A Quip

It isn't even funny
when I forget to think
I open my mouth - it's out
as fast as you can blink

Sometimes it's just the humor
or comeback or retort
other times it's more than that
the simple, honest sort

Too fast to be conniving
or thoughtless to your need
It's witty, fun - a joke b'y
a quip it is indeed!

(c) Beverly Nippard, February 14, 2016

Evening Prayer

Evening Prayer

Before I go to sleep at night

I say a little prayer

That God will protect my family

And keep them in his care.

I do not pray for riches

Of the earthly kind

But for wisdom, and knowledge

That they are on His mind

I pray that God will place a hedge

Around them every day

To protect from sin and sorrow

And keep Satan at bay

I pray that God will guard their minds

From Satan’s evil tricks

To recall God’s Word from their heart

Where, hopefully, it sticks

I pray that God will place someone

Alongside them in their path

To remind them of God’s love

And then about His wrath

I pray that since I can’t be there

That God would put some worker

To water the seeds that have

Already been planted there

I pray the Spirit would remind

 Them that He’s very near

And come much closer still

When we say His name so dear

I pray that my family

Would most of all

Be ready to answer

When they hear the Master call.

(c) Beverly Nippard, June 23, 2015