A PIZZA and a PORCH SWING

Have you ever had a friend you haven't seen in awhile, but you write (email) and call each other on the phone a lot, but are either a distance away, or circumstances prevent you from visiting? Such is the background of this poem. I mentioned taking some leftover pizza to my screened-in front porch, and sitting on the swing. This has a few lines that we both used.

A pizza and a porch swing -
A man, a plan, and a plane -
To be with a friend in the evening -
How lovely, enticingly sane!

A pizza, a plan, a friend -
Wonderfully ending the day -
Lord, give him the wings of an eagle -
Bring him, though far away. 

A steak for one is lonely -
Better a pizza with a friend -
Dear God, please bring us together.
In Your time, if Your will. Amen.

- by Netagene, late September 30, 2014 -

NEW BIRTH DAY!

Happy Birthday, yes, to you!

And yes, you’re not a babe –

But yes, in one sense, oh! you are –

Yes, now you’re truly saved!

So you were born some time ago,

To parents here on earth,

But this time’s so much better!

It’s now your spiritual birth!

This birthday, you died to sin.

You shed your dirty clothes.

God washed you white – you know it’s true!

You’re new when you arose!

Christ is now your brother.

You’ll never be alone!

As long as you stay faithful,

You’ll see your Heavenly home!

So Happy Birthday at this time!

You know for sure you’re right!

And now, my friend, God blesses you

As you walk in His light!

- by Netagene Kirkpatrick, in about 10 minutes, October 1, 2014, for a new Christian, though in this case, for a lady in her 70s who has been a Christians for years, but began to think that she had been baptized for the wrong reason or some such, when she was young. She was baptized again on September 24, 2014. Better to be SURE! -