June 14,
2014
My Kind of
People
I’m of a
kind and simple people
Of the Gentle
Shepherd’s sheep
Who have a
down-home way of livin’
That I
desire to keep.
I’m of
people that show such passion
First to
God, and then to their spouses,
Who work
hard and live uprightly
At their jobs
or in their houses.
I’m of
people who “drop by” quite often,
Just to see
each other;
Of those
who bring their children up
To honor God,
father, and mother.
Of people
who sweat from honest work,
And have
abundance of hope;
Of those
who, going through trying times,
Turn to the
LORD to cope.
I’m of
people who wear their Sunday best
To church
each week’s first day,
Of people
who sit on a large front porch
And watch
the grandkids play.
I’m of
people whose smile, whose great bear hugs
Give
blessings of genuine gladness,
Or whose
“talk-your-ear-off” and violent agreement
Look, to
strangers, much like madness!
I’m of
people who’d be at church meetings
Than a gala
any day,
And who
turn from today’s entertainment
To have a
calm chance to pray.
My people
have rarely seen Pres’dents
Or people
high of station,
(Unless
they were preaching in foreign countries
And the
LORD got them into those places.)
My people
have seen the Hand of the LORD
Work
mightily on dire occasions;
They’ve
stayed on their knees or searched through the Word
To find
answers in strained situations.
My people
are nothing in this world
That
glories in wealth and in power,
But I love
my people for they love the LORD
Who is our
Strong and Faithful High Tower.
