Give Thanks and Stand Firm

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Give Thanks and Stand Firm

Should your high hopes be so cruelly lost
smashed so savagely by that very fickle fate
Do not give up your precious life to be tossed
upon heaps and dark mounds of festering hate

When your heart feels the thrust of such shame
steel your resolve to a defiant, heroic stand
Defend life and the honor of your family name
with every step taken upon this earthy land

If your spirit falls low think of a mountain tall
send your soul to rest upon it's highest peak
Ignore the slurs and taunts of those so very small
consider the evil for which they so proudly speak

In great triumph soon you will so richly turn
as that wicked vermin flee back to their master
Consider now the reward in which they will burn
thanking God's grace you avoided such a disaster

Should your high hopes so faithfully be restored
give eternally blessed thanks to our sweet Lord!

Robert J. Lindley 
06-28-2014

It is now ever so important to give thanks...

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014



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Date: 7/18/2014 3:10:00 PM
Thank you for the reply..PD
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Date: 6/28/2014 11:37:00 PM
Robert, great words to live by. I thank you for the uplifting words. Blessed Thanks to our sweet Lord... Hugs...Linda
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Robert Lindley
Date: 6/29/2014 12:36:00 AM
Thank you PD. Always appreciate your comments and great writes....
Date: 6/28/2014 6:35:00 PM
Enjoyed reading this one today.."as that wicked vermin flee back to their master Consider now the reward in which they will burn" I really like this part and the last stanza..Great advice given within these lines..Thanks for the visit to my page..Sara
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Robert Lindley
Date: 6/28/2014 6:56:00 PM
Thank you my friend. Always a pleasure reading your writes!
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