100, 10-10, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 4/20/2023)

Today we are reading and discussing a poem about what God has offered us and 2 new poems written for today’s podcast.

We’ll start with a poem from God’s Rhyme, on page 106.

JOHN 3:16

“For God so loved the world that He gave His 

only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him 

should not perish but have everlasting life.” (NIV)

God loved us, 

He gave us,

His only Son,

For everyone,

Who believes

In His Son

Should not, 

Will not,

Perish,

But have 

Life

Everlasting.

What could be more poetic,

More comforting than this?

No words of yours or mine

Could convey love like His.

Gave His son,

Whoever believes,

Life everlasting,

There is nothing,

Not a thing,

Left to say.

Except,

Thank you Lord 

For Your love.

Reflection:

So, one day I thought I could make god's love for us sound more poetic, make it sound more . . . whatever that it is in the Bible.  I couldn't and happily admit it.  The work of God in human hands . . .   It should be left in God's hands.

Discussion:

THE PRAYER ROAD

The time has come,

At least for some,

To kneel in prayer

For what is there.

‘tis not the end,

Hearts left to mend,

Once having heard

Through prayer a word.

In the race we run,

Is the shining Son,

Filling us with love

As we look above.

The road we take,

That God did make,

Follow through faith

Knowing His grace.

It is not goodbye,

No question of why.

We did kneel and pray.

He will lead the way,

And in knowing Him,

So we will follow.                                  tcarter, 4/9,10/2023

Discussion:  

NOT PERFECT

Not perfect, but willing.

God continues instilling,

My soul constantly filling.

I look to the skies,

Wipe tears from my eyes,

Answering my whys.

Not perfect on this earth,

Yet I have found my worth,

That began with a birth.

Not perfect today,

So again I pray

I follow God’s way.

I am not perfect in my present life, 

but God is perfect and Jesus will

lead me to perfection.                                (tcarter, 4/11/2023)

Discussion:

As we come to the end of today’s podcast, let us pray.

Dear Heavenly Father, Dave, I thank you for the time You have given us to record these podcasts.  Through this time, we both have experienced growth in our faith and the need for You in our lives.  We hope that we have been able to touch at least a few listeners when they needed to hear what You have done in our lives and the patience You have had with us during this time, and before, in our lives.  We know that this is not the end of our days with You.  We trust in You, knowing that if we are open to Your will for...

99, 10-9, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 4/13/2023)

Today we will be reading poems about prayer.

The first poem is in God’s Rhyme on pg. 33.

PRAYER

Dear Jesus, how do I pray,

            what do I say?

What words do I speak

            for the peace that I seek?

I give thanks to You

            for all that You do,

for the blessings You are giving

            in this life I am living.

I praise Your blessed name,

            forever & always it is the same.

Yesterday You guided me,

            today You helped me see.

Forgive me for all the wrongs,

keep me singing happy songs.

From temptation set me free

so that in You I can be.

I praise You

I thank You

I worship You

I honor You

Jesus, You set me free,

            now I can see.

When my vision is blurred

            You show me Your word.

As I have been blessed,

            now I pray for the rest,

for my sisters & brothers

            who think they have no other.

For our salvation You are risen,

            for us new life You have given.

Use me as You would

            that others may have what they should.

I praise You

I thank You

I worship You

I honor You

On bended knee or with hands upraised,

            it is Your life that is praised.

And as I give You my life

            You take from me my strife.

You have given me so much;

            joy, life, love & the such.

& all You have taken

            is my life’s burden.

You are all the love 

from Heaven above.

& Jesus, each time I pray 

there is not enough to say.

Except,

            I praise You

                        & Your holy name,

            I thank You 

for what You have done,

            I worship You

                        as my Savior & Lord,

            I honor...

98, 10-8, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 4/6/2023)

Today we are reading and discussing 3 poems about Jesus, the Lamb of God, what He has done for us and the blessings that we receive as we receive as we believe that Jesus is the Son of God, lived on the earth as one of us, a life without sin, took the sins of the world upon Himself, as called to by His Father, a death that was the final sacrifice God required for the forgiveness of man’s sins.  If we will believe we will receive everlasting life in Heaven with our Savior.

THE GATHERING LAMB

Page 110 God’s Rhyme

“We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us 

has turned to our own way; and the Lord has 

laid on him the iniquity of us all.  Isaiah 53:6, NIV

The Lamb of God, with God before time,

perfect, as is God, in every way,

before the words were written in lines

Jesus, the unblemished Lamb was there.

Jesus and God, with the Holy Spirit,

indivisible, the Trinity;

so the Lamb of God is also God,

who saves our souls for eternity.

We, living on this earth, a herd of sheep,

we wander, are lost not knowing the cost,

not knowing, we cause a pain so deep

that God sent Jesus to find and save us.

An earthly shepherd has a special one,

one of the herd that seeks the wandering, 

those sheep that are lost, that have gone astray,

returning them home before the day is done.

Our Heavenly Master has sent His Son

to find the lost and to gather the strays,

to bring us home before the end of days.

The Lamb of God, a never ending search.

            Before we knew Him

            He knew who we were,

            He knew our thoughts,

He knew our prayers.

And He knew of our rebellion,

Before, He has always known.

Yet He loves us still

and He always will.

He sent His Son

to be the one

that would seek us out

even as we doubt.

He sent His Son to gather us in,

the unblemished Lamb, the Sacrifice,

to pay the price, to die for our sins

so that with God we are finally put right!

.

Reflection:

The result of Bible study.  The lamb who gathers us in, who died for our sins.

Discussion:

THE LAMB OF GOD

Page 14, Living in Gods Rhyme

“Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, 

the root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open 

the scroll and its seven seals.”

Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, 

standing at the center of the throne . . .

Revelation 5:5-6

As I sat reading of John’s vision

I felt as if I never fully understood

That for eternity God’s decision

Remains forever for my good.

Yes, I have read of the cruelty 

Of his beating on the way to the cross,

Of the agony of his death,

The death of God’s son.

The death of my condemnation.

I know that by God’s grace

I will be with him forever.

I know I will see his face

And feel his loving embrace.

But reading the words of what John saw,

Though they shouldn’t, they rub my wounds...