Lenora McWhorter

When you get dressed in the morning
be sure to put on a smile.
And when you walk out the door
let our smile stretch a mile.

The people  that cross your path
Perhaps they too will smile.
And as you go through the day
The smiles will last awhile

Chances are the sky will be brighter
all because you smiled.
And circumstances wont get you down
for your hope will come alive

You will find your burdens lighter
and in many ways you'll thrive.
The world will become a better place
if you just remember to smile

Yesterday is gone and is no more
and I know not what tomorrow have in store.
All I have is today, this moment, right now.
So I must make this day count somehow.

Yesterday's mistakes I cannot change
I can do life differently or remain the same.
The past is behind me this is a brand new day.
I can change direction or go the same way

I want it to be said that I did my best,
though I didn't  pass all of life's tests.
Although I can't undue the mistakes I made
I can move forward starting today.

Tomorrow is so very far away
and I must face life's challenges today.
So I'll spend less time planning for tomorrow
and I wont try to change yesterday's sorrow.

I will appreciate this day and fully live,
I will show love to others, serve and give.
I will walk upright and do all the good I can.
to help the hurting and lift my fellowman.

K - Kindness is shown by what we say and do.
I - It says to the other person, "I care about you."
N - Never neglect to show kindness to everyone you see.
D - Day or night, young or old, whoever it may be.
N - Nothing touches the heart like a big, warm smile.
E - Everyone needs to feel loved, whether adult or child.
S -  So smile at someone to show them that you care.
S -  Show kindness and love to everyone everywhere.

Caring deeply for one another
seeing the burdens others bear.
Love moves us to help the hurting
so we pray to show we care

There is suffering and injustice.
Violence and conflicts we all share
The hatred and injustice around us
bring us to our knees in prayer

When I give my concerns to Jesus
for hurting people everywhere
I know my God has the answer
So I just take it to Him in prayer

Jesus encourages us all to pray,
to live by faith and not despair
When we are pressed on every hand
we can go to God in secret prayer

God gives us hearts of compassion
So hurting people will know we care.
We are to bear each other's burdens
and always remember them in prayer.

Grandma's room is empty; she moved away.
She departed this life and is gone to stay.
There was no struggle, but with great ease
she closed her eyes and took her leave. 

My Grandma was one sweet, loving soul.
I had no doubt where she would go.
We all knew Grandma walked with God
and bound for heaven to get her reward.

No way we can know the lives she touched
because that gracious soul gave so much.
She would share her flour, sugar or meal
or say a prayer to get your body healed.

We had many talks as she sipped her tea.
She shared years of wisdom with me.
She taught me family values and to be kind,
but she always had Jesus on her mind.

"You need the Lord," is what she would say.
"You can't make it in this world no other way."
Then grandma kneeled and bowed her head
and a stirring prayer she always said.

"Lord Jesus, I want to talk to you awhile
to ask you please bless this precious child."
Then she asked the Lord to watch over me
and to please make me what I ought to be.

My life is shaped by grandma's prayers,
and I'm thankful for her being there.
Her love was evident in so many ways
in her kind words and on her smiling face.

Grandma's leaving is heaven's gain,
but one day I will see her again.
Because the Jesus that Grandma knew,
she made sure I got to know too.