lifelong lessons
Ten to the Saviour came To be healed and no more They of His mercies begged That they be made whole And from shame be freed I saw the Saviour’s pity Turn a command “Go show the priest yourselves” And as they went by the way Behold! they were healed To give praise returned one, a foreigner And of him the Saviour asked “Where be the other nine? Weren’t a dozen, less two, healed? Thy faith makes thee […]
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Tombs lay engraved* with names The just that brought the gospel That bore the burden to share their faith Lain to rest with testimonies abounding Journeying to distant lands unknown Bearing the news they knew could save The families that bore their youth Left behind like empty tombs of old They brought the tale of Jesus And all they said after I was saved Was to live the gospel and tell it As freely as I had […]
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If your life be required of you To whom shall you plead a second chance? When eternity has come to be And your time on earth is no more! If your life be required of you What with shall you your crown claim? Whom shall you lead as your own That the weapons of your stay have brought? If your life be required of you What shall you your Saviour tell? To whom shall your plea be made? […]
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Upon sands of time Ashore banks of ages Waiting dawn to dusk Tarried men in expectation Told to await a prophet A deliverer to arise A Saviour with mandate divine The souls of men to save Men and prophets passed on Posterity* became generations gone ‘Here He is’ cried a sage* Vain was his cry as before Old men aged more in waiting Young women watched their breasts sag Time was always there to elapse They waited […]
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Grief has taken your peace Brief has become your prayers Stiff is the nature of your thoughts Strong has become your dislikes Wrong is the turn of your concepts Wrung* is the last tear from your eyes You belittle God by your fears You hurt God by your tears You sideline God by your cares He had His Son in His bosom And with Him did He blossom But He sent Him for you as ransom […]
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Toiling through the foliage* That before my age has been Seeking paths that are mine And are yet hid in me I have come through a journey Riding skill’s back Forging* self under labour’s anvil Bearing the marks of search Did race once, a prized stallion* Trudged* alongside mediocrity’s crew And having seen cup and content Now halted in decision’s valley He that gave me birth Said I would stress less If discovery weaves a path That […]
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Times I have discussed issues Sharing the burden of a friend And in my thoughts was this “If it were me, I would handle this” I have tried to comfort some Giving the best of a support Yet concluding in abstract terms That I could do better, in their shoes My thoughts became beliefs My conclusions bore no doubts Until a day came And I saw my shoes change! I felt the pain I once downplayed I […]
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Life can advance no more Than the pace it moves The hurry we initiate and keep Cannot condition life to our terms Life counts moment by moment Minutes to hours, days to weeks No more or less that it is Why bear the pain of worry? Let tomorrow’s problem be with tomorrow Let the sleeping dogs of yesterday lie Sufficient for today is its evil And your best is – to be your best today The setback […]
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The case seems closed indeed You who refused to give heed Is now faced upfront with need And helpless like a withering seed Once confident, now in your shadows Time to read, you strolled instead in the meadow* For study, you took rather a bed below Now reckoning nears like a farmer’s sow From the store full of nothing Remembrance brings not a thing Pained and helpless like a stone less sling Your case, not a solution […]
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Stranger than fiction Is the concept of failure When all that led to it Is a sure dint* of hard work Marrow-deep is the pain When after long days of toil All that fills our barns Are no better than the rewards of a sloth* ‘Incomprehensible’ is the word That does best describe A result that negates All premise* that led to it How best can it be explained If the universal principle of ‘Sow and Reap’ […]
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