Psalms for the Soul

By Betty Maxwell

Psalms for the Soul is a collection of Christian poems that will encourage you and lift your spirits high when you are on top of the world and carry you even higher when you are down. They will heal your heart when it is hurting and they will fill your spirit with laughter and praise.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Aug 6, 2013
• ISBN: 9781490803227

Betty Maxwell

Betty Maxwell is a homemaker who resides in Upper East Tennessee with her husband and their many rescued pets. She has been publishing a monthly Christian newsletter, The Scepter, since 2002, which she places in the local medical center and VA medical center. She has also published a collection of poems, Psalms for the Soul. She has begun the Daniel James Mystery Series with Book 1, The Homeless Murder Mystery and Book 2, The Assassin Murder Mystery. At present she is working on Book 3, The Cold Case Murder Mystery. She considers it truly a gift from God to be a writer.

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Another Brand New Day

This morning I awoke

To another brand new day.

I looked upward to Heaven

And this is what I prayed.

"O, Father please watch over me

And guide my steps today.

Please let me be a glowing light

To everyone I pray.

Prepare my path before me

And light my way I pray,

Lest I should cause to stumble

Some other soul today.

Anoint me fresh this morning

Your work that I may see,

And place deep down within my heart

The words I am to speak.

Let everything I say or do

Bring honor to your name.

And may my works be good as gold,

Your glory to proclaim."

Psalm 31:3, O Lord, You brought my soul up from the grave; You have kept me alive that I should not go down to the pit.

Footsteps

May God guide your footsteps

Safely through your day.

May His glory shine upon your path

So your feet never stray.

May your life be filled with happiness

And love flow from your heart.

May God hold you safe within His arms

And keep you from all harm.

As you walk the path before you

May your thoughts remain on Him.

Ever drawing closer to Him

Safe within His sheltered wings.

Clinging to the precious word of God

As through your day you trod.

Keep your eyes toward the heavens above

And walk safely in His love.

Psalm 37:23, The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way.

Sunshine

My Jesus is like sunshine

That follows every storm,

‘Cause when the storm is over

He keeps you safe and warm.

His breath is like a gentle breeze

On a quiet summers day,

So soothing and so peaceful

And gentle in its way.

His voice is like the thunder

That rings out loud and clear,

It tells me of His wonder

And that He’s always near.

And when I see a fluffy cloud

Go quietly floating by,

I always will remember

I’m the apple of God’s eye.

Psalm 113:3, From the rising of the sun to its going down the Lord’s name is to be praised.

His Love

I love my God with all my heart

Each day I seek His face.

I am His child, adopted by Him

And saved by His amazing grace.

You, too, can know my Father,

His Son’s the only way

To ever reach God’s heaven

Where it’s eternal day.

No night will ever be there

For Jesus is the light,

And angels sing His praises

And lift His name on high.

I’ve a mansion there He’s built me,

I’ll walk on streets of gold.

My treasures are laid up there

And I never will grow old.

The sick and broken hearted

There never more will be

And I will sing His praises

Throughout eternity.

John 3:16, For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Rain

God sends us rain from up above

Some people do not see,

It’s from this rain that all things grow

And soon return to green.

I cherish every single drop

That falls down from the sky,

For soon I know the sun will shine,

The birds again will fly.

Each drop of rain reminds me

Of the tears one day were shed.

The day our blessed Savior

Was crucified and bled.

But then the Son did shine again

When from the grave He rose.

That we might live eternal

Where death no more is known.

Psalm 147:7-8, Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praises on the harp to our God, who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

Patience

Patience is a virtue

I’ve often heard it said.

To calmly wait for something

Is really what I dread.

I’ve never been the one to wait

When something needed done.

To just get up and do it

To me seems like more fun.

My patience gets so very thin

When others hesitate.

But lately