MY GRANDPA ANGEL

LEROY WATERS
IS MY GRANDPA ANGEL
THIS PAGE IS FOR HIM
FOR THIS PAGE IS HIM
THANK YOU FOR SHARING
GRANDPA

THE ARTIST

The Artist's brush is in His
hand;
He reaches out accross the
land,
and with myriad colors, warm
and bright,
He paints away the dark of
night.

A pallette filled with peace
and love,
are His brilliant colors from
above;
And with joy we feel the quiet
touch
of the Artist's firm, but gentle brush.

No pain, no sorrow can
withstand
His strong,
His loving hand.
Bask in the sunshine that He
brings;
This Artist, this most loving
King!

~Leroy~
~8/25/99~

GREAT MAKER

Great Maker, this I pray,
Keep me safe throughout the day;
Grant the love that from my birth,
Brought me safely to this earth.
Do not let me go astray,
In my work, or in my play;
Let my heart forever sing,
With joy and praise to you, my King;
And may we never ever part,
Keep me on your Heart of Hearts!
~Leroy~

A PRAYER
FOR NICOLE, NOELLE, AND JOJO
by Leroy

By God's love I know I am here;
I will always try to keep you near;
In my heart and soul,
It will always be my goal,
To be the things He wants of me;
Not just the things I want to be!
~Amen~

HIS RAIN WASHES ALL

I walked in heavy, glorious warm
rain to-day;
From trees around me, standing
straight and tall,
spreading wide their branches
along the way
brown, green, red and yellow leaves
began to fall.

From stately arms the scented
pine
a path of golden needles dropped
and with quiet grandeur in this
space and time,
all worries and all troubles
stopped.

All things of nature seemed
to rest;
To find a place and time to
pray;
And on the bosom of a saviour
blest,
have their cares all washed
away.
Leroy
9/10/99

Though I've never seen an angel,
I know that they are there
In the quiet way they guide me
with thenderness and care.
When I'm happy and elated, when I'm
worried or in doubt,
I can always count on angels to
come and hear me out.

They may be clothed in golden wings
of butterflies as they pass,
or a ruby throated hummimg bird
drinking nectar from the grass;
Perhaps a stranger I shall meet on
the road along the way
who stops to smile, and say "hello";
to pass the time of day.

But I know when God shall call me to
leave this mortal land,
He'll have an angel with me, to
help me hold His hand!

Leroy
7/16/99

(one of Leroy's famous goodnights!) The sun has just set in the west,
casting a glimmer of light across the lake,
already beginning to show a silver strek of moonlight on the water,
and it is no wonder that my thoughts turn with joyful anticipation
to feel the touch of His hand
reaching out to all He sees
...even me!

THE LAST TREE

Alone it stood there thin
and old,
A bit of green warmth in
the cold;
No axe had paused to cut
to earth,
This ancient green to grace
the hearth.
By each fire, a young tree
stood,
of sturdy youth, and hardy
wood.

The old tree bowed its aging
crown,
by snow and sorrow weighted
down.
How it had hoped to greet
some son,
or little daughter, Christmas
morn.

Hark now!
A crunching footstep in the snow;
A little urchin, bending low,
pushing against the icy storm,
a man-sized axe upon his arm,
had come to take the old tree home.
Leroy Waters

I COULD NOT TURN AWAY

I passed a black man, tired and worn
as if to slavery he was born;
And as I turned to walk away,
Something made me turn and stay.

No longer black, his skin was brown,
but still with troubles laden down;
And as I turned to walk away,
Something made me turn and stay.

The brown was gone, and in its place,
a haunted, hunted redissh face;
And as I turned to walk away,
Something made me turn and stay.

And in a yellowed skin of pain,
the colors had once more changed again;
And as I turned to walk away,
something made me turn and stay.

And then I saw the children there,
dirty, hungry, in deep despair;
And as I turned to walk away,
something made me turn and stay.

In fields and facrories, women worked,
While highbred ladies stared and smirked;
And as I turned to walk away,
something made me turn and stay.

I saw a kaleidoscope appear,
and felt an awesome, tremendous fear;
And as I turned to walk away,
something made me turn and stay.

Many souls began to enter in;
Those that were clean and free of sin;
I tried, but I could not turn away,
I knew now that I must surely stay.

And the evil souls were left to lie
in the depths of hell to weep and cry;
I knew I could not turn away,
I knew that I must surely stay.

And the clean bright souls began to glow,
Like jewels their colors began to grow;
I knew I could not turn away;
I knew now that I had to stay.

And the kaleidoscope center became brilliant white;
So bright my eyes could not stand the light;
And a voice said "You could not turn away:
This is why you had to stay."

"In My heavenly kingdom your angels stay;
They will never ever let you stray;
And just when you think you'll turn away,
They'll bring you there to forever stay."

Leroy Waters
9/20/99

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I SEE YOU

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