Nineveh Presbyterian Church
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      Christian Poetry by Members of Nineveh Presbyterian Church

 

         
 

Silent Night, Holy Night

By Nina Wilcox, Christmas 2011

 

“Have faith in Me” thy Savior cried.

“My love will set you free”.

“A Love so great it conquered sin

On the cross at Calvery”.

 

As we celebrate His Holy Birth

At this joyous Christmas tide.

Within our hearts and in our homes

May His Love and Faith abide.

 

  

 
         

 

     

 

  
 

 

Close of Day

By Lola Neff Merritt

 

A slender, silver crescent

Rides low in the western sky;

And a thousand geese make music

Where they’ve dropped from up on high.

 

The horizon, draped in a lavender blue,

Blushes pink with the setting sun;

And quietly, with great beauty,

Another day God made is done.

 

  
   
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
   

 
   
 

Promise, Hope + Peace of His Love

by Nina Wilsox, Christmas 2010

 

God's power is so great

He created the world and everything therein.

So great is His power that mankind

could never comprehend.

 

So, God sent His only Son

born that holy night.

As a communicator to all mankind

and lead us to His guiding light.

 

 

 

  
     
  Walk All The Way     by  Lola Neff Merritt  
     
  Walk all the way with Jesus,  
  Know He never will forsake  
  The many needs within your heart;  
  His love unlocked the gate,  
     
  Walk all the way with Jesus,  
  weary not in constant faith;  
  Within the time of God 'twill come,  
  His answer's worth the wait.  
           
           
           
           
           

  Lead Me          by Lola Neff Merritt

 

Lord, fill me with strength to live this day,

Let my heart bring forth kind words to say;

Release my mind of negative thought,

Your way of love continuously sought.

 

Let me not weary in laboring on,

Lift up my faith 'til each day is done;

Direct me in paths where I'll find human needs,

Let me learn to follow as the Spirit leads.

    
   

 

 

        
 

Like a Mantle

 

Here in the evening quietness

Like the time before silent prayer;

With only the clearest song of a bird

Ringing out on the soft warm air;

 

I listen in twilight's dusky light

To the small sounds that abound;

And lift my mind and heart to Him

For the peace that can be found.

 

It is here I find a healing rest

In the day's last, lingering light;

And feel His love fall so gently,

Like a mantle across the night.

 

- Lola Neff Merritt

  

   
 

   

 

    
 

 

Just Listen

 

Just listen with a loving heart

To a sister or a brother;

It's a gift to give to someone

So unlike any other.

 

In a world that can be lonely

It lets them know you care

About the things within their life

That they may wish to share.

 

It tells them that you have the time

To simply be a part

of life with them and offer up

A kind and loving heart.

 

Lola Neff Merritt