Thoughts for Life: We'll One Day Split the Sky

To slip the surly bonds of earth
Is what the poet seeks
In words of one who's flown the skies
In yet a craft that's weak

But those who truly trust in God

Will one day split the sky

As they ascend in victory

To where they'll never die

As they will with the wings of God

Ordained at their new birth

Behold the precious face of Christ

And rise from off this earth

To regions man has never stepped

Beyond this realm in space

And there abide in love alone

By God's amazing Grace

The grace that saw me in my sin

And would not let me be

Until I saw the love of Him

Who died to set me free

And made a choice to walk or run

To Him or far away

To grasp the bonds of sinful earth

Or in God's presence stay

For God is not a god to force

His will upon the man

But oh the joy that comes to him

Who's faithful to God's plan

And carefully each day with God

Draws close on bended knee

To touch the face of God through faith

Who longs to set him free

Free from the bonds of earth and pain

And sorrow that we find

While we refuse to give to God

Our heart and soul and mind

And place us where the angels sing

In chorus to our King

Each time a sinner's saved by grace

And gives his everything

To be a servant of our Lord

A son by birth and choice

That will reflect the love of God

With hands and feet and voice

A channel through which God might flow

To touch the hearts of men

And by His nail pierced hands of love

Release the souls of them

From every heavy burden

That would cause their own demise

That soon they may rejoice with Him

At home beyond the skies

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

With reference given to "High Flight" by J G Magee Jr

Lee Forbes
February 6/16

Today’s Bible verse: 2 Chron. 15:7 "Be strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded."

Today’s quote: Max Lucado - "Call it what you wish. A talent…a skill set…a gift. The terms are different, but the truth is the same. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 12:7, “The Spirit has given each of us a special way of serving others.”

You aren’t the only person with your skill. But you are the only person with your version of your skill. You entered the world uniquely equipped. Psalm 139:13-15 describes it as “knit together, woven together in the dark of the womb, intricately and curiously wrought.”

Each of us! Not some of us, a few of us, or the elite among us. Each of us has a beauty that longs to be revealed and released. It is you at your best! When you stand at the intersection of your skill and God’s call, you are standing at the corner of Promised Land Avenue and Glory Days Boulevard.

From Glory Days

Listen to UpWords with Max Lucado at OnePlace.com

I invite you to listen to Pastor Rick Sinclair's first message in the series: The Holy Spirit in You. A Father, a Son, a Servant, and a Bride. (Excellent message using Genesis 24)

Our question today: As you think about the Holy Spirit, what emotions do you have? Excitement? Apprehension?

Only With God's Help Debbie McEwen's fine post, with a tribute to her husband on this Valentine's day.

Father, when we look into Your Word,

may see the truth about how Your

Spirit is with and in us today.

Bring to mind what our privileges are

in Jesus' sending His Spirit to be with us.

John 14:26 assures us of this.

He can be with us, and yet Jesus can

be seated on the throne with His Father.

{see 1 Peter 3:22}

I thank You, Jesus, for the Holy Spirit.

Amen!

Our thought today: God wants to teach us His ways on our trip through life so we'll complete His individual plan for us. He has shown us that He is greater than any other god in the world, and therefore deserves our allegiance.

#17 A Sin of Disobedience

16th- Tuesday's post by Wesley L. Duewel

#18 A Sin Against Your Own Spiritual Life

18th- Thursday’s post by Wesley L. Duewel

Hang In There

20th- Saturday's post by Max Lucado

Benefits of Reading the Bible

21st-- Sunday evening's post by Jean Oathout