A family member commissioned ‘Celebratory Rhythm’ as part of a child’s birthday celebration….
Well, hey there to our dear Sar-ah
Hope you’re feelin’ kinda swell-a
Your birthday a time to cel-a-
-brate, how great you truly are!
Bookmarks, holding a place – take a peek back as we seek the next space.
Entering as such a fighter, now
witness a gentle lioness prowl.
Quiet, yet missing not a thing -
To a blest path she is reach-ing.
Bookmarks, emerging out from the text, signal silently where to turn next.
Church, school, and home – places to let
a lined chrysalis form, the needed place to get readiness and set, prepared to go and to meet –all God has in store, beyond crossing city then street.
Bookmarks, show where to begin again, as the greatest story unfolds from colored pen.
Please don’t misplace the backpack by chance,
Please do remember to twirl your beautiful dance
Trust family, God and His helpers to assist you along a path of righteousness – pray to become strong.
Bookmarks shared with younger children, green fields and the empty cross,
Rays embodying our Christian hope, cover any hurt with heaven’s gloss.
Her wings begin to emerge, though fully not quite,
She is found onstage, seeking to shine a light. There’s a song from her heart, and that’s not by a plan,
just love for mom and dad, brothers forming the clan.
The full group - the family - do far more than suggest, that on your birthday, we send our loving best.