How long am I given to live
And what will I do with my time
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How long I live
How can we Live in our Dying?
In living we desire to glorify God our maker.
Acts 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
In considering the days of our dying, many of us jut have a desire to get it over and get home. We sing of longing for heaven and home. “How long oh Lord? is our furtive cry. Continue reading
The things that I don’t hear
Seems my hearing has faded
The sounds of life are dulled
The rippling streams I’ve waded
A distant memory so cold
There used to be a crispness
In every sound I heard
now I strain to even guess
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My Place in God’s Grace
I listened for God and heard Him say “It’s not odd, that you should seek after my face. For I put in your heart from before you did start, to seek after Me in this new place. On obedience you did stand to fulfill what is grand, as you yearned for My unfailing grace. Others have heard Me call and wondered if I was real at all, but then chose to wander in the old familiar pace. So now that you’ve come though is seems strange to some, I’ll reveal my desires as oil poured from a vase. Hear me well my child who has turned from all worldly wild, to know My Holiness and embrace. No cleverly worded prose can declare Sharon’s sweet rose, like a heart who obeys reserving not a trace. Fully committed to know my good pleasure is living on earth in heavenly treasure, and this is my mission for your race.”