2/2/20 Through 2/8/20

2/2/20 Through 2/8/20

Sunday

Sharing in this earthly flesh

He came to sinful souls refresh

Alike in every way but sin

He blazed the path to enter in.

Destroying death upon the tree

He conquered sin for you and me.

His perfect love, through suffering,

Would all mankind, redemption bring.

If perfect love should suffer so,

Then sinners all around should know,

That none escape some trial here

But perfect love destroys the fear.

Monday

To all the nations bring the word

Till everyone on earth has heard.

The kingdom time is near at hand,

So now repent throughout the land.

Spread the word both far and near

That Christ, our Lord is present here.

No more with shackles bound in chain,

For now, at last, is evil slain.

Tuesday

Grant faith like she who touched the hem,

Not ridicule, like some of them.

For faith and trust will win the day

And good things come to those who pray.

Where faith is lacking, none will see

That blessed day of victory,

But only gloom and more despair

Without His tender loving care.

So trust in Him and banish fear

The Lord your God is very near.

He comes to heal and raise the dead

And keeps His children all well fed.

Wednesday

If we had such a faith as those

Who in the face of torture chose

To place their trust in only He

Who calls us to humility.

Then signs and wonders would abound

With nary sick or crippled found

And pride would simply melt away

In favor of the humble way.

Thursday

But still they doubted every one

Just what the Lord had now begun,

When there upon the mount He said

Behold, I live, I am not dead.

So go and preach this mighty word

Till every soul on earth has heard

But have no fear, I will abide,

And for your every need provide.

Baptize and set the captive free

By naming all the Godhead three

The mission now is yours to claim.

That you might learn to love, I came.

Meditation on Hell

The place of damned depravity

Prepared for sinners just like me

Is far beyond what mind can bear,

With evil running rampant there.

The fires of bitterness and gall

Envelop and surround them all

No place to run from scorching flame

And none but just themselves to blame.

The blasphemy and cursing rise

Then fall again in sour cries.

Iniquity at every turn

From souls that everlasting burn.

With hatred, greed, and avarice

All common in a place like this.

Lust and envy, sloth and pride,

Await the soul on every side.

No shred of hope, the damned be damned.

In darkness, filth, and squalor crammed.

The stench of gross atrocity

And taste of immorality.

This place of untold misery

prepared for sinners just like me,

Who spurn the call to now repent

And find themselves, to Hades sent.

Friday

The cowardice of such a king

Will only, on his people, bring

Disgrace for all the masses know

He has no wisdom to bestow.

A little girl can stump the king

By asking such a brutal thing,

And yet the king has no reply

Except to with, the crime comply.

He should learn from Solomon

The ways to thwart the evil one,

And act with justice top of mind.

Benevolent, and true, and kind.

Saturday

What have You to say to me?

My quest at every morn, You see.

For what You say, will guide my way,

And take me where I want to be.

Grant wisdom fresh and new each day

That I may better learn to pray.

And when I seek, to let You speak.

Then listen well, and well obey.