I AM GRATEFUL, O GOD, THAT
YOUR STANDARDS RUN MORE TO
HOW WE'RE LOVING YOU AND ONE
ANOTHER THAN HOW WE APPEAR.
IF YOU JUDGED ON LAWNS,I WOULD
BE OUT IN THE COLD!
MINE IS THE YARD WHERE KIDS
GATHER.
BALL GAMES, SPRINKLER TAG'S
MUDDY MARATHONS, SNOW FORT AND
TREE HOUSE CONSTRUCTIONS, CAR
TINKERINGS AND BIDE REPAIR--
THEY ALL HAPPEN HERE.
BLESS MY RUTTED, LITTERED LAWN,
WISE CREATOR. IT'S THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE, DOTTED AS IT
IS WITH CHILDREN WHO WILL BE GROWN
AND GONE FASTER THAN WE CAN SAY
"REPLANT".
