Let Godliness be in your border.
And your household be in order
Build its walls with heartfelt prayer,
And of God's goodness be aware.

Let your walls resound with praise.
Melodies of worship raise.
As the Lord is welcome there
Your home will have much love to share.

"Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.  Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing."
Psalm 100:1-2  KJV

© 2016  Arlene Schwartzkopf

Spring prompts new life to begin,
Making all of nature grin.
And then within we start to smile
At her bright cheer and lovely style!

All the landscape she will groom
With fluffy blossoms and perfume.
Beauty is Spring's special gift,
Our hearts and lives with joy to lift!

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

© 2016  Arlene Schwartzkopf

In You, Lord, there is rest and ease,
Refreshing as a soft spring breeze.
How precious is Your gentle touch...
The healing which we need so much.

Quiet times with You bring cheer
And cause all stress to disappear.
What peace You bring in midst of toil...
As soothing as sweet, healing oil.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.  Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
John 14:27   KJV

© 2016  Arlene Schwartzkopf

Anticipation of each dawn
Brings new joy and spurs me on...
To know God's promise for that day
And study all that He might say.

Learning daily brings great joy
And offers good I can employ.
Each day in Him becomes a gift,
My life to heal and heart to lift.

"This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."
Psalm 118:24   KJV

© 2016  Arlene Schwartzkopf

Oh, that glorious Easter morn
When Jesus triumphed o’er the grave!
He arose in victory
O’er sin and death our souls to save!

What a Savior!  What a friend!
The awesome sacrifice He made
Has covered all our sin and error.
Our sin-debt has been fully paid!

The joy we have in Jesus Christ
All Heaven and earth will ne’er contain.
As King of Kings and Lord of Lords
Through eternity He’ll reign!

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
John 3:16   KJV

© 2009  Arlene Schwartzkopf

O Father God....from beginning of time
You had a plan...a flawless design.
Not in a lifetime, not in a day
Could we comprehend just how much You would pay.

Your love is so great that You sacrificed all
So we might be saved from effects of "the fall".
How great Your compassion, Your mercy and grace
...That You should love us and our sins erase.

You didn't forsake us or cast us away,
But provided redemption...our debts to pay.
O Father God, Your mercy and grace
Flow freely and richly our lives to embrace.

We are wrapped in Your love and eagerly wait
For the time when we see You and enter Your gate.
What blessing and honor and joy that will be...
To be in Your presence eternally.

" I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth,  nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."     Romans 8:38-39   KJV

© 2005  Arlene Schwartzkopf

Jesus walked a lonely road
To die for mankind’s “wrong”.
The sin for which He suffered
To Him did not belong.

The cross He bore was heavy,
Yet He bore it all alone.
He redeemed us for all time
From sin which was our own.

As we focus on the cross,
Our knee we humbly bow
And pray that we’ll not drive a nail
Or place a thorn upon His brow.

His nail-scarred hands reach out to us,
Salvation to impart.
His death is now our gain
As we receive Him in our heart.

“How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!  My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord:  my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.”       Psalm 84:1-2   KJV

© 2009  Arlene Schwartzkopf

A season of promise, a season of hope,
A season of breathtaking, heavenly scope!
Christ broke the barriers and opened the door
To eternity’s glory with Him evermore.

Jesus became the path and the key
By His blood outpoured on Calvary’s tree.
He made provision that none should be lost.
By His sacrifice He paid for sin’s cost.

This is God’s promise of hope for this day.
Eternity’s welcome in front of us lay.
We have all reason to sing and rejoice,
To lift up high praise with most jubilant voice!

“And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.”         I John 2:2   KJV

© 2010  Arlene Schwartzkopf

Lightheartedness is a delight,
A gift which makes each day seem bright.
It refuses to look down
But rather smiles than have a frown.

It's cheerfulness offsets the blues
On loveliness its thoughts will muse.
Let it be a daily choice
To lift you up and then rejoice!

"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine  Proverbs 17:22   KJV

© 2016  Arlene Schwartzkopf

Always treat your elders well.
Sit and talk with them a spell,
For they have lived and learned a lot.
Honor them... forget them not.

They have worked and labored hard.
Their wisdom you should not discard.
They have much to offer you...
Their rich perspective and life's view.

"A woman who reverently and worshipfully fears the Lord, she shall be praised!"      Proverbs 31:30  Amplified Bible

"The beauty of old men is their gray head (suggesting wisdom and experience)."      Proverbs 20:29  Amplified Bible

© 2016  Arlene Schwartzkopf