

NOTHING IS EVER BY CHANCE...
GOD MAKES SURE OF THIS....
MAYBE IN HIS GENTLENESS AND COMPASSION
HE EVEN PREPARES US...
WITH A SILENT WORD
WHISPERED INTO OUR EAR
TO BE QUICKLY WRITTEN DOWN
AND NEVER FORGOTTEN....


BOOK OF DAYS

I CLIMBED
THE ENDLESS
STAIRWAY.
REACHING TOWARD
THE
RADIANT LIGHT.

THE JOURNEY
SEEMED
SO ENDLESS.
YET I KNEW
SOON
I WOULD ARRIVE HOME .
HOME
WAS
WITHIN
SIGHT.

FATHER
I HAVE MISSED YOU.
HOW I LONGED TO FEEL
YOUR TOUCH.
NOW AS YOU HOLD
THIS BROKEN
AND
LOST CHILD ,
PLEASE
KNOW
I HAVE MISSED
YOU
OH SO MUCH.

I MADE SO MANY MISTAKES
LORD .
AS I TRAVELED THROUGH
MY LIFE .
SO
IF YOU WOULD
SIT
DOWN WITH ME
AND LISTEN
FATHER
MAYBE
YOU
COULD
HELP ME
TO
UNDERSTAND .
AND
FINALLY
PUT THINGS RIGHT .

LORD
AND THEN
YOU
GENTLY
SAT ME DOWN .
AND
TOOK OUT
AN OLD AND
TATTERED BOOK .
EXPLAINING IT WAS THE
BOOK OF DAYS ,
OF MY TIME SPENT
ON THE EARTH .

SO MANY THINGS
I DID NOT
UNDERSTAND .
AND
I WAS BECOMING
MORE
CONFUSED .
AND
THE TEARS
STARTED TO FALL
FROM MY EYES .

THAT'S WHEN
YOU
SMILED
AT ME .
LET ME HELP YOU
MY CHILD
I PROMISE
YOU SHALL SEE .
THAT WHEN THIS TIME IS OVER
" MY " TRUTH
WILL SET YOU FREE .

IT WAS THEN
MY EYES BEHELD
A SIGHT
AS I LOOKED AT
OUR
LORDS FACE .
AND
I SAW
THE THORNS
UPON
HIS HEAD
VISIONS
OF PAIN
UPON HIS FACE .

IT MATTERS NOT
THAT YOU
THINK
YOU'VE FAILED
AND LIVED A LIFE
WITHOUT
MONEY OR FAME .
IT MATTERS NOT
THE BEAUTY
THAT ONCE
ADORNED YOUR FACE .
THE
OUTER
BEAUTY
YOU COULD NOT
TAKE
TO YOUR GRAVE .

IT MATTERS NOT
THE HOUSE
IN WHICH YOU LIVED
THAT WAS
FILLED WITH POVERTY .
THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS
IS THAT
YOU
WELCOMED ME .

YOUR BEAUTY
SHINES
FROM DEEP WITHIN .
THE PLACE
I
CALL
YOUR SOUL .
AND LIGHTS
THE WAY
FOR
MANY .
PLANTING
SEEDS
OF THOUGHT
SO
I
WOULD GROW .

AND
IN THIS
BOOK OF DAYS
YOU WILL SEE
ON
EVERY TATTERED PAGE .
THE NAMES
OF ALL
THE LIVES
YOU TOUCHED .
AND
ALL OF
THE HEARTS
YOU CHANGED .

THERE ARE
MANY THINGS
YOU
DID NOT UNDERSTAND .
AND YET
YOU
STILL OBEYED .
AND
LOVED
ME
UNCONDITIONALLY .
EVEN
WHEN YOU WHERE
AFRAID .

SO
WORRY NOT
MY CHILD .
FIND COMFORT
HERE
WITH ME .
YOU DID
EVERYTHING
I HAD WANTED ,
AND
ALWAYS
LOOKED
TO
ME .

I
CARRIED YOU
WHEN
YOU WHERE WEARY .
I
LIFTED YOU
WHEN
YOU FELL .
AND
LAUGHED
WHEN
YOU
BROUGHT
MY HEART
JOY .
AND
THROUGH
EVERY TEAR
THAT
YOU
HAVE EVER
CRIED .
YOU
CAME
TO KNOW
ME
WELL .

YES
EVERYTHING
HAS
ITS PURPOSE .
EVERY JOY
WILL
CARRY ITS PAIN .
AND
YOU MUST KNOW
PAIN
AND
LONELINESS .
AND BELIEVE
THAT
NO SUFFERING
IS
EVER
IN VAIN .

BY: PAM GALLO
DREAMER

COPYRIGHT: AUGUST 2001
RE EDITED 2006

SOME DAYS
THE STAIRWAY
THAT I AM
FOREVER CLIMBING
TO YOU , LORD
SEEMS
SO STEEP AND HIGH.....
AND
FOR THIS
I
THANK
YOU.....

MIDI: LORD TAKE MY HAND