Visitors
There are visitors in our town.
They are usually welcome when found.
Most of them are round
and wear white gowns.
They are quiet visitors, without sound.
Some of them might be referred to as clowns.
Others are one-of-a-kind formed mounds,
perhaps a dragon or even a hound.
You, too, can welcome a visitor to your town
if you live where snow is often found on the ground.
Bundle up in a warm jacket, mittens, scarf, and boots brown.
A pair of water-proof gloves is even better, it's found.
To welcome a visitor, start by making a snowball round
then let your imagination go to town.
I know your visitor is bound
to create smiles all around.
It's only when it's cold they hang around.
When it's warm they quietly skip out of town,
though not an outlaw being hunted down.
You'll only find the remains of their white gown
found in a discarded mound on the ground,
though a photo will prove they were in town.
A photo will make a memory rebound
when looked at years later and passed around.
Today when you are about town
look for these visitors in white gowns -
snowmen, snow women, dragons,
angels, hounds, clowns...
I know on your face there will be found
a smile that will light up your town.
These welcome visitors spread joy around town.
Happiness enjoyed, though they utter not a sound.
* * * * *
What turns your frown
upside down?
A brown hound?
A new gown?
A clown?
A crown?
Did you know God gives us a crown?
In Psalm 103 it's found.
God places a just-for-you crown
of love and compassion, of renown,
on your life for you to give and pass around
to others that need a smile around town.
A happy heart makes the face cheerful.
Proverbs 15:13
Praise the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits -
who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Psalm 103:2-5
Blessings crown the head of the righteous.
Proverbs 10:6
The Lord takes delight in his people;
he crowns the humble with salvation.
Psalm 149:4
You made man a little lower than the heavenly beings
and crowned him with glory and honor.
Psalm 8:5
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