Thank You that You hear our prayer
And of our needs You are aware.
Every day we can rise up,
Knowing You will fill our cup.

Your faithfulness is always more
Than what our days will hold in store.
We can move with confidence
And have lives with rare consequence.

“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed,
because his compassions fail not. They are new every
morning: great is thy faithfulness.”
Lamentations 3:22-23 KJV

© 2019 Arlene Schwartzkopf

When love and kindness start with me,
Then from tensions I am free.
No longer do I carry “weight”
When ill will I eliminate.

I won’t let others pull me down
Or situations make me frown,
For showing love will be first choice.
In this I always can rejoice!

“Love bears up under anything and everything that
comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every
person, its hope are fadeless under all circumstances,
and it endures everything (without weakening).”
I Corinthians 13:7  Amplified Bible

© 2019  Arlene Schwartzkopf

 Lord, cause our thoughts to rise above
That which is before our eyes
And be transformed to Heaven’s realm
So we start to recognize…..

Reality is far above
The level of our daily view.
Your perspective helps us see
Myriad things we can pursue…..

Dimensions which we often miss
Which in Your sight will count for much
And which rise to highest worth,
On earth bringing Heaven’s touch.

“As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways, and my
thoughts higher than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8-9  KJV

© 2019 Arlene Schwartzkopf

Two great goals which we should have
Are to practice love and peace…..
Building bridges constantly,
From tensions bringing sweet release.

Healing then will start to flow
And barriers soon will disappear.
As friendships blossom to and fro,
Joy will fill the atmosphere.

“This is my commandment, that ye love
one another, as I have loved you.”
John 15:12 KJV

“If it be possible, as much as lieth in you,
live peaceably with all men.”
Romans 12:18 KJV

© 2019 Arlene Schwartzkopf

Choose to bring cheer to a weary world.
Be as a banner of love unfurled.
Encouraging words will spur people on
And cause them to rise up with each new dawn.

Be as a light to show the way,
Sharing your joy to brighten the day.
The caring you show will truly inspire...
In others will soon be a bright, blazing fire.

“Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works, and
glorify your Father which is in heaven.”
Matthew 5:16  KJV

© 2019 Arlene Schwartzkopf

God’s perspective brings much light
And much growth in us will excite…
Learning, growing every day…
So many worthy thoughts to weigh…

His dimension lifts our vision
To see with much-increased precision.
What He shows us will hold treasure,
Beyond what we could ever measure.

“How precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God!
How great is the sum of them! If I should count
them, they are more in number than the sand.”
Psalm 139:17-18  KJV

© 2019 Arlene Schwartzkopf

The Lord always leads us on careful paths.
In Him our footsteps always are right.
He is our covering in all that we do
And leads us in goals which truly excite…..

Showing us vistas beyond our own thoughts
And sharing ideas which bring us delight.
His lovingkindness is more than enough,
A bright transformation in us to ignite…

“He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.”
Psalm 23:3 KJV

© 2019 Arlene Schwartzkopf

Come, O Lord, direct our paths
So we will find Your hidden “gold”
And become who we should be
To fit Your glorious pre-planned mold.

We’re enabled by Your hand
To accomplish worthy goals.
Thank You for Your special gifts
To fulfill all our God-given roles.

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus
unto good works, which God hath before ordained
that we should walk in them.”
Ephesians 2:10 KJV

© 2019 Arlene Schwartzkopf

Lord, Help us always to be ready...
With Your timing to keep pace
So we are not weighted down
And all Your timing can embrace.

Help us, Lord to be aware
So we do not fall behind...
To know Your will and hear Your voice
And do what for us You’ve designed.
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“This is the day which the Lord has made:
​we will rejoice and be glad in it."
Psalm 118:24   KJV

© 2019  Arlene Schwartzkopf