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A PRAYER

11/29/2018

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                                                            A PRAYER

                                      O God,
                                      help me to walk
                                      in the light of thy mercy
                                      and eternal love

                                      Help me to walk i
                                      in the land 
                                      of the spiritually living
                     
                                      O God,
                                      once I was young,
                                      now I am old

                                      My bones break easily
​                                      and my step has slowed

                                      I pray that I may still have time
                                      to truly repent of all my sins,
                                      and my sinful self

                                      I pray that thy mercy and kindness
                                      will be greater than my sins
                                      Have compassion upon my soul

                                      Grant me thy eternal forgiveness
                                      and and guide me along the path
                                      of holy living
                                      for thy name's sake
                                   
                                      Let thy mercies flow
                                      in that river with no end
                                  
                                      In the name of Jesus Christ
​                                      Amen 
                                     
                                      (Written on December 25, 2018)

                                       
                                     
                                      
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PERIMETER OF SATISFACTION 543

11/29/2018

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                                              PERIMETER OF SATISFACTION  543 

                             Financially speaking, too many of us
                             spend too much or too little of our
                             money.

                             And therein lies the moral struggle
                             that besets us all...to be content
                             with what we have, rather than being
                             discontent with what we don't have.

                             From Proverbs we read, Give me neither
                             poverty or nor riches:Give me enough 
                             to satisfy my needs...For if I grow rich,
                             I may become content without God.
                             And, if I am too poor, I may steal and
                             and thus insult God's holy name.:
                             (Living Bible, Proverbs 30:8-9).

                             In struggling for riches, there is
                             a perimeter of satisfaction.
  
                             When do we know when we have
                             crossed over life's perimeter into
                             our area of satisfaction and contentment?

                             When indeed, O Lord?

                             (First published on October 29, 1978
                             with a few revisions on November 29, 2018) 
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ADVERSITY

11/17/2018

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 ADVERSITY

                        With my recent falls, I became acquainted with adversity.
                        Not that I wanted to. It wasn't on my wish list.
                        From birth to my mid-seventies, I managed to avoid
                        painful physical adversity.

                        I was beginning to believe I would live to the age of
                        at least 120 without any problems. My recent falls have
                        given me pause (you can say that again, brother.
                        After six weeks of agitation, I am just now beginning
                        to get along in a normal fashion.)

                        I now have deep empathy for those of you that carry
                        on the best you can. I've known for many years that
                        most of you carry heavy burdens and that your life 
                        is oft times very difficult. I have gotten to the point
​                        in my life that I have sympathy and empathy for all.
                             
                         (Written on November 17, 2018)

                                                              

 
                         

 
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ISAIAH 48:3,7,9,10

11/17/2018

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                                                                          ISAIAH 48:3,7,9,10
                                         
                                          I have declared the former things
                                          from the beginning
                                          and they went forth out of my mouth
                                          and I shewed them
                                          I did them suddenly,
                                          and they came to pass

                                          They are created now 
                                          and not from the beginning
                                          even before the day
                                          thou heardest them not
                                          lest thou shouldest say
                                          Behold, I knew them

                                          For my name's sake, I will defer mine anger
                                          And for my praise, will I refrain for thee
                                          that I cut thee not off


                                          Behold, I have refined thee
                                          but not with silver
                                          I have chosen thee
                                          in the furnace of affliction
        
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THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN AND THE LITTLE GIRL   6

11/17/2018

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                               THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN AND THE LITTLE GIRL   6
                               
​                                It was a cold and very windy Saturday.
                                It was a couple of hundred yards                               
                                from warm car to warm building.

                                Nearing the steps of the library,
                                I was complementing myself for only having 
                                a few more feet to go, thinking surely
                                I could hang in there without becoming the
                                abominable snowman.

                                Suddenly a little girl age six or seven
                                hopped by, trying to skip her rope with 
                                only fair to moderate success. She was 
                                attired with coat, mittens, and stocking cap.
     
                                She seemed oblivious to the windy cold. 
                                She was unconsciously concentrating,
                                seeking success, and enjoying herself.
                                And I, I was just trying to get inside quickly.
     
                                Hey! That little girl is going to make out okay!
                                Say, if she can make it, so can I.
                                Indeed, so can I, said the abominable snowman.

                               (First published on April 20, 1975)





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KINDNESS  14

11/17/2018

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                                                      KINDNESS  14              

                             Kindness is soft spoken
                             Kindness is gentle     
                             Kindness defends the rights of others
                             Kindness goes far beyond correction
                             Kindness is caring
                             Kindness is sharing
                             Kindness pushes the other person’s weight around
                             Kindness encourages creativity
                             Kindness is patient
                             Kindness is consideration bathed in the perfume
                             of tenderness and love
                       
                             (First published May 6,1975)
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I'M BACK IN THE SADDLE AWHOOOOPS!

11/11/2018

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                                                             I'M BACK IN THE SADDLE AWHOOOOPS!

                                   I had just started my fourth week of recovery
                                   from a fall in which I had a broken clavicle, a
                                   broken scapula, and two broken ribs, all on my
                                   left side. I was feeling pretty good, then on the
                                   seventh of November, I was getting ready for 
                                   bed, fell on my right side and broke rib #10  
                                   and did some nerve damage to my left index 
                                   finger.

                                   I am now in the second week of recovery phase
                                   #2 and am slowly recovering. But , enough about
                                   me, how are you all doing. Those many of you 
                                   that have busy lives and are running around trying
                                   to be prepared for the holidays ahead.
   
                                   May nothing get in your way. Full steam ahead as
                                   you prepare to celebrate the Thanksgiving-Christmas
                                   seasons. And stay well my friends, stay well.




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I'M BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN!

11/4/2018

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                  I'M BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN!

               (Well, side saddle at least.) After my last
​               published article posted on October 21, 2018,
               I had a goodly spill down a portion of my home     
               stairs, in which I quickly accumulated a broken
               clavicle, a fractured scapula and two broken ribs
               (all on my left side).

                Healing should take 4-8 weeks. I begin my third                     
                week of healing on November 7. No operations
                are scheduled (my specialist thinks I'm too old. 
                He may be right,  since I turned 80 this past
                June. 

                This was one of those accidents that could have 
                tuned out much worse than it did. I suppose I was
                fortunate not to have broken my neck or made
                mush of my cranium.

                 I have been blessed by all of my concerned family                                               members,  many church and non church friends,
                 and by the prayers of many.

                 "I'm back in the saddle, again
                 Out where a friend is a friend
                 Where the longhorn cattle feed 
                 On the lowly jimson weed
                 I'm back in the saddle, again"
                 
                 (Thank you, Gene Autry and Ray Whitley.)
                  
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