DAD'S POEM
A TRIBUTE TO MY SON RYAN CALEB

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF CALEB THE BIBLE NAME
HE'S THE MAN WHO NEVER REMAINED THE SAME
HE FEARED NOT THE GIANTS HE FACED
CONQUER WAS HE, ONLY AT GODS PACE.
SAME AS A BOY I ONCE KNEW PROBLEMS TO FACE WHILE HE GREW.
THIS BOY WITH CALEB AS THE MIDDLE NAME
HAD PARENTS WHO WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME.
MANY DAYS PEOPLE THOUGHT HE WOULD NEVER SURVIVE
BUT THIS BOY REMAINED MUCH ALIVE.
GIANTS TO FACE IN LIFE
WITH GODS HELP IT'S NOT MUCH STRIFE.
FOR THE SAME GOD OVER CALEB OUR BIBLE HERO
IS THE SAME GOD OVER OUR SON, THE FAMILY HERO.
WHEN YOU FIND PROBLEMS TOO HARD TO FACE
TAKE TIME AND SLOW DOWN YOUR PACE.
REMEMBER WHO HOLDS YOUR TOMORROW
AND THEN WE MUST REMEMBER NOT SORROW.
FOR THE LIFE WE LIVE IS NOT OUR OWN
AND THE LIVES WE LOVE ARE JUST ON LOAN.
WE MUST GIVE EVERYTHING TO THE LORD
AND NOT KEEP HOLD ON TO THE CORD.
FOR THE LORD IS OUR REFUGE IN TIMES OF TROUBLE
LET HIM TAKE CARE OF THE GIANTS AND THE RUBBLE.
FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF ONE SO YOUNG
WHO WILL NOT LET LIFE GO UNSUNG.
FOR ALL THE JOY YOU SEE IN THIS BOY
LETS US KNOW THAT LIVES TROUBLES CAN TURN TO JOY.
BY: MONTIE 9/3/97