Lord, Help our thoughts to rise above
Trivial, daily, mundane fare
May we achieve a heavenly view...
And of Your movement be aware.....

To feel and sense Your precious leading,
As Your Spirit moves to and fro.
Nothing can enhance each day
As this... Your precious will to know.

"Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. 
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the
God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day."
Psalm 25:4-5   KJV

© 2019  Arlene Schwartzkopf

Virtue plays a lovely song,
Pure and holy, all day long.
Honor brings it’s harmony
And with virtue will agree.

Goodness, too, will add it’s tune
And with beauty will commune.
If you listen you will hear
A symphony within your ear.

Let this lovely music play
Deep within your soul today.
Listen for each precious strain
And sing along with it’s refrain.

“Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are
of good report; if there be any virtue, and if
there be any praise, think on these things.”
Philippians 4:8 KJV

© 2010 Arlene Schwartzkopf

Let joy be welcome in each day
And brighten all you do or say,
For joy brings smiles and merriment…
A touch of sunshine heaven-sent.

Lightheartedness is a sweet gift,
Always bringing us a lift,
With soothing if we might have stress…
A special touch, our lives to bless.

“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.”
Proverbs 17:22  KJV

© 2019 Arlene Schwartzkopf

Lord, In Your paths are many treasures…
Moments which will be profound.
As we choose to follow You
Joys before us will abound!

We’ll have depth and increased scope
With goals which reach up to the skies...
Touching countless other lives,
Much more than we realize.

“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee
great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”
Jeremiah 33:3 KJV

© 2019 Arlene Schwartzkopf

When we lean upon the Lord,
How clear our path then will become.
We need not wonder, fuss or fret.
He gives us calmness and aplomb.

Being anchored in the Lord
From needless tensions brings release.
He brings assurance for each day,
Coupled with deep, inner peace.

“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of
the Almighty (Whose power no foe can withstand).”
Psalm 91:1 Amplified Bible

© 2019 Arlene Schwartzkopf

Lord, I place my trust in You,
Knowing You will see me through.
In You I am wrapped in peace,
Causing all my cares to cease.

Your presence is my greatest joy,
An ever-soothing, wondrous buoy,
Adding new dimensions bright
In all my days to bring delight.

“In thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right
hand there are pleasures for evermore.”
Psalm 16:11  KJV

© 2019 Arlene Schwartzkopf

God brings "soothing" in a breeze,
Gently swaying  grass and trees...
His peace and calm in sweet bouquet...
All tensions seem to float away.

He gives softness for the soul,
To bring refreshing or console.
His Spirit hovers in the breeze
And seems to bring sweet joy and ease.

So when I feel a gentle breeze
Or see it swaying grass and trees,
I'll linger there a little while...
Just to praise Him.. and to smile.

"...He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow."
Psalm 147:18   KJV

© 2007 Arlene Schwartzkopf

Your joy is that which strengthens us
And in each day will be a plus.
In You we rise up with new zeal,
With encouragement which is real!

Thank You for Your loving care
Which offsets daily wear and tear.
To You a new song I will raise,
Filled with worship, filled with praise!

“The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart
trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart
greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.”
Psalm 28:7 KJV

© 2019 Arlene Schwartzkopf

Do the words of your mouth impart grace to the hearers?
Are words which you say to others as mirrors...
Reflecting the goodness of God as you speak,
Brightening and cheering up lives which are bleak?

Your words can pierce through much darkness and gloom,
Presenting a fresh hope where troubles would loom.
Words are as arrows of healing and light.
And when carefully “measured” are so very bright.

“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth,
but that which is good to the use of edifying, that
it may minister grace unto the hearers.”
Ephesians 4:29  KJV

© 2014 Arlene Schwartzkopf

God must have a giant brush...
Offering colors which are lush...
Painted beauty everywhere
For mountains, trees and plants to wear.

Nature bursts with color’s gift,
Our spirit and our soul to lift,
Painted there to bring delight,
His loving signature to write.

“Wrapped” in color, we are blessed
And by His artistry impressed...
Shades and hues of warmth and light
To cheer our lives and make them bright!

“O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!”
Psalm 8:9 KJV

© 2010 Arlene Schwartzkopf