Be happy between you
A life together
Man and woman
As God originally
Planned it out
Together learn
To serve each other
The selfish life
Is hard and lonely
Tag: poetry
Nothing we can touch or feel
Or see or climb or plumb is real;
The ground gives way, the mountains quake —
God, give me what can't fall or shake.
Teddlie lyric
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By Tillit S. Teddlie, a song lyric I was not familiar with:
Hear me when I call, O God of righteousness;
Unto Thee I come in weakness and distress;
Hold my trembling hand, let helpless I should fall,
O hear me, Lord, hear me, O hear me when I call.
From Ruby Ramsey's Daily Dose of God's Word.
This month to write a poem a day
for thirty days — I'm late! I'm late!
I just now saw it — What can I say?
Gross tardiness — oh, how I hate
arriving last! 'Tis better not
to try — pretend you didn't know,
plead ignorance! Other paths are fraught
with pain and shame — you mustn't go!
You beggar for mental anguish! Write,
then, if you must — erase this blight
of guilt — wash your rhymeless sins.
The man of strictest discipline wins.
Serving Christ
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Christian live to serve, in quiet trust,
As humble stewards, because, in Christ, we must;
Our common, simple tasks, at every hour,
As best we can, contain redemptive power.
- Inspired from the quote published earlier from Ed Mathews's devotional. Please share this with your friends.
Of All
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Maybe the Lord will approve of this simplest of verses:
God listens to the smallest fear,
He notes the single falling tear,
He answers every needy call,
And loves the lowest man of all.
From loneliness, fear, and pain we flee,
We seek a stronger wine;
Our weakness hides in the deepest sea,
Where never the sun will shine.
Keep your word. Don't make promises lightly.
The broken word will also break a friendship
Or marriage, that long-time vow. The tongue is mighty
To bind or loose, to build or fully destroy.
Incautious lips remove the one most precious;
The flippant phrase is the thief of peace and joy.
Our Limits
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Our limits may force us to tough decisions,
That in the end bring greater blessing;
God finds a wider field for provisions,
As circumstance becomes more pressing.
God will
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Your best may not be noticed, but you will know,
And God will bring forth fruit from what you sow.