True Worth I know I am A sinner Steeped In sin Since my birth My only true worth Lies deep Within Your Name But To worship You incessantly From the start Does this To my life True joy impart The privilege To carry Your Name Not for profit Nor for fame Joy such as this From nothing else Will you gain Oh my Jesus, Holy Master Can you not Perfect me A little faster Then others too May see And receive the bliss Of just one kiss Ah, Your love's perfection!!
Made I was made I was made by You For You I was made I was made Through You Empowered by You I was made I was made Not by accident Not by mistake I was made I was made Not an accident of chemistry Or molecules out of control I was made By design By Your purpose By Your glory By Your love & in Your image Was I made
Follow Many slogans, jargon Thrown out, Fly around our heads Words spoken That get said By poorly educated sources Follow your dreams Follow your own heart I wish for a start These words would Come to light Follow your God, Jesus Christ Oh, Containing such might! What a different world Would we see If from a bended knee We took a different perspective As a group collective Would be more effective If we ceased to worship The self So follow the only truly One, Holy Father, Spirit Son Who can give more than We are able to imagine Perfect love, joy, peace If we began to follow Him With a deep radical passion I tremble with exhilaration At the thought, what could happen! A different, better world if We followed His heart Rather than merely following Our own Better life for all would Most certainly to be shown As closer & closer to Him We have grown & deeper into our hearts His Divine Light has been sown!!
To Gain a Loss! Once in a first century A people lived Under much evil treachery Not willing to commit Any libel or perjury They gave their all To a suffering Savior To listen to His voice's tender call ‘Come to me all you who are weary And I will give you rest’ But the question is are you willing To withstand a broken world’s tests To carry His name, Out loud His sovereignty To acclaim Life is not about pleasure alone But about a God who loves From above on a golden throne Willing to sacrifice everything So all of us into His Paradise He could finally at last bring So do as those heroes of the past (today we would surely stand aghast) They were willing to lose all They obeyed, listened, answered Christ’s call Losing jobs, homes, even their own blood To wear the name proudly of ‘Christian’!
I love this time of year. You can always tell it’s spring when it is warm enough for the turtles to sunbath on the rocks. I ride my bike along our greenway system on the riverbank. The first fresh green of baby leaves on the trees is coming out good, and I got to take a photo of some of the new blooms on the wildflowers. I hope you can get outside this spring to enjoy the beauty of our God’s wonderful creation. May God bless your day and spring!!
Inclusive We hear this word Thrown around so much Almost as if it contains Some type of Golden Midas touch You must include this You must include that Please excuse if I seem remiss But I do not think inclusion of All or just the many was Ever meant to bring us True bliss Love is not inclusive Of everything Even God's perfect love Is not inclusive of all things Sometimes our behavior With His purity does not harmonize Or always ring He wishes to transform us Into His Son's image So upon our behaviors He must place certain limits Wishing for us only the best So remember the next time Someone insists you be inclusive With flying colors will you Pass the great test Use God's words, His wishes Deciding what to include or reject!
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