My Online Published Poems

Bridge To No where

We saw it tore
We saw it wore
No man could cross
But calls could come in
We could tell our children
In distanane state that we was ok
Cell phones had full serivce
We saw it on Tv
Where the Bridge To No Where
God had our connection clear
Why to help the broken hearted
Those that feared the worst
And most of all why did god open the lines
To tell the devil in the misdt of the storm
God is still in control

Billy J Higdon

Copyright ©2005 Billy J Higdon

A Mother's Love A Mother's Love Is Strong It hold bars no one can break through No matter how far we go We are never too far away A Mother has a special bond with her children One we cant understand She does we done wrong before a word even comes out She knows we are in pain even though no word is spoken She will be there no matter what No matter what path in life we have chose No matter how far in sin we have gone A Mother's Love never quits Even if we do things she knows to be wrong A Mother's Love Is Everlasting Billy Joe Higdon Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

Acting Out The Dream

Everyone I see
And every where I go
I see people like me
With dreams and visions of their own
Some dream of fame
Some dream of fortune
But others like me dream of day when no sickness nor pain she arrive
That day is when we meet our Lord Jesus Christ.
I also dream of opening up a church one day.
God call me to pastor
and I will answer that call.
He also gave me the knowledge to write
So now I will reach people that could never hear me preach.
From The US to Europe
They can go online and read my poems
Aint God Good

Billy Joe Higdon

Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

Awake My Child

As watchers gazed at the breeze of flames
As many clamed their life
I watched you from above
Watching tears fall from your face
For people you didnt even know
I watched as you all gained together in churches To pray
And All I have to say Is I'm proud of you
As people set glued to the TV
Wondering if they caught the Terrorists you done this
Wondering if it's not that at all but Are we at war
Dont worry bout it because I will always be there
Just when you think your alone call upon my name
And I will be there
Just take this as a warning or wake up call
And awake my child before its too late
Because the day will come when I come after my bride
Will you be in that number?

Billy Joe Higdon

Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

Breathe

As I breathe the winds of life change
All that you have is mine for the taking
The power of God is at my fingertips
All I have to do is breathe
Breathe the life into dying souls
Trying to change their way of thinking
And make them believe
Believe in a power greater than I
That is you Lord
You can Breathe the life into them
When I take a little part
To tell them bout you
If I dont open my mouth they will never know
Because you sent them to me
you chose me for a purpose
One to witness, One to preach
And most of all to be a worker for you
And sometimes you have to Breathe life in me
When I get tired or when I cant go on
Just Breathe on Me

Billy Joe Higdon

Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

This next one was wrote about my grandma that died on New Years of 99

Without Warning Just Give My A Warning They seem to go without a pain They seem to go in a split second With no time to say Goodbye I lost alot of love ones over the years Most I knew were dying But yet there were a few that died without a warning at all. I know you said you would come like a theif in the night But please give me a warning next time Granny died on the couch the docs revived her Only to live on a machine for days One moment she was fine the next moment she fell to the ground Not a moment to tell her goodbye Not a second to say I love you No warning at all she was just gone Billy Joe Higdon Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

This was wrote at one of the worst periods of my life when I had to walk away from a church because it was sold from under me If you know what I mean or have been though it you will understand if you have never been through it pray that you don't cause it was the worst time of my life and the hardest thing I ever done it took ALOT of prayer and alot of people praying and God to get me back to where I am now but it was over a year in the making of never quitting church and never giving up but being faced with that crossroads like Job and Its proud to say I'm greater now than I ever was for coming out of it

I Want It Back I used to be able to reach 1000s I was amoung the best on radio Alot of souls were reached Even one woman is alive today Because I obeyed Now God has moved me on I have my own church now A church that needs all the attention A congregation that is there to hear my words But I feel bad cause I left behide my heart My heart was in that radio Reaching people that is sick and in bed People that normally couldnt see me in church That is where my heart was But God moved me out Cause he said he had other plans Now I'm at a church where not many show out When they get saved they sure don't stay If this is where you want me Give me the heart to stay Billy Joe Higdon Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

Just By Chance Just by Chance a young girl starts walking Just as she began talking To this old Man Some would call him a begger But some would call him a angel She gives him a little money And starts walking again When a thought came to her I wanta do more She offer the old man a bite And she started talking to him bout The Lord And he accepted God in his life Now as you pass that bagger Just remember Just By Chance You can save a life Billy Joe Higdon Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

Hear My Voice Can you see me Can you hear me Is this the way it is surposed to be Hear my voice dear God Hear my plead I know I'm not where I'm surposed to be Things are different now I'm still holding on to that promice You remember when I was just a child You said my mama would be around To see my baby grow Well we are pregnant now And they saying mommy is dying I've gone through this so many times Now I'm too weak to speak All I can do is plead But its still the same me That same boy that came to you for my needs That same boy that was always on his knees Well I back on those same bended knees Billy J Higdon Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

Calling Home

As a old man lays on his death bed
He can hear The Lord Calling Him Home
He answers but what what bout my family
My grandchildren
My wife and my kids
Little bobby is only three
How will he ever remember me
The Lord answers and saids
You lived your life
You lived to me Eighty Three
Its time you come back home to me

Billy Joe Higdon

Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

Counting My Sheep

I look down from heaven each and every day
I see some of my sheep leaving
With that and more coming in
I even see sheep they once knew me
And left but are coming back
So each day I lay back on my Throne
Just watching and Counting Sheep
I'm so thanful to see my sheep on their knees
After I all I died for everyone not just one
And I rose again on the 3rd day
So that you all might have life.

Billy Joe Higdon

Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

This poem was wrote about a dear church lady that was my granny's bestfriend for years She got sick and I wrote this and oddly enough it was published the day I had church my 1st night at the church I Pastored

The reason for the Title is she used to Sing the Song O'Stephen AKA He Will Roll Me Over The Tide

O'Steven Well Just Like O'Steven You stood the fight You raced with the devil You carried your cross And you won the victory Now the time has come When life has turned your a bad deal But instead of giving up You stand fast on the word You say God will heal Oh God will heal when it looks like all is gone When the doctors say No Way God said YES I know there will come a time your be beat on your feet again Up telling the lots about Christ I look forward to that day Oh Sister That day will come Again Billy Joe Higdon Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

In honor of that poem something is telling me to type you the song I never knew the song well I knew it my granny when alive always requested she would sang it and I never learned it til AFTER my grandma died but now everyone requests me to sing it and like a few other songs I can always feel my grandma around when I sing it I know that sounds weird but here it is....

1st verse When Stephen was accused loney and belwildered no one that day would stand by his side but he loved into the heavens to the right hand of the father and he rolled him over the tide

Chorus: Oh I have never had a prayer that he couldnt answer I've never shed a tear that he could not dry and when waves of life are so high you cant mount he will roll you over the tide

When The tide is closing and my life becomes a burdon I want run but there is no place to hide I just look up like O'Stephen to the right hand of the father and he rolls me over the tide

Old Pictures Searching Through Pictures I can see glimces of the past I can see things I have long forgotten Things I never thought I would remember again And for brief moments Its almost like I'm there Its like God granted me one last wish Just to be able to see you again Hold you close And embrace with and hug Sometimes we forget the good times We just remember how hard life is without you here But what we neglect to acknowledge is you can be with us once again Not in body But in Spirit And we can think back and look through the phrases of time Through old pictures. Billy Joe Higdon Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

Once Again Once Again I Call Upon you name Once again I'm in trouble I know you hear me alot But you said you'd love me no matter what Once again I face Satan this mourning Help me put him in his place Take my hand Lord and lead me out Carry me in your arms Help Me Just Once Again Lord Billy Joe Higdon Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

Phone Call To Heaven God I know you can hear And I call upon this number alot But I just have one small request My papaw is up there He is waiting for me Tell him I love him And I cant wait to see him someday But for now I'm busy with my life Trying to carry out his dreams for me I want a family someday I'm on the right track I think I have met miss right I'm opening up a church someday And I can be heard on the radio every saturday. My grandpa would be proud Oh and God I love you. Billy Joe Higdon Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

Secret Angel

I woman was driving down the road one night
She begin to get very sleepy
She just worked a double shift
And she was ready for bed
Just when are eyes bout closed
She was awoke by blight lights
And a loud noise
She saw her life flash before her eyes
All her regrets
All those things she wish she had more time to do
Then it was like someone grabed a hold on the wheel
She was wide awake
And was safe now
All because of her Secret Angel setting beside her :-)

Billy Higdon

Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

Starting Over I was standing in the middle of no where Bombs were going off You could see your life flash before your very eyes And one point you could even see the Heaven open up As you could see someone pointing you home All the things you didnt do came to you All you regrets Al all those things you knew was wrong but you done them anyway Then you began to say a little prayer God if it's my time If I die today Forgive me Lord for all I have done I was family up there that misses me And I miss them I'm turely Sorry Lord Plese Forgive Me Billy Higdon Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

I wrote this back in 2000 It was before I met my now wife and I was going through a REALLY hard time getting over an relationship I was in I thought God put it together because she was the perfect image of what I was praying for but what I didnt realize at that time was It would of lasted if God really did put it together

Switched Partners

You said we were forever
You seen infinity would never end
We quoted the song Birds To A Feather
I thought our love you never end
But you thought different

Before I knew it you were gone
You were in the arms of a new man
Now you have a nice family
Yet I'm too stuck on you to move on

I pray to God that someday I will find peace
Peace enough to not be scared
I'm so afraid of getting hurt again

I'm have cried the tears
I have drove people nuts talking bout you
Yet you have moved on Why Cant I?

Billy Joe Higdon

Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

And here is the 2nd years later after I got married

Switched Parters 2 When I last wrote this I was burdoned down with cares And problems behide me But I've moved on now God a better life now You are in the process of getting a divorce I've been married for over a year and I met the person that was meant to be Instead of settling for second best Billy J Higdon Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

The Act

Are we just acting
Or is it real
Is it just a part in a play
Or is this really us

Sometimes people wonder why they dont get more from God
We judge everyone esle
But never look at ourselves
We think of us as perfect
And everyone esle is not living the right life

Stop for just a second
And begin to examine yourself
Are you living the part
Or just acting it?

Billy Joe Higdon

Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

This REALLY Happened it was a vision I had I lived my whole life in church but Ran from the call of God quit church at 16 because I wanted to live my life that was my excuse I thought I was happy but I wasnt well it only lasted 2 years cause I had this vision

The Lambs Book Of Life One Night While Layin in Bed And a dream Like I never want a again. I started flying and couldnt come down. I was waving Bye to my family and friends. Like I was never going to see them again. Then I saw God He was standing in front of The Lambs Book Of Life. He looked at me and said Depart Me You Once Knew Me But You Turned your back on me. I begin to cry out in a loud voice! GOD PLEASE SEARCH THAT BOOK AGAIN!!!! I know my name HAS to be there I was only out for 2 years But Son You once knew me but you turned away from me I Never left you You left Me. I cried God let me that book I saw my name wasnt there I begin to say God give me a second chance I will DO BETTER!! Billy Joe Higdon Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

The Old Drunk Back in the day he went to church on Sunday He even got saved But he turned away from God And went his way He began to live like the world and he changed his ways Later down the road..... On his death bed he asked his daughter to pray OK Dad you want healing Just pray Sis You could see the tears going down his face The daughter prayed 3 times but never saw an healing Finally after the 3rd time God spoke to her and said.... Sissy he is healed but not in the way you were hopeing Now some say this man didnt make it in as he took his last breath But if you could had saw the gleam in his eye you would do he did You dont have to be at a alter You can be at home in your Bed And got can forgive that wondering soul. Billy Joe Higdon Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

Watching Through The Window As I look outside to the beyond I see the grass With flowers wild and planted both matched gracefully I see the sky As it fills itself with white coulds I see The sun As it beams down giving us a bright ray of light I see the trees As they protect us from the heat I see all that the earth holds I see all that God grated us with And I'm thankful he gave us another day. Another day to see all he holds in his hands. Billy Joe Higdon Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon

Whispering To The Wind The dawns adawans with many lives gone before thy eyes With their last moments flashing before their eyes Wondering if this is the last Wondering if tommorrow will ever come Praying to God for a second chance Yet the bomb comes closer And they soon realize the end is near As the place crashes into the building There is people running and shouting out his name The sae people who for years wanted to take God out Is now calling upon him in a time of need The the whole US unites in prayer A little too late wouldnt you think Billy Joe Higdon Copyright ©2005 Billy Joe Higdon