120823 The Value of a Smile plus...

“A glad heart is good medicine,

but a broken spirit dries up the bones.”

Proverbs 17:22

 

The Value of a Smile…

 

One little knows the value of a smile,

Or the exceeding greatness of some laughter,

Until he is without them for a while,

Then the joy is greater felt thereafter.

- James E. Gibbons

 

Faces…

Some faces that we see are long,

Then not a few are round;

Some faces may convey a song,

While others only a frown.

 

Some faces are freckle covered,

Some have a bushy top;

Some faces are in make-up smothered,

And thus, would stop a clock.

 

Some faces harbor staring eyes,

Then some support a nose;

Some faces register their surprise,

Show smiling teeth in rows.

 

Some faces look like their mother’s,

While others say it’s dad;

Some faces have ugly brothers,

Then some are not so bad.

 

Some faces bear the mark of pain,

Others the guilt of sin;

But with all faces it’s the same;

We must be born again.

- Jame E. Gibbons

 

“There was a man named Nicodemus.

He was a proud religious law-keeper and a leader of the Jews.

He came to Jesus at night and said,

“Teacher, we know You have come from God to teach us.

No one can do these powerful works You do unless God is with Him.

Jesus said to him,

 “For sure, I tell you, unless a man is born again,

he cannot see the holy nation of God.”

Nicodemus said to Him,

 “How can a man be born when he is old?

How can he get into his mother’s body and be born the second time?”

Jesus answered,

“For sure, I tell you, unless a man is born of water and of the

Spirit of God, he cannot get into the holy nation of God. “

John 3:1-5

 

Face to Face…

Face to face with Christ my Savior,

Fact to face… what will it be,

When we rapture, I behold Him,

Jesus Christ who died for me?

 

Only faintly now I see Him,

With the darkling veil between;

But a blessed day is coming,

When His glory shall  be seen.

 

What rejoicing in His presence,

When are banished grief and pain,

When the crooked ways are straightened,

And the dark things shall be plain!

 

Face to face! O blissful moment!

Fact to face… to see and know;

Face to face with my Redeemer,

Jesus Christ, who loves me so.

 

Chorus:

 

Face to face shall I behold Him,

Far beyond the starry sky;

Face to face, in all His glory,

I shall see Him by and by.

- Mrs. Frank A. Breck

 

Let it be Christmas…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwJ4SwxEvb8

 

In Honor of our three grand-children

 

Colson Lee Clark in Heaven in the arms of Jesus

 

Caragan Grace Clark

 

Claire Rose Clark