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The Girl By The Wishing Well

by Margaret Cagle

Miss Thompson was my teacher
When I was in third grade.
To decorate for Valentine's Day,
Many red paper hearts we made.

Valentine's Day finally came,
And before the day was through,
We had cookies and popcorn
And red cherry Koolaid too.

Everybody passed out valentines,
And we had a splendid time.
My teacher gave me a valentine
I thought was so sublime.

It had a picture of a little girl
Standing beside a wishing well,
Wishing a happy Valentine's Day.
I thought it was so swell!

I kept that precious valentine.
I looked at it year after year.
I really loved Miss Thompson.
To me, she was so very dear.

That valentine reminds me about
The woman who came to the well.
That is where she met Jesus,
And she went to others to tell.

As a girl, I also met Jesus
At a revival meeting long ago.
I accepted Him as my Savior.
I'll see Him in Glory, I know.

Romans 8:38-39
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which

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