God Rewards 
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He sowed good seed
And it brought forth yield
Ten hundred fold
And filled his field
Yet no one saw him as he toiled the ground
And no one praised him as he went around












God in his heaven looked down from above
Saw all his toil, saw it all done in love
Went out and said to his builders so true
Hey guys, put another few rooms in his mansion will you?
 
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     Faith
   _____

I lurch along from day to day
Hoping 
That you’re near me


I take a leap each time I pray 
Trusting 
That you hear me
 
 
I go beneath the bitter waves
Knowing 
That you love me


  
So this is faith no more to say 
Only 
That you’re able


Rest in his unfailing hands




 












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                            Trust Him
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I asked God and he said "no." 
I pleaded and begged, he replied "no". 
I threw a tantrum. The answer was still "no" 
I rested on his love and trusted he knew best. 
Then he gave even more than I had asked for.
 

Wait and trust in your heavenly Father 
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                             A Child’s insight (on a coach)
       
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          My siblings Evangelista, Pastor and I
          Stood at the start of the race
          Our dad had asked us all to run
          But I felt I was a waste of space


Evangelista was a hurdler true
Pastor, he could really fly
But me, well all that I could do
Was plod on slowly by.


          Marathon it was, not just a sprint
          Whatever was dad's mood?
          Did he really really think
          That I'd be any good



Don't worry lass, stick to the plan
One step and then another
You do just that and then you'll find
The race will be no bother


          I hit the wall, I was all spent
          I almost almost fell
          I saw my dad and then he went
          Come on your doing well


Stick to the plan, one step, one step
I'm here to guide you on
The wall is just a minor blip
You’re nearly almost done


          And so it was, the tape was past
          Well done my faithful one
          Your journey's end you've reached at last
          Come on let's take you home
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 I’d Like Know
_____________


What is love?
Not just a feeling, though feelings are there.
Not just emotion, not just to care.
It's doing the things that you know are right.
It's not holding grudges whenever you fight


It is always trying to make the other strong.
It is being a person they can rely on.
It's not putting me first, though that's so hard to do.
It's wanting the other to be a winner too.
 
And when this is done in the end you will find.
That love is an action that really is blind.
Not to others faults but helping them find.
Their place of true meaning, their place in mankind.


A place where they can be, the best they can be.
A person that's worthy a person that's free.
Not losing yourself though, for that's always wrong.
But having a place where you both get along.
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                                      Is Love a Feeling?
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He said he loved me
But wouldn’t help me wash my hair.
So I just lay there
And wallowed in despair.
Is love a feeling
Or is love the things you do
Tell me, tell me someone
Coz I have to know what's true.
 
She said she loved me
Yet she met another man
Could she have said no
Or was it all out of her hands?
Is love just the feeling
Or is love the way you act
Tell me, tell me someone
Coz I've already made my pact
 
He said he loved me
So he left the Father's throne
Lived and died for me
Just to prove I was his own.






 





Love's not just a feeling
Love is everything you do
Not just in good times
But in bad times too
 


                                                       Lord You Are Beautiful
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Lord you are beautiful to me
I just got to tell you that
Lord you mean so much to me
Creator so wonderful

I see you in the stars that shine
I feel you in the breeze
The birds that sing
Unending in the trees

I see you in a baby's smile
The rose adorned so free
You’re beautiful; you’re beautiful, to me


The world may doubt you ever died
Or say you never came
I look around, such beauty that I see

The flowers of spring                                                                 
The leaves of fall
A butterfly so frail
         
Makes me say, Lord you are beautiful
Creator so wonderful
Lord you are beautiful to me


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                                                                 Love Stays
                                                        -----------------
Watched a movie today
And it seemed to say
That when you're in love
There's nothing more to prove
Had to wonder then why
Does such a love die?
Could it be its all wrong?
That it’s more than just a good song


Patient, not jealous, and kind
Such love is really blind
Not interested in just you
But the other's needs too
Such a love never wanes
But remains with you always
 
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                                                             Strange
                                                        ------------------
Love is a feeling – Yeah right
If that's so true why do we bicker and fight
Yet we still stay together.
If love was just moods
Then at first sign of trouble
We'd leave with our goods


The moments of passion, they do fade away
But until we move upwards
Forever I'll stay
Me a withering crone
You a grumpy old man
But we still walk together
And we're still holding hands
 
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                                                      Here's Hoping
                                 ____________

                                                         
If you say you love me
Then I hope that you
Will stick close by me
Even when I am blue
I’m annoying and spiteful
And not at my best
And I'm walking around
In an old tattered vest


So I'm hoping your loving
Is more than just a song
I'm trusting the giving
Will still carry on
In the way that you treat me
The things that you do
Thus sharing your heartbeat
 In a way that's really true



















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