
polished with earths silver and gold
Never be rich like so many
who their earthly treasures hold.

But I'm looking unto Jesus
and I know he will carry me through
for in heaven I own a mansion
when I bid this world "a due"..

I love the sweet story of Jesus
the story of his wonderful love
how he suffered and died for me
and now lives in heaven above!

You would love this sweet old story
if your heart to him will give
though your sins are many,
he is waiting to forgive!

He will share with you his glory
when your life on earth is done,
Come to Jesus do not linger
For he is the chosen one!

WE ARE CREATED IN GODS IMAGE by carrie Neighbors

God did not create us to want to die
In times of suffering, we just want our pain to go away,
We love life as God loves life
God has created us that way!

The grave is a dark and lonely place
we long not that our loved ones go
God has made us to love life eternally
He gives us the gift of life in heaven to someday know.

For those who trust in Christ fully
the best is truly yet to come
Dimensions of happiness inconceivable now
A gift of new life when this life is done!

We were created in Gods image
and we should doubt him never
because if we trust and believe in him
Just like him; we shall live forever!

PLEASE JOIN ME IN HEAVEN! a poem by carrie neighbors

God sends down his promise
Worth more than worldly gold
"fear not I will be with you,
when the heavenly gates unfold".

Just beyond the banks of Jordan
beyond the chilling tide
I'll go to be with Jesus
the one they crucified!

Oh what a happy meeting
when my saviors face I see
When he takes my hand and leads me
to the ones that wait for me!

So today if you are walking
in that path thats not so straight
Just call out to Jesus
Let him guide you through his gate!

Trust in all God's wisdom
take his words and doubt them never
For there in Gods great kingdom
we all will someday be together!

Jesus is calling

Oh how I love Jesus,
he is all and all to me,
There upon the rugged cross
He died to set me free.

I can't help but love him
For did'nt he first love me
When I was just a sinner
he did not turn and flee!

He promised never to leave me
I am standing on his word
A truth he has spoken
The sweetest words I ever heard!

So when I go through sorrow
I dont have to go alone
For he is always with me
I have Jesus to lean upon.

I am satisfied with Jesus
Whether here or there,
If I know my savior is with me
I am contented anywhere!

Someday when my life is over
And I'm needed here no more
I will go to be with Jesus
on that bright and happy shore.

So won't you prepare to meet him
Don't turn to walk away
He's everly so tender calling
for you to give him your heart today!

Finding Courage out of tragedy

Together in love almost 15 years,
My Love, my life; sharing laughter and tears.
Then out of nowhere, in waters toiling and dim
Tragedy struck; and there I was alone without him!

He dived into the water,
they say he struck his head
I was lost and alone,
the love of my life was dead.
Scared and left alone,
in my time of tremendous sorrow
How could I face the rest of my life,
When I could't even face tomorrow!

I went to my room alone that night,
There I screamed and lay on the floor!
I pleaded with God to help me,
just make everything good like before!
I gazed accross the room,
saw my bible on a table just lying there,
God was reaching out to me, wanting my sorrows to share.

Soon the morning sun streamed in the window,
But my pain was not gone
I realized it was through Gods grace,
I would find strength to carry on!

I prayed,
"God if you are listening, and he is there with you,
let him look upon me, let him see I'll make it through!
God let him see me smile again, let him know I love him so,
Tell him that I'll be okay, as I struggle to let go."

Finally I turn to scripture, and Gods word I implore
He shall comfort me on earth, till in heaven we're together once more.
Turning to Psalms 30, to ease a heart thats torn,
Though sorrow comes by night, joy comes in the morn.

With God's mercy I shall go on, in his light is where I shall see
I can do all things, Through God who strengthens me!

Will you meet me in Heaven?

Will you meet me over yonder in that city of delight?
Where a mansion for me is waiting, with a robe of spotless white!

Once i hoped in Jesus, now I know that he is mine
Once my lamps were dying, in him they brightly shine!

Once for death I waited, now his coming hail,
My hopes securely anchored, safe within his veil!

Someday I'll walk with Jesus' in the land of endless day
when my journey here is ended, I'll go home with him to stay.

No longer feel this earthly pain, or suffer all alone
In Heaven no more tears will flow, our perfect eternal home.

In John 14:2-3 we read, "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."