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Sea-Song

“A Sea-Song from the Shore”
by James Whitcomb Riley

Hail!, Ho! Sail Ho!
Ahoy! Ahoy! Ahoy!
Who calls to me,
So far at sea?
Only a little boy!

Sail! Ho! Hail! Ho!
The sailor he sails the sea;
I wish he would capture
A little sea-horse
And send him home to me.

I wish, as he sails through the tropical gales,
He would catch me a sea-bird, too,
With its silver wings
And the song it sings,
And its breast of down and dew!

I wish he would catch me a little mermaid,
Some island where he lands,
With her dripping curls,
And her crown of pearls,
And the looking-glass in her hand!

Putting on

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

Work with all your heart

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as
working for the Lord, not for men, since you know
that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord
as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

Honor your father and mother

“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.

Creation

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Love, brothers

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

Born of God

No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.

Thanksgiving

Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Trials

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds,
3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.

Plans

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.

Eternal life

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Born again

Marvel not that I said unto thee, ye must be born again.

Children

Truly I say to you, unless you turn and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Shepherd

A PSALM OF DAVID.

1 The LORD is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
3 He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.

4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

All things good

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

angel+demon

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our LORD.

Life and peace

The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace;

Boats

Dark brown is the river,
Golden is the sand.
It flows along for ever,
With trees on either hand.

Green leaves a-floating,
Castles of the foam,
Boats of mine a-boating--
Where will all come home?

On goes the river
And out past the mill,
Away down the valley,
Away down the hill.

Away down the river,
A hundred miles or more,
Other little children
Shall bring my boats ashore.

Wind

Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you;
But when the leaves hang trembling,
The wind is passing through.

Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I:
But when the trees bow down their heads,
The wind is passing by.