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As we start yet another year with His blessings

Lord, behold us with Thy blessing
Once again assembled here;
Onward be our footsteps pressing
In Thy love, and faith, and fear;
Still protect us, still protect us
By Thy presence ever near.

For Thy mercy we adore Thee,
For this rest upon our way;
Lord, again we bow before Thee,
Speed our labours day by day;
Mind and spirit, mind and spirit
With Thy choicest gifts array.

Keep the spell of home affection
Still alive in every heart;
May its power, with mild direction,
Draw our love from self apart,
Till Thy children, till Thy children
Feel that Thou their Father art.

Break temptation’s fatal power,
Shielding all with guardian care,
Safe in every careless hour,
Safe from sloth and sensual snare;
Thou, our Saviour, Thou,our Saviour
Still our failing strength repair.

As we say goodbye to 2009

 
"Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing,
Thanks for mercies past received;
Pardon all, our faults confessing;
Time that’s lost may all retrieve;
May Thy children, may thy children
Ne’er again Thy Spirit grieve.

Bless Thou all our days of leisure;
Help us selfish lures to flee;
Sanctify our every pleasure;
Pure and blameless may it be;
May our gladness,may our gladness
Draw us evermore to thee.

By Thy kindly influence cherish
All the good we here have gained;
May all taint of evil perish
By Thy mightier power restrained;
Seek we ever, seek we ever
Knowledge pure and love unfeigned.

Let Thy father-hand be shielding
All who here shall meet no more;
May their seed-time past be yielding
Year by year a richer store;
Those returning, those returning
Make more faithful than before."

And last of all......

"at this season of the year we should think of - of - ourselves. We should look into our - our accounts. We should feel that every return of so eventful a period in human transactions, involves a matter of deep moment between a man and his - and his banker."

The season's books to read - Dickens

If you really don't have anything to read at this time of the year or something to get you into the mood that prevails at this time of the year,
I believe I can assist
For the holiday that just passed, I suggest you read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
For the new year that's about to come, read with me another Dickens- the Chimes
And if you still want more of dickens heart warming stories, read The Cricket on the Hearth
No investment necessary if you've got a pc as the books are available for free on the net
Quickest place I can think of if Project Gutenberg & Free-ebooks.net
(My apologies no links as I'm doing this from mail as blogger seems not be working from my pc today & I don't have time to insert hyperlinks- will do so later)
Why this prompting?
I happened to be reading The Chimes for the umpteenth time and I just had to let someone else know that Dickens is readable and has some real life views and occurrences  which are still seen in this day and age even though these books were written just over a century ago
My prayer for today is - Lord, keep my memory green.
I didn't start all this....
The kettle began it!

Let go and live love again

There’ll be sad songs to make you cry
Love songs often do
Then there are some songs you don’t want to listen to, not right now
Maybe later, but not now
There are just too many memories associated with some songs
Here is my problem
We all have to let go
Sometime
We have to let go of past loves
Some time, we have to let go
They were sweet hearts
They were our first love
They were our soul mate
They were THE ONE
But they left us for another
We just couldn’t get along
We just didn’t see eye to eye on fundamental issues
They lied to us
They cheated on us
They just stopped calling
They didn’t see us the same way we saw them
They didn’t want to commit as yet
They felt we were too demanding
They found someone they loved better
Someone swept them off their feet
Our best friend stole them from us
Their friends made them leave us
They didn’t love us the way we wanted to be loved
They didn’t change like they said they would
They just couldn’t stick to one partner at a time
They were not ready
They didn’t see the fuss with being committed
They just………
The list is endless…..
Bottom line is that we are alone once again
We cannot see how we can live without them
Life just cannot be the same without them

Wake up!!!!!!!!
Wake up, dearly beloved
Life will never be the same without them
Life will be better without them
If only we let go and start living once again
Life is for living and living is for loving
Lovers come and go
It all happens so that we learn about life
Sometimes we learn the hard way
Many of us learn the hard way
We’re the one left standing all alone in the cold
Life stops for us
How could they do that?

I said wake up
You stopped living
They carried on and you still hang on to what might have been
Hello!
There’s nothing to hang on to as ‘what might have been’ never existed
They're just memories
That's all they are and that's all they'll be
My dear, you cannot lose what you never had
They weren’t meant for you
They were part of the process of making you ready for the next person
Be warned the next person still might not be the one
I know it’s difficult to break ties but you have to
Break the ties with your past
Be warned, there’s some past rubbish which still wants to be friends
Seriously, when you throw away your trash do you keep just a little bit for the next trash day?
So why keep lines of communication open
I don’t mean that you be rude or live as if that other person didn’t exist either
Close the emotional door you had opened for them
And never do couple stuff with that person
Why
You’ll be keeping a bit of rubbish for the next trash day
And when you do that guess who’s checking you out?
Your life partner
But they won’t come close coz u’re reeking of last week’s trash
Throw away everything and start all over again
It’s painful but it’s worth it
Becoz u’ve got that smell from last week
Your THE ONE will keep their distance becoz of that smell
Perchance they might see that it’s not you who’s smelling but your baggage
But why wait for fate when you can just wait for your destiny clean?
I’ve been there, done that and had that done to me
But I’ve learnt that I still have to live whether there’s someone in my life or not
The past just distracts you from what’s ahead
The past sometimes just wants to make sure you keep on hurting
Some people have this notion that they were the one who could make you happy and cannot stand to see you happy with someone else
Becoz u broke it off they just want to mess up with your life but don’t want to be part of your life
They want to be the shadow over your life
Wake up!
The birds are singing
Smile
You can love again
There will always be regrets in love but don’t stop loving
Keep the faith and love will find you
Don’t go looking for it
Wait for it
At the right time
You’re the ONE will come smiling at you
Believe you me, you’ve never been in love with them before

It’s a new experience
Savour it
Fresh love is fantabulous
Love always and let the music play
Love on my dear
Love on.

Simple days

"Momma taught us early in life

Everybody's gotta struggle sometime

Bring back those simple times of yesterday
When a man was a manAnd a friend was a friend
Bring back those simple times of yesterday
When you said what you meant
And you meant what you said

Sometimes I sit, I wonderI reminisce,
I think of all the good times
That we had in our livesS
ometimes I can't get over
How wonderful those days were
Back in our lives
Simple days for simple times

Bring back those simple times of yesterday
When a man was a man
And a friend was a friend
Bring back those simple times of yesterday
When you said what you meant
And you meant what you said"