tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39650035350290227542024-03-14T01:15:52.437-05:00From the pen of...A Faithful Witnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199641282895076175noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965003535029022754.post-34923749849900376222007-04-09T17:27:00.000-05:002007-04-09T17:28:25.531-05:00Someone Prayed!When you thought you were all alone,<br />So sure that no one understood,<br />I was saying a prayer for you.<br /><br />When people chose a different way,<br />And you didn’t know what to do,<br />I was saying a prayer for you.<br /> <br />When you were feeling small,<br />Convinced no one cared at all,<br />I was saying a prayer for you.<br /><br />I pray for blessings, for your happiness<br />For loving friends to surround you<br />Our Heavenly Father to guide you.<br /> <br />I pray that you will know true love<br />And in return love others.<br />My love is my gift to you.<br /><br />So, just remember someone’s saying a prayer for you,<br />Yesterday...today...tomorrow,<br />I will always pray for you.<br /><br /> JenniferA Faithful Witnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199641282895076175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965003535029022754.post-59287000794638984952007-03-10T11:45:00.000-05:002007-03-10T11:49:39.150-05:00The Fool (1973-1976)The dawning of a new day has come,<br />I curse as my eyes are blinded by the sun.<br />Stirring, I smile, realizing the day,<br />Ah, Sunday. Rest, relax, do things my way!<br /><br />God? Jesus? Church? Sunday School?<br />Such things are the imaginings of a fool!<br />There is no soul, no heaven or hell,<br />To me that’s always been just a fairy tale!<br /><br />Dressing, I remember telling my mother,<br />Don’t tell me of Jesus—just don’t you bother!<br />I’m not so bad. In fact, not one thing would I change!<br />I really don’t need Him. I have my life all arranged!<br /><br />For some reason, today I am filled with uneasiness,<br />Strange, Sundays usually bring me rest—not restlessness!<br />I can’t imagine why I’m dwelling on thoughts that bring pain,<br />I really should go outside before these four walls drive me insane!<br /><br />Suddenly, all around me is a crazy commotion,<br />People running, crying, full of wild emotion!<br />Startled and wondering, I grab a passerby,<br />This is all so confusing. Please, please tell me why!<br /><br />He told me Jesus Christ had come early today,<br />And with Him, He gathered His loved ones away!<br />He said he had been warned, but, he had not made ready,<br />Now, knowing his doom he could hardly be steady!<br /><br />Swearing, I pushed him from me. The fool! This is just some joke!<br />Could what my mother told me be so? Could it be?<br />Oh, mountains, mountains—fall on me!A Faithful Witnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199641282895076175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965003535029022754.post-73595792661904702402007-03-10T11:43:00.000-05:002007-03-10T11:44:19.235-05:00FriendsI took my cares to friends—to one, to two--maybe, three!<br />Jesus, how long since I took my cares to you?<br />Advice was given, concern expressed,<br />No real solutions for my many worries and stress!<br /><br />Thank God, I finally see!<br />Who has laid down their life for me?<br />Michael, Jane, Sally, Sue?<br />No! Only you, Lord, only you!<br /><br />Friends shall come and friends shall go,<br />Sad, yet I know this is so!<br />Their words and advice diminish as foam on the sea,<br />Still, when their words pass away, Lord, Yours will always be!A Faithful Witnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199641282895076175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965003535029022754.post-25405806766448908982007-03-10T11:42:00.001-05:002007-03-10T11:42:56.756-05:00If These Things Be So (1973-1976)Jesus, they say you are just a glorified man,<br />Not God incarnate, no piercings in Your hand!<br />And, I am told that one day I will be as Thee,<br />My good works gaining me great majesty!<br /><br />So, Father, to what purpose is the “Pearl of Great Price?<br />Was it really needful to send Your revelations, twice?<br />The gospel and its letters to me seem quite complete,<br />Lord, I see no need to add to your words—so sweet!<br /><br />And is man’s eternal happiness measure by his many wives?<br />Or, Lord, is it how unto thee we consecrate our lives?<br />These sayings are perplexing, causing my spirit to be smitten,<br />For, Lord, in your word, I have found it to be written:<br /><br />“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”! (John 1:1) “And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth”. (John 1:14)A Faithful Witnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199641282895076175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965003535029022754.post-43530288133613157312007-03-10T11:40:00.000-05:002007-03-10T11:41:48.437-05:00First Love (1973-1976)Why did I forsake thee, O, my First Love?<br />Thou Didst hold me to thee as a sweet, gentle dove!<br />Protectively, with Thy mighty right arm,<br />Thou didst keep me from all the world’s harm!<br /><br />Words of compassion, mercy and love were your lure,<br />And, somehow, in your love I knew I was secure!<br />Thou didst truly speak words of truth and wisdom,<br />Promising me a portion of Thy grand and glorious kingdom!<br /><br />Yet, even so, I allowed my eyes to become blind,<br />Now, in sin, my soul is confined!<br />With unclean hands, I have touched the world’s treasure,<br />Leaving you, my Love, for earthly pleasure!<br /><br />In my soul—distortion and confusion now abound,<br />Crying out to you, Love, I long to drive out the sound.<br />And though my heart lies saying, “All is lost! Thou has failed the test”!<br />Your words, my Love, beckon, “Come, I will give thee rest”!A Faithful Witnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199641282895076175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965003535029022754.post-4471581095662729252007-03-10T11:39:00.000-05:002007-03-10T11:40:47.187-05:00Redemption (1973-1976)Calvary—a place of tears, agony, want and despair.<br />A place called the “skull”, there our sins you did bare!<br />With repeated echoes of each hammered nail,<br />We are reminded that it is by Your blood, we’ve gained victory ‘ore hell!<br /><br />Your precious blood spilling from each wound in Your flesh,<br />Purchased for our souls the gift and offer of starting afresh!<br />Though Your body was tormented, You laid naked and in need,<br />You found compassion, and on a cross, a thief was set free!<br /><br />Oh, this was not the end of Your sorrow, suffering and grief,<br />There yet was before you a journey—a place of gnashing of teeth!<br />Hanging Your head, You gave up the ghost,<br />And, God declared You, “our Righteousness” before all the heavenly host!<br /><br />Thank you, Lord, for carrying my guilt and shame,<br />For suffering unto the death, releasing me from all blame!<br />Yes, redemption is simple, at least for me,<br />But, sweet Jesus, was it for thee?A Faithful Witnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199641282895076175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965003535029022754.post-71362954369446250322007-03-10T11:37:00.000-05:002007-03-10T11:39:56.594-05:00My Beloved (1973-1976)I cannot say no to thee, my love.<br />For in doing so, I say no to me!<br />Your sorrows and disappointments, I’ll bear,<br />Knowing burdens are lightened if together they're shared!<br /><br />Beloved, I would never turn thee away,<br />Nor refuse to listen to what you have to say!<br />The world’s worries and confusion shall never cease,<br />But, our moments together shall be your sweet haven of peace!A Faithful Witnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199641282895076175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965003535029022754.post-81553504204263254672007-03-10T11:35:00.000-05:002007-03-10T11:36:57.476-05:00My Rose (1973-1976)My Rose was planted on lush, fertile ground,<br />Though, it must first be sought to truly be found!<br />Never has a rose held such allure, such beauty,<br />No, never again shall there be one such as Thee!<br /><br />Your rich petals unfold, outreaching and full,<br />They seem to beckon, “Come, savor! My scent is sweet, pure”.<br />“Smell, you’ll not be disappointed, this is for sure!”<br /><br />How can I keep such sweetness and beauty to myself?<br />Would it not be a sin? No, I must go and display it! <br />Yes, this very day!<br /><br />The name of my Rose? Well, to some, the Rose of Sharon.To me—Jesus the Christ!A Faithful Witnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199641282895076175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965003535029022754.post-14007622073332942462007-03-10T11:33:00.000-05:002007-03-10T11:42:03.809-05:00A Rock (1973-1976)What does a rock represent? Strength, stability.<br />A rock gives neither one way nor the other.<br />A rock can represent patience, for it remains steadfast…<br />unless or until it is move by some force.<br /><br />I have found the most precious Rock!<br />He, too, is steadfast, stable, sturdy and strong!<br />I have found Him to be Someone Who can always be relied upon!<br /><br />Oh, one day, a mighty Force will move my Rock.<br />On that day great shouts from heaven and earth shall resound,<br />Until that great and terrible day, my Rock remains ever the same,<br />A comfort, a solace to all who kneel before Him on holy ground.<br /><br />My Rock has a name, which will never change—The Rock of Salvation!<br />Jesus the Christ!A Faithful Witnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199641282895076175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965003535029022754.post-17610477461520132182007-03-10T11:32:00.000-05:002007-03-10T11:33:19.323-05:00Infinity (1973-1976)I looked toward the mountains, the hills and the sea.<br />My God, do such possess infinity?<br /><br />The heavens? The moon? The stars?<br />My God, these?<br /><br />“Nay, not so! For all these things shall soon pass away”.<br /><br />What then, Lord? What then is infinite?<br /><br />“I AM the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End! I AM Infinity!<br />“And, thee, if I abide in you and ye in me!”A Faithful Witnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199641282895076175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965003535029022754.post-62526058209603367512007-03-10T11:31:00.000-05:002007-03-10T11:32:20.389-05:00Peace (1973-1976)Lord, did you not say, “Peace I leave you.<br />My peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth, give I you”?<br />So, I sought to find peace in the graceful mountains with their snow covered peaks,<br />Or, perhaps, in the gentle composure of a sweet babe at sleep.<br /><br />I sought to find peace by the sea, with all its vast endlessness,<br />Thinking, “Surely, here, my soul would cease from its restlessness!”<br />I sat afar off wanting to capture all my eyes could behold,<br />The sands seemed to beckon as upon them mighty waves did unfold!<br /><br />Lord, these, Your creations have brought me much joy and pleasure,<br />And, the impact each has made on my life truly cannot be measured.<br />Still, my soul is burning with such agony and pain,<br />For I know that in such things, my search for peace is in vain!<br /><br />“Did I not say, “Not as the world giveth, give I you”? Children, your thinking must be renewed!<br />“The world measures peace in moments, pleasures, places, things!<br />But, such is not my peace of which the angels do sing!<br /><br />“My peace is found within! Reassuring, comforting, guiding! <br />And, with it, My child, thou shalt not be found wanting!<br />Though the earth and all its splendor end and cease to be,<br />Yea, on that day--in that very moment, thou shalt be in glory with Me!”A Faithful Witnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199641282895076175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965003535029022754.post-20893348252384356172007-03-10T11:30:00.000-05:002007-03-10T11:32:37.025-05:00The Tree (1973-1976)Takes these sins, O, Lord, from me,<br />Here I lay them at Calvary.<br />All my burdens suddenly flee,<br />Nailed forever to that tree!<br /><br />God’s sweet grace, how it overflowed,<br />The precious blood of Jesus has lifted my load!<br />No more sorrow, fear or doubt,<br />God has given me something to sing about!<br /><br />Oh, Sweet Jesus, I sing unto Thee,<br />Of Thy Tender mercies, Thy blessed liberty!<br />In Thy name, all things I may ask,<br />God has promised to surely bring to past!<br /><br />Thank you, Dear Lord, for dying on that tree,<br />Your act of unfailing love has set hungry hearts free!<br />And, yet, never once do you ask us to repay,<br />The debts Your blood purchased on that dark day!A Faithful Witnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199641282895076175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965003535029022754.post-56041560403353907802007-03-10T11:28:00.000-05:002007-03-10T11:30:27.658-05:00A Planting of the Lord (1973-1976)So, the Lord has sent you a bundle of joy?<br />See, it really made no difference whether girl or boy!<br />You’ll be your child’s example; his spiritual guide,<br />But, don’t fret. You’ll always have Jesus by your side.<br /><br />The Lord will bless you with patience each day,<br />Pouring out knowledge and wisdom along the way!<br />When your child asks questions, don’t dismay,<br />Just point him to Calvary, say, “Jesus is the way!”<br /><br />Your child shall abound and have babes of his own,<br />And, your grandchildren will stand also, from the seeds you have sown!A Faithful Witnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199641282895076175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965003535029022754.post-70068719693490521132007-02-17T12:08:00.000-05:002007-02-17T12:21:32.840-05:00PromptingsIt starts with a whisper,<br />God’s still small voice.<br />But, busyness, busyness always abounds,<br />Till busyness, busyness drowns out the sound.<br /><br />It starts with a piercing,<br />My conscience is seared.<br />But, no time for the pain. No, no time for the sorrow.<br />Surely, there’ll be time tomorrow, tomorrow.<br /><br />It starts with a rumble,<br />Off some beaten shore.<br />“Mighty mountains, mighty mountains.<br />Oh, how they’re crumbled.<br />Yet, vainly insistent, I refuse to be humbled.<br /><br />It starts with the thunder,<br />The sound's closer now.<br />Hail! Lightning are flashed down to the ground!<br />Oh, where can I hide? Never to be found. No, never to be found.<br /><br />It starts with a SHOUT--God's holy NOW!<br />And, fearing the earth will swallow me whole, I'm finally still and I humbly bow low.<br />Truthfully? My heart and soul are weary. So, no more retreat, no more retreat.<br /><br />Still, I wonder, why, oh why, Lord<br />did it take you<br />so long<br />to finally<br />speak?<br /><br />AmmMawA Faithful Witnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199641282895076175noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965003535029022754.post-30654222390910630192007-02-17T11:52:00.000-05:002007-02-17T12:03:51.038-05:00A Psalm for LindaThis psalm was written just prior to my best friend's passing<br />(I would like this read at my funeral)<br /><u><br /></u><br />Thou, O God, are the Keeper of my soul.<br />As a dove resting in Your hand,<br />I am made to be still.<br /><br />Your tender embrace comforts me.<br />Your heartbeat is ever so near.<br />I am covered by the softness of your breath.<br />Your quiet whisper is known to me.<br /><br />O Lord, I love to be in your presence.<br />My heart leaps at Your appearing,<br />Rejoices at Your return!<br />Yea, my soul is quickened at Your word!<br /><br />Come, let us run barefoot through dewy grasses!<br />Like deer, we will drink by crystal streams.<br />We will rest in safety,<br />Good fruit shall be our portion.<br /><br />Thy name is Peace.<br />Blessing is on Thy lips.<br />Thou art above me,<br />I am drawn to thee.<br />O God, my God, you are the Keeper of my soul--<br />Forever!<br /><br />by AmmMawA Faithful Witnesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199641282895076175noreply@blogger.com0