Rhyme and Verse

At the end of the day, you will meet only two men in your life:  One will make your hands tremble; the other will make them steady.  The first will be your passion of youth, but like the blazing fires of the bush, it will soon die to glowing embers, then cool ashes.  The second will enter your life quietly, like a thief in the night.  he will be like the mighty trees in the forest that we do not see before us, yet they are there, strong and tall; in rain and sun, they dig their roots deep and shade us with their leaves.  It is the second one who you must marry.  He will be a good husband and father to your children. 

  (Zenzele, J. Nozipo Maraire)

If you are the desert, I'll be the sea.

If you ever hunger, hunger for me.

Whatever you ask for, that's what I'll be.

  (Father Figure, George Michaels)

I could take "No" for an answer,

Just to know I heard you speak.

  (Smell the Color Nine, Chris Rice)

We are pressed but not crushed,

Perplexed but don't despair.

We are persecuted but not abandoned.

We are no longer slaves,

We are daughters and sons,

And when we are weak we are very strong.

And neither Death nor Life nor Present nor Future

Nor Depth nor Height can keep us from the love of Christ.

  (The Word, Sara Groves)

I am the flower,

You are the seed.

We walked in the garden,

We planted a seed.

  (All I Wanna Do, Heart)

When you cross deep rivers,

I will be with you,

And you won't drown.

When you walk through fire,

You won't be burned

Or scorched by the flames.

  (Isaiah 43:2)

The single greatest cause of atheism today is Christians - who acknowledge Him with their lips, then go out and deny Him in their lives. This is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.

 (DC Talk Soundbite)

An exclamation point for every question mark.

  (Naive, Chris Rice)

Unless someone like you

Cares a whole awful lot,

Nothing is going to get better.

It's not.

  (The Lorax, Dr. Seuss)

God is God and I am not. I can only see a part of the picture He's painting.

God is God and I am Man, I can never understand it all, for only God is God.

  (Steven Curtis Chapman)

I don't really care if they label me a Jesus Freak; there ain't no disguisin' the truth!

  (Jesus Freak, D.C. Talk)

Obedience is Neat.

  (Big Fish, FFH)

Too proud to bend,

Too poor to break,

I laugh until my stomach ache,

When I think about myself.

  (When I Think About Myself, Maya Angelou)

You have brains in your head.

You have feet in your shoes.

You can steer yourself

Any direction you choose.

You're on your own.

And you know what you know.

And YOU are the guy

Who'll decide where to go.

  (Oh, the Places You'll Go, Dr. Seuss)

How many slams in an old screen door?

Depends how loud you shut it.

How many slices in a bread?

Depends how thin you cut it.

How much good inside a day?

Depends how good you live 'em.

How much love inside a friend?

Depends how much you give 'em.

  (How Many, How Much, Shel Silverstein)

To laugh often and love much;

To win the respect of intelligent people

And the affection of children;

To earn the approbation of honest critics

And endure the betrayal of false friends;

To appreciate beauty;

To find the best in others;

To give one's self;

To leave the world a little better,

Whether by a healthy child,

A garden patch,

Or a redeemed social condition;

To have played and laughed with enthusiasm

And sung with exultation;

To know even one life has breathed easier

Because you have lived...

This is to have succeeded.

  (To Have Succeeded, Ralph Waldo Emerson)