Shortgrass
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I have put this poem on a previous Father's Day post, but here it is again, with another application:
FRIENDS
By Clyde Chess
I have known several men I am pleased to call my friend,
There is one among those men – not many stand with him.
We've sort of kindred spirits and just see things eye to eye;
Whether aggravated or aggravating, kindred souls don't die.
We've rode the seas, climbed a mountain's crest, and crossed the prairies like a lawn,
We've gone other places too – just where ever friends go, we've gone.
We've felt mad, glad or sad; many are the feelings that we've held.
We've itched and scratched –just whatever friends feel, we've felt.
We've hunted, fished, and played – oh, gosh, we've had our fun.
We've hurt, worked and sweat; all the things friends do we've done.
He's said "I'm wrong" or "I'm right, you're crazy in the head!"
Or "I'm sorry," "I love ya," the things friends will say, he's said.
We've spent hours together, not a word between this friend and me;
We were just quietly content to be in each others company.
We may have climbed a mountain trail, and I'd be falling back
He'd just wait till I caught up, then onward track in track.
Or maybe I would be up there in the lead,
And I'd wait on him, and then together we'd proceed.
His trail took him to town, and there is a country place on mine;
Though our trails are different, they have always intertwined
Every boy needs a friend like the special friend I had;
I didn't call him "friend," I just called him "Dad."
Lots of thing changed as getting older gave way to being old.
It was hard as the years came and went, and each one took it's toll.
But some things never change—it's the same for all of time.
You can chisel this in stone, "My dad was a friend of mine."
John 15:9-15: "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends.
I consider it a great blessing to have had a friend in my earthly father, as I am sure many of you can relate. How much greater a blessing to know that we have a friend in our Heavenly Father.. A Friend and a Father is our God--WOW! Have yourselves a great Father's Day and a good Sunday mornin'.
FRIENDS
By Clyde Chess
I have known several men I am pleased to call my friend,
There is one among those men – not many stand with him.
We've sort of kindred spirits and just see things eye to eye;
Whether aggravated or aggravating, kindred souls don't die.
We've rode the seas, climbed a mountain's crest, and crossed the prairies like a lawn,
We've gone other places too – just where ever friends go, we've gone.
We've felt mad, glad or sad; many are the feelings that we've held.
We've itched and scratched –just whatever friends feel, we've felt.
We've hunted, fished, and played – oh, gosh, we've had our fun.
We've hurt, worked and sweat; all the things friends do we've done.
He's said "I'm wrong" or "I'm right, you're crazy in the head!"
Or "I'm sorry," "I love ya," the things friends will say, he's said.
We've spent hours together, not a word between this friend and me;
We were just quietly content to be in each others company.
We may have climbed a mountain trail, and I'd be falling back
He'd just wait till I caught up, then onward track in track.
Or maybe I would be up there in the lead,
And I'd wait on him, and then together we'd proceed.
His trail took him to town, and there is a country place on mine;
Though our trails are different, they have always intertwined
Every boy needs a friend like the special friend I had;
I didn't call him "friend," I just called him "Dad."
Lots of thing changed as getting older gave way to being old.
It was hard as the years came and went, and each one took it's toll.
But some things never change—it's the same for all of time.
You can chisel this in stone, "My dad was a friend of mine."
John 15:9-15: "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends.
I consider it a great blessing to have had a friend in my earthly father, as I am sure many of you can relate. How much greater a blessing to know that we have a friend in our Heavenly Father.. A Friend and a Father is our God--WOW! Have yourselves a great Father's Day and a good Sunday mornin'.
