The Music Lesson

 

 

SONG OF GRATITUDE

When I was downhearted and forlorn
YOU WERE THERE.



When I didn't quite know which way to turn,
YOU WERE THERE.


When "happenings” brought squeals of delight but no one to share,
YOU WERE THERE.


When falsely judged by a pompous, self-righteous bore,
YOU WERE THERE.


When told of serious eye problems, through your Grace,
YOU WERE THERE.


When all I needed was a prayer
YOU WERE THERE.


When I just needed a friend
YOU WERE THERE.


When the world grieved over a tragic loss
YOU WERE THERE.


When I struggled over a computer project
YOU WERE THERE.


When I labored to make my writing sing
YOU WERE THERE.


When my website took wings and I danced for joy! 
YOU WERE THERE.


When my Art Reflections book took cover
YOU WERE THERE.


Through the long days and longer nights of Ken’s final week, in Spirit
YOU WERE THERE.


When I craved music to soothe my splintered soul... Lord,


I FOUND YOURS!


By Mary Beatty 8-10-03

 

 

~Afterthoughts~

A FRIEND can sing the song for you when you have forgotten the words.

Life is lived by looking ahead but is understood by looking back.


What can be expected to be dropped is held in the hands, but what is in the heart I shall die with. 

To know another is not to know that person’s face, but to know that person’s heart.


Prayer knocks until a door opens.

Life is a gift…not a game.


However long the night, the dawn will break. 

You may light another’s candle with your own without loss.


The measure of our sacrifice is the measure of our love.

Where there is peace, God is.

Quotations collected from various sources, including personal and family.


Original Artwork© by Mary Beatty
Number 11 of The Lion and The Lamb Series.

Background Music: "I Bowed and Cried Holy"
Midi Sequenced by Eleanor Adams

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