THE LAST FLIGHT HOME

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</td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#003300" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I>THE LAST FLIGHT HOME</I></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="240" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1738 WIDTH="236"><div> <B>"THE LAST FLIGHT HOME"</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>My appetite is on the soar,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>I cannot get enough,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>but it's not the food I'm craving for....</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>but life to fill me up!</B></div> <div> <B>My great desire for living so...</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>is hunger on a spree,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>this love for life from head to toe</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>is churning within me.</B></div> <div> <B>For long I met each coming day</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and never gave much thought;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>to all the years that's given way,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and aging that they brought.</B></div> <div> <B>But, Father Time has made aware</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>that life is short indeed;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>with mother nature's love affair..</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>just fits the mould I need.</B></div> <div> <B>To see the morning sun-lit gleams</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>across the dew- filled grass,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and breathe the freshness that it brings,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>will always, with me last.</B></div> <div> <B>Or view the sunset's crimson glow</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>that creeps below the shore...</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>to cast a colorful rainbow,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>makes my heart yearn for more!</B></div> <div> <B>Or on some bright-lit starry night</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>when all is quiet and still,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>I dream about that special flight</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>that only dreamers feel.</B></div> <div> <B>To have a friend drop by awhile</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>and "chew the fat" or so,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>or see a neighbor wave and smile,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>are best things that I know.</B></div> <div> <B>Except for one, that's heaven's home,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>the best plan in God's sight;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>for time has come for this old one</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>to plan his final flight.</B></div> <div> <B>The journey to eternal life,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>through happiness and prayer;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>free in Christ and free from strife,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>a cross I yearn to bear.</B></div> <div> <B>So here on out , no fear or doubt</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>will take me by the hand,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>only God, and heaven's route</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>leads to that promised land!</B></div> <div> <B>There's so much more that I can say,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>I just don't have the time;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>too many things that come my way </B></div> <div> <B>that fills my heart and mind.</B></div> <div> <B>But, I hope you get the meaning here;</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>this message I suggest:</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>you too, can lose your doubt and fear,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>by God's pure simple test:</B></div> <div> <B>Is make amends for all your sins</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>in name of Jesus Christ,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>take your troubles all to Him...</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>will get you on that flight!</B></div> <div> <B>By William E. 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