A Favorite Poem

Here is a favorite poem of mine that I found several years back while surfing the internet. I would love to one day stitch this and frame it. Not that I ever will but it's on my to-do list.

Cowboy's Cathedral

by Carlene Sleeseman-Daugherty

Lord, I'm a hard workin' cowboy,

spend my life on the range

and some people say I won't get to heaven

if certain things don't change.

See, it's been awhile since I've been in a church

with steeple & bell

But that don't mean I don't know Ya' God,

and know Ya' very well.

I try to live by the commandments

that You set down for man

and I thank Ya' for my blessings

every chance I can.

Now, I don't need those stained glass windows,

the sunset sky suits me fine.

And as for the steeple,

well, there on the hill stands one lone pine.

I don't need a crowded, handcarved, padded pew;

that rock beneath that lone pine is where I worship You.

As for the music, well I don't need to hear a choir;

the birds are singin', the wind is whisperin',

what more could I desire?

My church has no beamed ceiling,

just blue sky up above,

it's carpeted with wildflowers

and overflows with Your love.

So, I don't need a manmade church,

I know with all my heart

that the great outdoors is a cathedral You built

and on it, Your blessings impart!