©1999, Susan Noyes Anderson, Awaken Your Spiritual Power, Karisma Press

If you make the Lord your partner,
He will guide your passage through
every shallow, rocky channel
till the harbor is in view.

©1999 Susan Anderson, Awaken Your Spiritual Power, Karisma Press

Sometimes I’d like to be
the type
who lives my life
without a backward glance––
and I would dance
through days
unburdened, fancy-free.

©1999 by Susan Noyes Anderson, Awaken Your Spiritual Power, Karisma Press

The dawn in a nightgown of glistening dew
Arouses the sun from her beauty sleep,
To paint from a palette of every hue
A sky that enchants us from slumber deep.

©2000 Susan Noyes Anderson (poem only)

The day came when my mother’s brow
was creased with age and pain.
Her step was slow; her blue-veined hand
curled ‘round a walking cane.

 ©1984 Susan Noyes Anderson (poem only)

Trail of Sacrifice – Valley of Promise, ©Clark Kelley Price

Great Grandma walked across the plains,
her blue dress grey with travel stains.
She bore the hardship, for she knew
her faith in the Lord would see her through.

©2003 by Susan Noyes Anderson, His Children, Vantage Point Press

Photograph ©2003 Anita Schiller

I do believe that long ago in the eternities,
I was a bosom friend to you and you a friend to me.
We shared a bond, an understanding that was quick and sure.
I wonder if we knew that it would deepen and endure.

©2007 Susan Noyes Anderson

In sacred grove, a young man knelt to pray,
a testament to his believing heart.
When darkness threatened, Joseph did his part
and trusted that his God would light the way.

©2003 Susan Noyes Anderson, His Children, Vantage Point Press

Photograph ©2003 Anita Schiller

The peaceful tinkle of a bell,
a sunrise dawning clear––
The Shepherd may not be in view,
but He is always near.

∞§∞

“I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and my angels round about you, to bear you up.” – D&C 84:88

“I am the good shepherd and know my sheep, and am known of mine.”
–  John 10:14

“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
–  John 14:27