"You are always with me dad"...

WG O'Neal 1911-1995

AN OLD MANS HANDS



Lying there so frail,
an old man.
Standing there years ago,
a young man
with farmers hands to guide his mule,
with a crack of the whip on its tail.

Lying there so still,
an old man.
Standing tall back then,
an oak of a man
with carpenters hands, to guide his tools,
building homes became his skill.

Lying there so near to God,
an old man.
Standing next to a boy of ten,
a kind man
with a dads hands, to guide his son,
he taught the boy to use a fishin' rod.

Lying there at rest,
an old man.
Standing beside his wife,
a gentle man
with Christian hands to guide her.
As cancer took her life he gave her his best.

Lying there nearly departed,
an old man.
Standing soon with God,
a new man
with his hands in Gods, to guide him,
we are not to be left broken hearted.

space Note:
For 23 days we sat with my dad in an ICU.
The night before dad passed God gave me
An Old Mans Hands as He stood watch over us.

("Dad" married my mom when I was 10. Thanks Dad, for the hand you gave us. )


Psalm 23
The Lord is my Shepard; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;
he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil; for thou art with me;
thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies;
thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

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