What Do You Do?

 

 

 

 

What Do You Do?

What do you do
When you’re on their Prayer List,
You’re not doin’ the prayin’,
But they’re prayin’ for you?

Then you start to thinkin’
Of each and every person
Bowin’ before God,
Takin’ time to pray.

Askin’ for that healin’ touch
Liftin’ up your name,
To our Lord and Savior,
From those you love so much.

Rememberin’ you this time
As you’ve remembered them before
Baskin’ in His Grace –
In His Glory shine.

What do you do
When you’re on their Prayer List,
They’re prayin’ for you?
I’ll thank ‘em that’s what I’ll do!

—  Charles B. Mayes

Copyright © 2012 by Charles B. Mayes.  All Rights Reserved.

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Blog Followers and Others – Thank you for taking time to read these poems.  I prayerfully hope that they will help you become closer to God and will facilitate you wanting to read His Word and Pray more daily.

I am thankful to Meredith Williams, Director of Publications, among other things,  at my alma mater, Ozark Christian College in Joplin, MO, mentioning my book,  A         New Year Resolution and Other Poems [including The Missionaries].  This in the current Winter 2012 Compass on page 25.  [To download as a PDF please find at  http://occ.edu/events/default.aspx?id=59  ]

Meredith has also put together the booklet, In the Midst of the Storm  – “stories of the Joplin Tornado and the presence of God.”  Please take time to read it.                     [ See http://www.occ.edu/Tornado/ ].

I would like to do some Book Readings in the San Jose, California area. If you are interested in having me come to your group, please fill out the form below and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Also, if you would like to purchase a copy of this new book (22 poem chapbook),       A New Year Resolution and Other Poems (including The Missionaries) by Charles B. Mayes. 2011, please fill out the form below and I will get back to you about description,  price, payment, and mailing arrangements as soon as possible.

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Mother and George Washington

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mother and George Washington

The Father of our Country’s
Birthday is today.
It’s memorable,
But not in only one way.

Because, you see, our dear Mother
Was born on this day, too.
She remains such a blessing
For me and also you.

With ice cream (a la mode)
As we eat our cherry pie,
We’ll remember George and Mother
We cannot tell a lie.

So, we see that we are double blessed,
In 1918 Mother, and George 1732.
Both meaning so much to all of us,
Born on February Twenty-Two.

– Charles B. Mayes

Mother and George Washington Copyright © 2012 by Charles B. Mayes.  All Rights Reserved.

If you would like to use this poem on your website; in your newsletter; bulletin; speech; sermon; class; etc., you must indicate on the communication that the author is “Charles B. Mayes” and it is “Used by Permission”.  If it is used on a website, please add our website address, or link to http://www.ChristianPoetryPublishing.com which can be connected to from outside this site.  Note:  The illustration is not to be used in any way without permission from http://www.freeclipartnow.com.

I really appreciate my followers and those who find my blog.  I am so grateful that you read my blog and prayerfully hope that you will be blessed as God has blessed me!

I am thankful to Meredith Williams, Director of Publications, among other things,  at my alma mater, Ozark Christian College in Joplin, MO, mentioning my book,  A New Year Resolution and Other Poems [including The Missionaries].  This in the current Winter 2012 Compass.

Meredith has also put together the booklet, In the Midst of the Storm  –             “stories of the Joplin Tornado and the presence of God.”  Please take time to read it.    [ See http://www.occ.edu/Tornado/ ].

I would like to do some Book Readings in the San Jose, California area. If you are interested in having me come to your group, please fill out the form below and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Also, if you would like to purchase a copy of this new book (22 poem chapbook),       A New Year Resolution and Other Poems (including The Missionaries) by Charles B. Mayes. 2011, please fill out the form below and I will get back to you about description,  price, payment, and mailing arrangements as soon as possible.

If you receive these poems by email, to use my form to answer me, just forget the form on the email and go to the bottom left and click on farsails which will take you to my blog.  Then choose this poem and you can use the form with the poem.

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My Bible Is My File Cabinet

My Bible Is My File Cabinet

My Bible is my file cabinet
I’m ashamed to say.
I use it for filing
The things I need each day.

In Genesis and Exodus
I put my schedule – when I come and go,
In Numbers the church budget,
And employment applications in Job.

In Joshua, sports ministry
And the church’s Walk-A-Thon,
To build a larger building
Seven times bigger than this one.

In Chronicles some history
Of our church so long ago.
In Psalms and Proverbs
Poems and quotes so apropos.

In the Prophets pictures
Of Pastors past.
With the biography of the one
We got at last.

The church bulletins set in Hezekiah.
Which really isn’t a book.
I just put this in the poem.
To see if you were taking a look.

A crocheted cross in Matthew,
To Mark the Gospels’ trace.
In Acts, with missionary newsletters,
Some tracts prayerfully placed.

In the Letters, one from my Aunt Mary,
With Peter and Paul,
It’s getting pretty full now.
I hope it will hold them all.

And in Revelation
An old weather forecast – history,
It looked like rain,
But it’s always a mystery.

But even after Revelation,
In “The Helps,” you see,
Church workers names and emails,
Email back – I hope, to help me.

And in the very, very back,
Scratch paper – a slew – for message notes,
To be placed in whichever Books
From which the sermons are, for us folks.

So now you see my system,
For this I’m getting a name.
My Bible is my file cabinet,
For this I am ashamed.

— Charles B. Mayes

Copyright © 2011 by Charles B. Mayes.  All Rights Reserved.

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If you would like to use this poem on your website; in your newsletter; bulletin; speech; sermon; class; etc., you must indicate on the communication that the author is “Charles B. Mayes” and it is “Used by Permission”.  If it is used on a website, please add our website address, or link to http://www.ChristianPoetryPublishing.com which can be connected to from outside this site.  Note:  The illustration is not to be used in any way without permission from GospelGifs.com.

This poem is from the book, A New Year Resolution and Other Poems (including The Missionaries) by Charles B. Mayes, 2011.  The foreword  by Dr. P.T. Mammen, Senior Pastor, International Christian Center, San Jose, California.

I prayerfully hope that you will be blessed by the messages of these poems.

If you receive these poems by email, to use my form to answer me, just forget the form on the email and go to the bottom left and click on farsails which will take you to my blog.  Then choose this poem and you can use the form with the poem.

I would like to do some Book Readings in the San Jose, California area. If you are interested in having me come to your group, please fill out the form below and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Also, if you would like to purchase a copy of this new book (22 poem chapbook),  A New Year Resolution and Other Poems (including The Missionaries) by Charles B. Mayes. 2011, please fill out the form below and I will get back to you about description,  price, payment, and mailing arrangements as soon as possible.

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