HOW DO I SERVE TWO MASTERS, WHEN THEY ARE DIFFERENT ROADS
THE PATH OF GOD WILL BE THE ONE, I HOPE MY COUNTRY WILL FOLLOW TOO.

     Saturday, 21 June 2008

GOD AND COUNTRY

  
I can better Serve my Country
When I can Serve my God First

I can See my Country's wrongs
When God is there with me

I can help my Country right
When God is there to Show me wrong

I can Take my Country's Path
When it Leads the way of God

I can Love my Country Dearly
When God is not just words we write

In God we Trust; I Hope it is Truly
One Nation Under God

For when all is done what is Left?
The Faith you have in God

When all is Remembered
Will my Country have Heart?

I Served my God and Kept Heart Too
I Gave my Country The Best I Could

I Shared both with Heart and Love
I Served my God and Country Too

I am a better Countryman
When my Country Serves Him Too.
 
A Thought
There is one Course that will take me through
The Choices I made and the ones I did not do
                       
Written For and Dedicated To My Country

A Poeatreeman

When I am Faced with doubts

Let God guide my Hand

When my Country Chooses

Let God be The Path

When my Country has doubts

There is God who is Always Waiting

Ask Him for His Views

Let God Speak to you

You will See what to do.

Edgar Allan Prieto
6/6/94
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto

     Tuesday, 24 June 2008

Currently Reading My Country, 'Tis of Thee By Samuel Francis Smith see related

MY COUNTRY

I see my Country
Clearly

When I know
What it is doing

I see the wrong

For then
I can guide it right

I am not the Path

But try to find
its Course

Then I'll know

Who's Leading me
To Fight

For what I must answer

Who is right?

What values does
My Country bring?

That find a place
In me

God and right
I'll take their side
My Country
Must be on its side

For I follow not
My Country goal

Rights of People
To be told

Of the Path
My Country
Takes me through

For then I'll know
Just where to go

Then I'll know
Just what to do

I Hope The Path
Is God and True.

A Poeatreeman

If my Country has Heart
I'll know it's mine.

Edgar Allan Prieto
12/19/87
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto

A NEW DIRECTION

My Country
Makes
a Crooked Line
I am Trying
To Straighten it
Get God Behind.

A POEATREEMAN
Edgar Allan Prieto
11/27/2001
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Janet Chong originally shared this post to Quotes Everlasting (Discussion):

IT IS NOT THE MOUNTAIN, .
IT IS THE STRUGGLES  I MUST CLIMB
THEN THE MOUNTAIN ,
WILL I CLIMB.
WITHIN MYSELF WILL I FIND.
EACH STEP WAS THE CLIMB.

    Thursday, 03 July 2008

Currently Reading A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix By Edwin H. Friedman see related

TRY

Can't
is a Mountain

I Have
not Climbed

Will!, is
The Climber

That Will
Take me

Way Up
High

When
I Reach Success

I Will
Look at Failure
                   
Thank Him
For The Goal

Failure,
Was
The Roller Coaster

That Took me
Through
The Roads

Each Time
I Tried       

I Took
Success
With me
For a Ride

My Goal
Was Set

For I Reached
To The Sky

Success
Was Sweeter

For it Came
With Many Tries....

A Poeatreeman
From A Play of Words

Edgar Allan Prieto
11/3/2001
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto
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Muhammed Afsal originally shared this post to Quotes Everlasting (Discussion):

I CANNOT BLAZE A PATH ,
WHEN THERE IS NO GUIDANCE
TO SEE THE WAY.
FOR WHERE WILL I BE
IF I CANNOT SEE THE WAY ?
LOST FOREVER
UNLESS I FIND GOD'S WAY.

     Tuesday, 17 June 2008

Currently Reading Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth By Richard J. Foster see related

THE PATH

What
Path is Right
is Left to me

One
Path is Wrong
and Cannot see

What
Choice you Make

will always be

Left
or Right
is not Between

The
Path you Take
will come to End

Your
Fate is Sealed

When
You find one End

Where
will you be

When
all Ends?

On
The Path You Left

At
Journey's End.

A THOUGHT!

Life has many Points
Yet
I Am its Direction
Right or Wrong
is Conscience
Compass
I
am Here
to find Direction.

Dedicated To Dianne McCallister

A Poeatreeman

Many Courses
Many Points
Who will lead Me
to Direction?
Right or Wrong
I'll have A Path
Where
it Ends
is another Direction

A Poet's Note

We see many Roads
Yet
only Travel one
Choice
is just Ahead
Watch
the Signs
To
See
what Road's Ahead...

Edgar Allan Prieto
9/26/97
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto

     Thursday, 03 July 2008

Currently Reading The Dice Man By Luke Rhinehart see related

A NEW CHANCE

When
I Choose
To Do

What
I Have
Not Done

I Choose
To Begin

Where
I Started From

A Choice
I Made

To Go
On Living

To See
Tomorrow

With All
The Promise

Of A
New Beginning..

A Poeatreeman
From A Play of Words

Edgar Allan Prieto
9/13/2000
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto
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Malcolm Speight originally shared this post to Quotes Everlasting (Life Quotes):

FRIENDSHIP REMAINS IN EVERY NIGHT & DAY. SORROW IF YOU LET IT GET AWAY.

     Thursday, 26 June 2008

Currently Reading Hand in Hand (Nick Hern Books) By Simon Block see related

THE HAND OF FRIENDSHIP

Even Though you are a Prince
I am but me

We are as Brothers Under God's Roof

I will not Forget The Hand of Friendship
You Extended out to me

Though it Spans Two Different Worlds
We are One in Friendship

I was Honored by your Presence
A Chance to Meet a Worldly Prince

Greet Him as a Fellow Man
A Present I will not Soon Forget

To Shake your Hand, be a Friend

A Gift The World Should Extend
A Hand of Friendship To a Friend.

A Poeatreeman

I Held My Hand, ,
He Gave Me, His Heart
I Held My Heart,
A Prince, Came In.

Written for ,Dedicated to His Highness
Prince Abdvllah Mohammed Bin Saud Alkabeir

Edgar Allan Prieto
Oct 22,1982
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto

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Saturday, 21 June 2008

Currently Reading The Owl Who Couldn't Give a Hoot By Don Conroy see related

WHO GIVES A HOOT?

 
A wise old bird
who gave no hoot

Owl
would you do it?

I would
give a hoot,

To show
I cared

I would
go out on a limb,

To let
you know
I am there

I
may
get ruffled,

if
I don't try

I will
never know
what
it is to fly

Unless
I take
the steps
to do it

Life
is there
not just
to view it

It is up
to me
to share
in its
wonders

It is up
to me
to care
for it all

Give a hoot, 
if
I am ever
to feel it

Give
heart and love,

life
will come
through it

Don't
flutter
around ,

Unless
you're on
a training mission.

Hoot
and holler
if you care

It starts
your engine
to get you there

I am
not a bird
nor a plane

Why
am I taking
off this way?

I
am on a runway,

It's my heart
that is flying about

I better
hold on
until the end

I
must have care,

If
I am ever
to come
through it.

A THOUGHT!

I have heart, 
that can
endear the worst

I have love, 
that will
take the fall

I have care, 
for pain
is not alone

I have God, 
to help me
through it all...;

Dedicated To Jennifner

A Poeatreeman

Love
is nesting
in my heart

Born
from feelings, 
when tears
fell out

I lost not love,
but gained caring

For
my love grew out

Now
I am there,
to share with all.

holding
it once more

For
caring brought it out

Now
love will be once more

Tears
won't be without..

Edgar Allan Prieto
2/19/94
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto

 HUMOR

Sonia Staniszewski originally shared this post to Quotes Everlasting (Inspirational Quotes):

SHARE YOUR TEARS AND HEART WITH GOD
HE WILL HOLD THEM IN HIS HEART
A TEAR NOT SHED, SORROW IS BORN
CARE WILL HAVE TO COME ALONG
LOVE WILL CARE FOR SORROWS PAIN
IT DOES NOT LEAVE , WHEN IT RAINS.
IT SHOWERS LOVE ALL ITS DAYS.
KEEPS THE TEARS, FROM RUNNING AWAY.

     Monday, 30 June 2008

Currently Reading Open Mind Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel By Thomas Keating see related

OPEN

Only with sharp words,
can I cut through

Only with truth
can I open up a lie

Only with sorrow ,
Can I cut through the pain

Only with love,
Can care heal the wounds

Only with faith,
Can I know all my doubts

Only with tears,
Can my feelings cut through

Only with hate,
Can my heart be cut out

Only with God,
Can He heal all that is torn.

A Poeatreeman

The mistake is not the right
The wrong you did not right.

Dedicated to Michelle Kowan

Edgar Allan Prieto
11/24/91
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto

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Kuti chathan originally shared this post to Quotes Everlasting (Wisdom Quotes):

IF FAITH CAN MOVE A MOUNTAIN, THINK WHAT YOU CAN DO
IT IS NOT HOW BIG YOU ARE, IT IS HOW MUCH YOU HAVE IN YOU.

     Monday, 30 June 2008

Currently Reading The Power of the Blood Covenant: Uncover the Secret Strength of God's Eternal Oath By Malcolm Smith see related

THE STRENGTH OF GOD

 
With the strength of God
Let me move the unbelievers
With thy hand

Let them know the faith you hold
Take them to the place you love
Show them all the truth that is.

Let them see their heart
Teach them to love
Show them all things can change

Let them feel all the pain
Wake their eyes so they will see
The suffering is not the pain
The days without you.

A Poeatreeman

My faith is my bridge to you
My loss not to believe
My Heaven to be with you
My Hell for I choose not you.

Dedicated to the Unbelievers

Edgar Allan Prieto
11/22/91
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto

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Kuti chathan originally shared this post to Quotes Everlasting (Wisdom Quotes):

WE ARE THE KEEPERS OF THE FOREST,
YET THE FOREST KEEPS US.
SO AS IT GOES, WE WILL ALSO GO.

FOR THEY ARE OUR LAST BREATH !

     Tuesday, 05 August 2008

Currently Reading Who Lives Here? (Peter Rabbit) By Fiona Phillipson see related

THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN

PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO TO

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

YANNI TRIBUTE.

TO ME IT IS A TRIBUTE

TO GOD'S CREATION.

HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS,

HOW I WISH IT WOULD STAY,

AS HE MADE IT TO BE

IT TOOK HIM SIX DAYS TO CREATE

HOW MANY DAYS FOR MAN

TO DESTROY. ?

THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN.

HOW LONG

WILL IT TAKE US TO LEARN

IT IS OUR WORLD

WE CANNOT

LEAVE IT TO THE NEXT

IF WE OURSELVES,

CANNOT LIVE IN IT TODAY.

A POEATREEMAN

EDGAR ALLAN PRIETO
8/4/2008
Copyright ©2008 Edgar Allan Prieto

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Lisa Frankenberg originally shared this post:

Including  myself        
And.....thanks  for the plussers, reshare it if you like ! 

LIFE IS NOT YOUR ADVERSARY FAILURE IS


Opponents

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Wendy James originally shared this post to Quotes Everlasting (Discussion):

HALLELUJAH !  I HAVE  FOUND THE RIGHT WAY

     Tuesday, 17 June 2008

THE TRAVELLER

NOW I HAVE YOU LORD, TO GUIDE ME ALL THE WAY

Take a Hike!
You
may find God

If
you get it Right?

You
are going
in this Direction

What is Left

If
you do not go Right?

Another
Way
to take your Life

I
am Travelling
towards what end?

When
I see the point

I
will know its Direction

I
Hiked all this Way

I
better be Right

I
hate to think
I Lost my Way

Who
will find me
and bring me Home?

I
hope it is God

Who
Travelled the Way

I
came this far
to find my Way

I
Travelled the Highways

found your Steps

Lord
Am I here

Or
do I need
one more Step?

A Tribute
To Johnny Cash
I AM ONE MAN
TRAVELLING
THE WAY
YOURS LORD
THERE IS NO
OTHER WAY.

A Poeatreeman

Lord
I took the First Step
When
you brought me here
I will take
the Last Step
When
you call me away
Between!
I
hope
to Learn your Way.

A Poet's Note

What is One Step
away from God
One
that is not
Taken Right?
One
is Closest to Him
When
One Keeps Right.

Edgar Allan Prieto
2/25/2001
Copyright ©2007 Edgar Allan Prieto

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jenny jabajab originally shared this post:

"Life is a One-way street.
No matter how many detour you take,
None of them Leads back.
So Enjoy LIFE'S every moment as none of them will happen the same way again." : )