Monday, July 24, 2006

 
A BOLD PRAYER
"Show me, O Lord, my life's end
and the number of my days;
let me know how fleeting is my life."
--Psalm 39:4

Thursday, July 20, 2006

 
ARMINIAN GRACE
(Sung to the tune of "Amazing Grace")

Arminian "grace!" How strange the sound,
Salvation hinged on me.
I once was lost then turned around,
Was blind then chose to see.

What "grace" is it that calls for choice,
Made from some good within?
That part that wills to heed God's voice,
Proved stronger than my sin.

Thru many ardent gospel pleas,
I sat with heart of stone.
But then some hidden good in me,
Propelled me toward my home.

When we've been there ten thousand years,
Because of what we've done,
We've no less days to sing our praise,
Than when we first begun.

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

 
PASTORAL WORDS

I wish these words were my own, but they are not. They were posted in May of 2005 by R.C. Sproul, Jr., over at his "Highlands Study Center Squiblog." I really resonate with Sproul's pastoral perceptivity and decided to include his words here.

"When a man commits to a flock, he commits to love the sheep. The sheep, on the other hand, tend to think like consumers. You, as the pastor, receive their love, as long as they’re pleased with what and how you’re preaching, with how well you perform your pastoral duties, with the clothes you wear.
But once you fall out of favor, then half the relationship changes. The sheep start looking for greener pastures, while you still must love the sheep. You cry out to them, and they simply reject you. They move on, and your heart is broken. The true pastor is not only the one who can still take the risk by loving those who remain in the flock, and who are added to it, but who can, and will, continue to love those who have fled the flock. It is a high and hard calling. But this is the way of the pastor, the way of the warrior."

Saturday, July 01, 2006

 
WORDS OF COMFORT
"Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Our God is a God of salvation; and to God, the Lord, belongs escape from death."
--Psalm 68:19-20

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