Thoughts for Life: White Robes

Robes of white of seamless light
With ribbons trimmed in blue
These are the garments God provides
To place on me and you

The robes of Christ's own righteousness

Clean washed of spot or stain

The Emblem of His Sacrifice

Humility and Pain

(Google image, White robes)

For Christ bore not the attitude

Of preachers that we hear

Who in their own self righteousness

Have made God's Truth unclear

But lived a pure example

Of what He hopes we will be

Expressions of God's loveliness

For all the world to see

Who honor God through sacrifice

Of all that we possess

Not trifling with common things

That have no usefulness

In sharing of His gospel

To the poor and needy soul

The gospel that is more than words

But works to make men whole

By reaching them where they may be

With goods to meet their needs

Or taking time to listen

To the emptiness that pleads

For comfort and assurance

Of a God that's real and true

The God Who gave His all through Christ

To save both me and you

To make of us disciples

Who would share our Master's mind

By living love in service

To the broken sick and blind

The broken by the burdens

Of their sins from days now past

The sins that burned the years away

When life was free and fast

But when faced in reality

By where they are today

Have placed on them a debt they owe

That they could never pay

And those who bear the sickness

Of a weakened sinful life

Both weakened by intemperance

And self inflicted strife

That chose instead of Godliness

A life of sin and vice

Where on the altar of the world

Their lives were sacrificed

And then the blind in vision

Of a soul who will not see

The Beauty of the Price God paid

Through His divinity

When on the cross our Saviour died

For every soul that's lived

If they would only turn to Him

And let His grace forgive

Their past with it's iniquity

Impurity and pain

To lift their heavy burdens

Wipe away their guilt and stain

And heal them of their sickness

That pervades their very soul

That from the Great Physician

Cures and makes the sin sick whole

And cleanse their eyes with holy salve

To help them now to see

The beauty of Christ's righteousness

His robe of purity

Isaiah 66:1-3; Revelation 7:9-17

Lee Forbes

Let's pray-

Father, may we reach out to those we find who have emptiness of soul, by taking time to listen, and to tell of Christ's Sacrifice for them.
We'll do our best to share the gospel to the poor and needy, by helping them see that Christ was more than just a good man: He died for them!
May we help others see that the debt placed on them for their sinful life could never be paid for, no matter what they could do.
But Jesus took their sins on His back, allowed sinful men to crucify Him, was buried, and in 3 days rose from the grave a Victor over death and the grave!
May their eyes be cleansed with holy salve to help them now to see the beauty of Christ's righteousness and be clothed in His robe of purity.
We ask this in Christ's name, Jesus. Amen.

Today's Bible verses-

1 Chron. 17:20 (KJV) "O LORD, there is none like
thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according
to all that we have heard with our ears."

(Ezra 3:11 KJV) "And they sang together by course
in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD;
because he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever."