Why Toronto’s mayor should step down

Well, that mayor in Toronto
swears he won’t use crack again,
says he smoked it only once while really drunk.
And perhaps he’s learned his lesson
and deserves a second chance.
But I’m prone to think he’s guilty as a skunk.

Mayor Ford is not a Lexus.
What he looks like is a wreck.
He needs body work to earn respect again.
And a tune-up is in order.
He’s not hitting on all eight.
If this hot rod runs again Rob will not win.

Put him on “The Biggest Loser.”
Let him sweat for what he’s done.
Maybe Jillian can help the mayor learn
that bad choices get you fired.
Your career goes up in smoke
and it’s calories that you’d do best to burn.

What the constant gun violence is doing to us

Another shooting?
God, forbid that bloodshed be the norm.
Those trigger-happy madmen aim at will.
The frequency of terror
finds us fearing what awaits
as those rifle-toting crazies shoot to kill.

At airports, schools or shopping malls,
at theatres or homes,
it is hunting season twelve months of the year.
And the hunters aren’t just grownups.
Far too often they are kids.
Without answers, we’re imprisoned by our fear.

We are hostages just living.
And it?s fear that holds us fast
in a mental cell of raw anxiety.
God alone knows who’s around us
with the means to do us harm
who are kidnapped by their brain?s complexity.

Lord, please help us help the helpless
who are haunted in their minds
by the voices and the thoughts that fill their heads.
Gun laws aren’t the only answer
when the mentally deranged
victimize the unassuming till they’re dead.

A sweet message to share with pint-size doorbellers on Halloween

It was really quite neat
that you asked for a treat
when you stopped by
and rang our doorbell.
Though we don’t know your name
we are still glad you came
and would like to pass this on as well.

Long before time began,
Father God had a plan
for His people to all get along.
But we blew it, you see,
when we chose selfishly
to insist on OUR WAY and do wrong.

What we did was a trick
that made God really sick.
But He didn’t trick us in return.
He reached out with a treat
that is sweeter than sweet.
It’s a treat that we never could earn.

God says, “I’ll be your friend!
I’ll forgive all your sin.
I sent Jesus to make you brand new.
On this Halloween night
as you turn out your light,
just remember how much I love you!”

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What it takes to be totally healthy

I’ve come to see that wellness
is much more than being fit.
A healthy body needs a healthy soul.
And while dieting and exercise
can do a body good,
a person really needs a higher goal.

It’s great to run a marathon
or jog five times a week,
but running after peace has merit, too.
And while walking before supper
can burn dreaded calories,
a daily walk with God is good for you.

To bend and flex has merit.
So, we strive to stay in shape.
As we age we must maintain agility.
But God also wants to stretch us
to expand our usefulness.
It’s His will that we become all we can be.

Yes, our bodies are a temple
that deserve refurbishment
lest through disrepair they start to fall apart.
But a temple’s just a building
if it’s just an empty shell.
So let’s exercise our souls and guard our hearts.