Category: On a Serious Note

I prayed to God without relief, My prayers had not been getting through. That I was praying fervently, I wondered if God even knew. Then driving on a lonely road, Close in behind another car, I saw that it had hit a bird, Left there, fluttering in the tar. I pulled off on the gravel […]

There would be a celebration; A child would soon be born. All of the angels would be there, Even Gabriel with his horn. But the child asked the Creator, “Why must I be sent to Earth? I am so completely helpless, Why must I experience birth?” God said, “There will be an angel To be […]

Daddy had an empty chair, Sitting right next to his bed. No one knew why it was there Because Daddy never said. The old chair had first appeared After Mother passed away It was part of Daddy’s life, Ever since that awful day. Then Dad had a heart attack None of us kids had been […]

“You can’t park there,” a member said, “That parking place you took is mine.” The visitor just smiled and moved His battered car on down the line. He stood there in his tattered robe With sandals on his scarred bare feet. No one came by to shake his hand Or show him to an empty […]

Written on his bumper, On a sticker large and blue, For all the world to see “WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?” Then the light turned green, The car in front too slow, He blasted on his horn To let the fellow know. A blind man with a cane Tried to cross the street, He laid upon […]