April 6 - Gifted

Gifted

We each and every one have gifts aplenty

But each of us are also gifted

With qualities that make us unique

From every other soul upon the planet.

Something God injects into our genes.

With a drop of joy, a smidgen of wonder

And an infusion of love to hold it all together.

Before we are turned loose to exercise our gifts.

 © 2017 by Tom King

Rose Day

Rose Day

by Tom King

I plucked a flower from God's garden.

   A precious rose it's edges dew drop lined

Not because she was what I deserved

   But because my God was being kind.

And for all the years that yet may come

   Unfaded, I will hold her close to me

Kept safely sheltered in my heart for yet

   Uncounted ages of eternity.

© 10/7/2013