Category: Poems

REST IN THE LORD (SEE PSALM 37)

Awakening from sleep, in my mind I think, I need a canvas quickly to seek

And a thought comes into my mind, the scene you create with today’s time

The portray appearing at days end, what will it be, that at days end my eyes see

Knocking on heaven’s door, I ask and seek, this picture, that it may be complete

Then I think to stop and thank the Lord above for another day of life he gives

For allowing my heart within to beat another day, for opening my eyes again

For I know this day will be unlike none other day before, and I see an open door

To make memories and milestones and go to places I have never been before

Joys, tears, fears inner twine round about within corners deep inside my mind

Thoughts of yesteryear go about whirling round and round time after time

Picturesque visions of time stand boldly, as if here, so colorful in vision I see

Keeping alive love of others once given so free, long ago once upon a time, to me

And a smile upon my face appears that hardly a soul upon earth could erase

The gift of Jesus, my friend who like no other, sticketh closer than a brother

Given to all, on this earth whom within their heart receive the word, big or small

God’s promises he keeps, every last one my friend, you may count, He shall keep

This new day, where and how it goes, that only my God alone on high is able to know

Where he leads me, where he leaves me, he knows, it is truly He that first loved me so

You nor I that loved him first, this in His word we must believe, though our hearts hurt

Peaceful waters now once again flow within my heart Satan had thought his darts.to throw

Author, by God’s grace, Sharon Rose Lawless,

December 29, 2020

THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH

Look in the book of Revelation and you will see,

what our God has to tell you and me.

It is nearing the end of time as we now know it,

yet the beginning of an eternity for those who are fit.

Not fit in the normal way as perceived by most,

But, rather in a way that we may be ready for our Host.

The banquet is being prepared for those to come join.

Will you be one of the guests or will you stay at home?

What do you think of the invitation that was sent to you,

Are you joining the King round the table too?

So many are refusing for what they call more important things.

But I want to be ready when I hear that dinner bell ring!

Oh, I’m not wanting the feast above all the other reasons.

Though I know it will be wonderful with all kinds of seasonings.

I rather would be content just to look upon the face of our groom,

as He smiles wenst looking at the family gathering within the room.

For He is preparing to come and take His family home.

Never had He intended for His children this earth to roam.

But rather to gather round the banquet of blessings.

My, but I can’t wait to tell Him thank You for my many lessons.

Lessons of a lifetime He provided so I might understand how He cares.

So unworthy are we, yet God has even kept count of our every hair.

What can it possibly mean that the Lord of our universe,

has cared to take the time so we could have His word in Bible verses?

So let us patiently prepare for our groom to come and bring us home.

His word teaches in this world His Holy Spirit keeps us; we are never alone.

My heart with joy beyond this world’s understanding doth ring,

knowing that none will ever hurt God’s children or our Savior again.

Author, by the grace of God,  Sharon Rose Lawless   May 02, 2010

TO MY FRIEND WHO LOVED ME (from your kitty)

I was sent to someone special to receive love,

For it was determined by the Lord above.

You would be my guardian angel on earth,

To hold and comfort away my awful hurt.

Don’t worry about me now, oh please,

For I am safe from harm sleeping and at ease.

I will see you again in the new earth someday,

Then nobody ever again shall take me away.

So, smile when you think of me, this I ask of you.

For we will be together when this world is made anew.

Love, your loving fur baby.

I hope this poem brings you comfort

Just as you have comforted

God’s little fur angel.

God bless.     

Author, by God’s grace Sharon Rose Lawless

GRACE HAS A FACE

Look in the mirror, and what do you see a reflection of

Mercy and grace of our holy Father from on high above

Unmerited favor of God for this soul’s reflection we see

Let us thank our Lord and Savior upon our bended knees

See the eyes of a soul looking back and closely observe

Ask what is it I might have said or done to possibly deserve

Gift of a new day of life on this earth of which I now dwell

I am not fit to be held worthy of anything less than hell

What reason did God have bringing me to this day I am in

What could he have been thinking to even want to send

This sinner guilty of so many audacious multiple sins

Into another day here on earth, even calling me friend

Unmerited favor toward all those that will believe

Choosing to walk in the light of his word received

Repenting of all our sins asking forgiveness we cry

Believing we receive a new life even if here we die

Nothing i do or say can ever take even one my sins away

Crimson they are and crimson forever they would stay

Were it not for the grace of my Savior who alone paid

The high price of my debt and now they are taken away

Author, by God’s grace,   Sharon Rose Lawless   March 5, 2024

Donkey in the well how did you get in there

I cannot see how without there were stairs

It’s so far down that I barely am able to see

What will you do, someone help him please

No one can do it; it is not possible they say

He’s too far down, in the bottom he’ll stay

Not that we don’t care, really, we do indeed

It’s just that there’s no solution we can see

So, we began to cover him up, to fill the well

Ever so sad that into the well he had fell

He was such a sweet donkey to have around

But now we must bury him deep in the ground

What’s this we see, why he’s on higher ground

With each new shovel of dirt, we pitch down

Why he’s shaking the dirt right off of his back

And I do believe he’s smiling, now that’s a fact

Lo and behold, he’s climbing over the well

And, and all I see now is the back of his tail

Because he has trotted off to the barn

And with nary a single sign of bodily harm

The moral of this tail, I would like you to see

When all hope is gone, there is hope indeed

Never give up on God bringing you to where

He wants you to be, even without any stairs

Author, by God’s grace, Sharon Rose Lawless, August 30, 2019

I saw a stranger in the street along life’s way.

He was knocking on people’s doors both night and day.

Asking all that would hear his voice speak.

Won’t you let me in for I am lowly and meek?

But no one would hear him their door they had barred.

And I saw the stranger crying so pitifully loud and hard.

Why don’t you want my presence within your dwelling?

And then mine own heart within my soul I found failing

Failing to comprehend the true price that this man in the street.

Had paid so that one and all might someday be able to meet.

In a paradise beyond the realm, we now live in as our present home.

To live in mansions, he is preparing in his kingdom round his throne.

Then I looked again only to see in front of my lowly eyes.

No longer was the man to be seen but something else that did fly.

Upon the apex of my heart doeth it linger within my very soul

And I must have its story to everyone i know told.

This dove’s wings have lighted not only upon my heart today.

But also, has brought the light that once had been so far away.

To the point that the glimmer of its rays now touched my very insides.

Now i am covered with Christ robe of righteousness and I am alive.

Now I ask each one this question and ask you to tell the truth.

Has this small white dove’s wings by you ever been bruised?

Did you also like I brush it aside with the sweep of your hand?

Not knowing it had been sent to you by this meek and lowly man.

Jesus said I am meek and lowly in heart and now I understand.

Mankind’s sins have burdened his load as he walked this earth’s land.

Causing him pain and suffering undeserved ore and ore again.

When all God wanted to do was walk beside us holding our hand.

Author, by God’s grace,     Sharon Rose Lawless

FAMILY REUNION

My heart has been torn into by the events I once again must endure,

Never had I felt such forlorn and emptiness on this earth.

For once again I have traveled the path I thought impossible,

The sadness within my heart causes tears within my eyes to pool.

Not long ago this scene I had been a part of and I find that it seems,

Now I am feeling as though I am somehow living within a dream.

It cannot be that one has to endure the pain within my heart,

Once again I have seen one I loved so dearly from this world depart.

How can this be that I have not once but twice so soon to have lost,

Those I hold so dearly in my life, for I cannot bear the cost.

Of a lifetime of ties that have been suddenly ripped apart,

And within my being now lies a shattered, broken and bleeding heart.

Help me this day to see how this could possibly bring anything good,

For my life I’d gladly laid down in place of my loved ones if I could.

Oh to see something worth living beyond this day that I am in,

Would be at least something to help me start living life once again.

Afar in the distance dimly I see something coming within my vision,

Is it possible that I have been given an answer to the reason.

Of why I must go on in this my journey upon this earth which I now trod,

I find myself held close to a being like none other and I know it is God.

He is telling me this is not what I had wanted for you to have endured,

For I had created mankind to live forever without a single fear or tear.

In time to come all sorrow and pain will be erased with no trace about,

Don’t give up, a mansion awaits you and yours in your Father’s  house.

Where our loved ones will gather once again in a reunion the like never before seen,

And looking back upon this life we now live in will seem but like a dream.

For the reality is, this world is but a testing ground upon which we now do trod.

A family reunion will be given like none seen before, for the children of God.

Author by God’s grace,      May 23, 2010 Sharon Rose Lawless

IN TIMES LIKE THESE WE OFTEN HEAR IT SAID ROUND AND ABOUT

I’M TIRED OF THIS OLE WORLD AND I JUST CAN’T WAIT TO GET OUT

YET IN THE MIST OF LIFE’S TRIAL’S AND TRIBULATION’S SEEN ALL AROUND

MIRICLES ARE TO BE HAD, BEAUTY AND KINDNESS ARE STILL TO BE FOUND

PAINFUL CRYS ABOUND AS A LOVED ONE PASSES THROUGH THIS WORLD

TEARS OF JOY GLISTEN HEARING A NEWBORN’S CRY SETTING HEARTS A WHIRL

FEAR IN THE LONELY NIGHT WHEN ALL HUMANITY VANISHES WITHOUT A TRACE

COURAGE RENEWED AT DAWN UPON FINDING FRIEND AND FAMILY FACE

ANGER AND HATRED FOUND ABIDING IN THOSE WHO SHUN GOD’S LIGHT

MERCY AND GRACE HAND IN HAND EVER WALK TOGETHER DAY AND NIGHT

SEEKING THOSE THAT ARE TIRED AND TRODDEN, WEARY AND WORN BY LIFE

THE HOLY SPIRIT BECKONS US TO ABIDE IN HIS WINGS AND TAKE FLIGHT   

FOR THIS WORLD CAN NOT HOLD THOSE LIVING IN JESUS CHRIST

ONCE PRISIONED TO THIS WORLD WITH NO HOPE TO WIN THE FIGHT

WE CLAIM HIS PROMISES BELIEVING HIS WORD WITH ALL OUR MIGHT

SOLDIER’S IN THE LORD’S ARMY, THE CROSS EVER HELD IN VISION’S SIGHT

THY WORD OUR MEAT, BREAD, AND WATER BY WHICH WE ARE FEED

RENEWING OUR SPIRIT, REFRESHING THE SOUL, QUICKENING OUR STEAD

FORGIVENESS OF SIN BRINGING PEACE IN THE MIST OF LIFE’S STORM’S ALL AROUND

GRACE AND MERCY SURROUNDS OUR BEING, WHERE ONCE SIN ONLY WAS FOUND.

LOVING MY GOD, THE GREAT I AM, FOR HE FIRST LOVED ME WITH ALL OF HIS MIGHT

EVEN GIVING HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON TO A WORLD HE KNEW WOULD TAKE HIS LIFE

I’LL FIGHT WITH EVERYTHNG THAT IS IN ME, TILL ONE DAY I WEAR MY ROBE OF WHITE

HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE ON THIS EARTH, KNOWING IT IS GOD’S BATTLE I FIGHT

AUTHOR, BY GOD’S GRACE,     SHARON ROSE LAWLESS     OCTOBER 21, 2011

That time of life’s end we are now in,

Lord knows the places we have been.

But by Thy grace we would have failed,

And seen our souls in danger of hell.

Thy patience, long suffering, and love,

Sent the Holy Spirit on wings of a dove.

Guiding us on life’s journey here below,

Bless the Lord, praise God, oh my soul.

Author, by God’s grace, Sharon Rose Lawless.

03-31-2021

JUST A PEBBLE IN THE ROAD OF LIFE

LYING THERE IN THE DARK OF NIGHT

NO BUILDING DO I HELP SUPPORT OR HOLD

UNABLE TO CARRY LIFE’S HEAVY LOAD

BUT WITH MY SAVIOR AS MY ROCK I STAND

UNABLE TO BE MOVED BY PRINCIPALITIES OR MORTAL MAN

FOR HIS STRENGTH IS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPLY ALL MY NEEDS

BY THE POWER OF JESUS SHED BLOOD HE SAVED AND LIFTED ME

ON HIGHER GROUND IN A CITY SOMEDAY

I’LL BE ONE OF CHILDREN IN THE KING’S FAMILY

WHILE HERE ON EARTH I MUST HELP TO GUIDE

WONDERING SOULS TOWARDS HIS KINGDOM ON HIGH

ALONG WITH MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS I HAVE FOUND MY USE

IN PREPARING THE PATHWAY TO GOD’S WORDS OF TRUTH

HIS STORY MUST BE TOLD TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH

BY NO OTHER NAME THAN JESUS IS THERE ANY HOPE OF OBTAINING THE NEW BIRTH

JESUS SHED BLOOD IS THE MORTAR THAT HOLDS AND BINDS

EACH PEBBLE IN PLACE THROUGH THE AGES OF TIME

NO LONGER A COLD AND LIFELESS STONE LYING THERE

NOW BECOMING A JEWEL, SO LOVELY, SO PRECIOUS, SO FAIR

LIFE’S TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS SMOOTHING MY ROUGH AND JAGGED EDGES

WITH THE HEAT OF CHRIST PASSION MY HEART IS REFASHIONED

WE EACH HAVE BEEN CREATED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MOSAIC OF LIFE

ITS THEME BEING OUR CORNER STONE, JESUS CHRIST 

AUTHOR, BY GOD’S GRACE

SHARON ROSE LAWLESS