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The Best Plan
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When man thinks he knows
What the next step should be,
If he has not prayed,
How foolish is he!
For man cannot guess
What the future will be
Without divine wisdom
To help him to see.
Prayer is the key
To make all things work out.
God gives us instruction
But we must not doubt.
Trusting in Him
Is the most blessed way
To have peace and success
In our lives every day.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
and He shall direct your paths."
Proverbs 3:5 NKJ
© 2005 Arlene Schwartzkopf
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The Turtle And The Porcupine
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Snappy was a turtle,
And Snappy wasn't happy.
He was a GROUCH!
Porci was a porcupine
And was in trouble all the time!
Too many QUILLS!
Neither one could find a friend
Because they always would offend.
It isn't good to snap at others.....
Friends and neighbors, moms and brothers.
It's even worse to send a quill.
It seems to dampen ALL good will!
These little creatures bring reminder.....
Every day we should be kinder.
God has shown us through His Son
We should be kind to everyone.
"Love suffers long and is kind."
"Love does not behave rudely."
I Corinthians 13:4a and 5a NKJ
© 2005 Arlene Schwartzkopf
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Quiet Places
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What a joy, what a privilege..... to withdraw
into the quiet places with the Lord.....
When all is still and all the issues of the day come to rest.....
and when my mind is uncluttered and receptive.....
..... there in the stillness I can enter in. A door
opens..... and I sense the presence of the Spirit.....
As I wait, His presence causes the very atmosphere to change.
For I lose track of self and only am aware of Him.
This is the place of new life and refreshing.....
communion with Him.
As He speaks I know that I will see with new eyes and
hear with new ears and that I will have new perspective.
And so I seek the quiet places, knowing He will meet me there.....
And my life is enriched.....
"How lovely is Your tabernacle,
O Lord of hosts! My soul longs,
yes, even faints for the courts
of the Lord, My heart and my flesh
cry out for the living God."
Psalm 84:1-2 NKJ
© 2004 Arlene Schwartzkopf
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Our Daily Bread
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"Give us this day our daily bread......"
Surely this was the prayer of many back during the depression years, for not many were working.
During that time our family lived next door to a man who owned a greenhouse, but who didn't have enough money for food. Mom learned of his situation and invited him to come have dinner with our family so that he would have at least one meal a day. He hesitated, saying, "I work in a greenhouse where my clothes get dirty, and also, I wouldn't want to interrupt your family time, but if you will set the meal on the fence, then I will come out and get it."
Now this couldn't have been easy for Mom, because at that time she had three small children and a baby to take care of. But each day she would fix a plate of food for him and take it out to the fence, and he would come out to get it. She did this every day for two years, until one day, when she placed the plate of food there on the fence, he didn't come out..... he had passed away.
Mom had seen a need and she met it faithfully every day.....
"She extends her hand to the poor, Yes,
she reaches out her hands to the needy."
Proverbs 31:20 NKJ
© 2004 Arlene Schwartzkopf
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