If only we could see with these kind of eyes!
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"STICKS AND STONES"

Why does it matter how we live or even what we wear
Each person on this precious earth has something they can share
We shouldn't let appearances distort the ones we see
The only thing that counts at all is absolutely free

You'll find my clothes are not in style they've all been worn before
But I pretend they're all brand new and from the finest store
I haven't got the pretty house or car that I can drive
I struggle each and every day to try and stay alive

The meals I eat from restaurants are very good some days
I don't need reservations there to eat in alleyways
The place I sleep when summer's here is beautiful to see
My blanket is the stars above it's all that covers me

Then once again I'm shivering as winter's setting in
I never know each time I sleep if I'll wake up again
I didn't choose to live this way and they will never know
How broken down I feel inside from words that hurt me so

But I have found a special place that I can go each day
Where I feel worthy to be loved and that's where I can pray
I sit along the waters edge and God reveals to me
The beauty of this world I'm in he knows I need to see

God's mirror shows me many things that he and I can share
He teaches me to understand reflections that are there
I've watched the birds soar gracefully against the bluest sky
With clouds like pillows all around so slowly floating by

Then I'll see sparkles glimmering each time the sun is bright
They're diamonds riding every wave that dance inside the light
I've seen each castle heaven holds that God has made by hand
This Kingdom is without a doubt his lovely Promise Land

These things help me feel good inside and life don't seem so bad
God loves me just the way I am he's all I've ever had
But then one day God proved to me in such a loving way
The greatest lesson I would learn was taught to me that day

As I kneeled at the waters edge with so much pain to bare
God took my trembling hand in his so I could feel him there
Through burning tears I saw a change and knew that it was wrong
No images were in the lake and all the waves were gone

Then God said "Look down in the lake and tell me what you see"
I said "I don't see anything but images of me"
He said "Now drop a tiny stone and look what it can do
It alters what my hands have made the one and only you

My child it's not the worldly things that promise you the way
For only Love and Faith in me will bring you home to stay"
I understood what God had meant and I could see me smile
Then soon the clouds and waves appeared that left me for a while

I then recalled a children's rhyme we called it "Sticks and Stones"
But as we grow we learn that words hurt more than broken bones
So if you’re ever passing by a person just like me
It only takes a tiny stone to alter what you see

© By: Freda H. Babinski
3-17-96