My Kind of People

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.