God's Gift of Memory

 

 We can't bring back the good old days,

For they're now past; they're gone.

We can't reverse the days of time,

They just keep marching on.

We only have the present day,

Perhaps the future, too,

But God has never promised us

Another day we'd view.

 

We can't bring back the good old days,

Not in reality,

But we can still catch glimpses

Through eyes of memory.

We can't bring back those cherished times

But they can come to us,

For through God's gift of memory,

They still our hearts can touch.

 

~ Loise Pinkerton Fritz

 

Whereas ye know not what

shall be on the morrow.

For what is your life?

It is even a vapour,

that appeareth for a little time,

and then vanisheth away.

James 4:14