" WE ARE HERE - LIKE THE SEASONS "

Today's Praise is based upon Seasons
God created them for many reasons
Their beauties for us to enjoy
While meditating upon changes we employ.

~ We are here -- like the seasons ~

Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall
God, our Father, made them all.
Changes unfold before our eyes;
Visualize ! Visualize !

Joy in the Spring with buds unfolding
Each one has a seed God is molding.
Changes unfold before our eyes;
Visualize ! Visualize !

Summer sun and thunderclaps
Lightening, rain - everyone adapts;
Changes unfold before our eyes;
Visualize ! Visualize !

Leaves of Red, russet, yellow and gold
Phenomenal colors, a Season to behold,
Changes unfold before our eyes;
Visualize ! Visualize !

Snowflakes, snowmen, ice and chill
Chopping wood, fireplaces to fill,
Changes unfold before our eyes;
Visualize ! Visualize !


Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall
God, our Father, made them all.
In every Season,
Let us hear His Call.
PRAISE GOD and GLORY in His LAW !
Changes unfold before our eyes;
Visualize ! Visualize !

PRAISE GOD and GLORY in His LAW !
PRAISE GOD and GLORY in His LAW !
PRAISE GOD and GLORY in His LAW !


© Mel Patterson 6-24-06

" LORD, YOU ARE A CONSTANT in our LIVES "

PRAISE YOU, LORD, and THANK YOU !!!
To our ROCK and our SALVATION be GLORY given !!!

O Lord, you are a constant in our lives;
You never leave us nor forsake us.
Even when we are not thinking of you,
You are always thinking of us.

O Lord, you are a constant in our lives;
You forgive our sins when we are sorry.
You mercifully and patiently wait for us
To, little by little, draw closer to you.

O Lord, you are a constant in our lives;
You give us gifts we do not deserve.
You lay lush lands before us,
Flowers of the field,
Trees whose branches praise you.

Lord, you are a constant in our lives;
We look upon the undulating streams, rivers,
Seas and oceans which obey your every command.
Their ebbs and flows come and go.
So do our lives.

Lord, you are a constant in our lives;
You have made the Way in which we may journey
Back to you, who first dreamed of us, each one.
Thank you, Lord, for your constancy.

Lord, you are a constant in our lives;
When all else fails us, You NEVER fail us.

PRAISE YOU, LORD, and THANK YOU !!!
To our ROCK and our SALVATION be GLORY given !!!
© Mel Patterson 6-24-06

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to GOD, OUR FATHER !!!
June 18, 2006

It is PRAISE Time !!!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to GOD, OUR FATHER !!!


Glorious Abba, El Shaddai, God our Father,
You are all splendor and magnificence.
You are THE FATHER above all Fathers;
In YOU all Holiness and Divinity are encompassed.

You are The Father of Lights and the first
light obeyed your command.
You cause the moon and the stars to dot the night skies.
The sun dawns upon a new day and the earth
and its' inhabitants enjoy your Creativity.

Rain and dew, snow and ice alight upon the
world, each in due Season.
At your word the mountains and the deserts exist.
Father, you call each of us by name.
By your loving command we came to be.

Through the ages you are Father to all.
Your Son, begotten, not made, one in being
with you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
rules and reigns forever and ever.

Father, thank you for the privilege of being
called sons and daughters of God.
We are grateful and we PRAISE YOU, Father.

TO YOU BE ALL HONOR AND GLORY
FOREVER AND EVER.
AMEN © Mel Patterson, 6-18-06

HOLY SPIRIT, our CHOICE is to REJOICE !!!

When my soul is weary from the strife of life
And it seems an awful burden I bear
Always within my spirit I hear Your Voice
Whispering to me that I have the choice
To either curse the darkness or in You rejoice !!!

HOLY SPIRIT, our CHOICE is to REJOICE !!!

Rejoice in the God of our Fathers,
Abraham, Isaac, Moses, Jacob, and all the rest,
Because of our Father and God
we are forever blest.
Be strong and valiant;
never put Him to the test
As we listen to His Holy Spirit
ever trying to do our best.

HOLY SPIRIT, our CHOICE is to REJOICE !!!

In humble submission to Your Holy Will
Even when we sin, you LOVE us still...
We lay prostrate before Your Feet;
O for the day when Face-to-face we'll meet
With Joy-filled Hope we pray
For that GRAND and GLORIOUS DAY !

HOLY SPIRIT, our CHOICE is to REJOICE !!!
Let us PRAISE YOU in GRAND VOICE,
" YOU, O LORD, ARE our CHOICE !!!
(c) Mel Patterson 6-13-06

It is PRAISE Time !!!

To GOD be ALL PRAISE, HONOR and GLORY
Forever and Ever !!!

Land, sea, stars and sky, all under His watchful eye
Nothing is done of which He does not know;
There is no secret, no act, no deed unseen
No matter where we go or have ever been
That God will not and cannot forgive sin
When we humbly come before Him
Begging His forgiveness with true remorse ~
He does forgive and forget the sin, of course.

To GOD be ALL PRAISE, HONOR and GLORY
Forever and Ever !!!

How compassionate is this God of ours
To provide the Way, the Truth, and the Life
That the blind may see and the deaf may hear
The lame may walk and the mute may talk ;
The ill may be healed and Salvation won,
The lost may be found;
How profound!
Gone forever will be the shackles of our past
For on the day we hear the mighty trumpet blast
We'll know we are reaching Heav'n at long last!

To GOD be ALL PRAISE, HONOR and GLORY
Forever and Ever !!!

(c) Mel Patterson 6-14-06