Would you put your life
on the line for another?
A sister, a stranger, a brother?
We ought to be willing
Love is selfless, sacrificing
By:J.N.R Dutton
Tag: sacrifice
Delia
Delia was a young girl, born in a city near the Rio Grande
Her Daddy was an agricultural man, Always just doing the best he can
By the time Delia was eight years old, She joined him working her time away
Hardly had the chance to go to school, barely rested or even played
She worked hard, sweating in the heat
but oh, she never complained,
She had callouses on her hands, blisters on her feet
She would do anything she could
To help her family make ends meet
By:J.N.R Dutton
She Was The One
Every selfish thought in his mind passed away
When he found someone more precious
than he could ever say
He knew, even from early on
He’d give his life for her
& she was the One
By:J.N.R Dutton
The One Who Loves Us Most
The One who loves us most
Gave His life on a cross
He Loved us even
while we were yet lost,
We can’t even begin to fathom
the depth of the cost
By:J.N.R Dutton
Coming Home To Stay
Thirty thousand feet above the ground
Staring out a window, looking down
Flying over the Astrodome,
he can’t wait to get back home,
It seems his family always ends up waiting there,
cause he’s got another deal to make elsewhere,
He told them, “This time I’m coming home to stay, I swear”
He has flashbacks of his daughter, at four years old,
w/pink ribbons in her hair
now she’s graduating college & he wants to be there
He knows her growing up without him hasn’t been fair
By:J.N.R Dutton
Make It Out Alive
Each time he stepped out
on the battle field
He couldn’t catch his breath,
Normally things didn’t rattle him
but those days he was scared to death,
He was prepared for any sacrifice
but he kept asking himself,
“Will my new bride be a widow tonight,
or will I make it out alive”?
He knew he wasn’t the only one
with such thoughts weighing on his mind,
Soldiers thinking about families
that they left behind
By: J.N.R Dutton
The Subaru
I remember daddy having an old black Subaru
That thing was a rust bucket, I’m telling you
we called it the tin can, but at least it ran
It wasn’t til years later, I began to understand
the sacrifice…
He drove it even though it was a heap,
not because he was “being cheap”
but because his money went
to doing things
like providing our food
& a warm bed to sleep in…
I’ve got appreciation & respect
for that old car, in retrospect
By: J.N.R Dutton
Soldier’s Story
He had loved baseball, but there are
more important things, you see…
A person has to have the right priorities,
So he traded in dreams of the major leagues
For army fatigues in the early 1940’s
& went to serve his country
By: J.N.R Dutton
Memorial Day
Memorial day is to remember
Those soldiers who answered the call
but who never made it home alive
who bravely gave their all
It’s not about a three day weekend
It’s not about BBQ’s with drinks over ice
Though those things are nice…
It’s about those who gave
the ultimate sacrifice
By: J.N.R Dutton
Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13
