Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Families...Our First Gifts from God



Families...

God gave us gifts of love, divine—strong chains to help us, life, withstand:

Our families--bequeathed at birth, complete with bonds of genes and blood—

Are gifts to shield us through life’s storms...

to hold our hands and keep us strong; and when it’s cold, to keep us warm.

Our families form life’s great chains, and bring forth hope beyond our dreams.

 

At birth, God gave us families—our heritage and those now here

enrich our lives and show us how to be the best that we can be.

Indeed, we are what family gives—our height and size...our hues, our eyes...

even how we chase our hearts desires can all be traced to family ties.

 

We can’t escape this sacred link, for we’re the product family brings--

Our destinies are in these genes—our hopes...our dreams...our everything!

And as we tread life’s battlefield, our families are what is real.

They are the chains; we’re merely links--receptacles of family strength.

 

We are reflections of those chains—our names, our characters, our fame.

And, when we’re gone; our deeds remain, encumbered in our family chains.

Let’s keep our chains on one accord; all other ties are nil and void.

The preservation of ourselves resides within our families’ realms.

 

God gives us families at birth to form our base and aid our growth.

Our families go on and on, reminding all that we have come

And lived as links within the chains that bears our genes and family names.

All that we are and hope to be transpires because of family.

 

Theressa G. Wesley, 4-5-12

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