"ONE THING"; FIVE "ONE THINGS"

 Swaddled in affluence,            Mark 10: 21

Swathed in self-esteem,

"One thing lackest thou":

A lack.

The light revealed                    John 9: 25

I could not see the light;

One thing I know:

A Man called Jesus

Opened my eyes.

Cooking things up,                     Luke 10: 42

Baking, preparing, survey

One thing is needed:

Rest at the Master's feet.

Not possessing, yet, the prize;           Philippians 3: 13

Not being yet full-grown,

One thing: forgetting the things behind,

I pursue.

To dwell in the house of God               Psalm 27: 4

To see His beauty:

One thing have I asked of Jehovah:

That will I seek.

As we were emptying my mother-in-law's house since she was going into a care home I came on a little battered old book for children called, "The Homeward Journey: of Five "One Things" by A.T.S.  This seems to be A T Schofield with Amazon showing a date for it of 1 January 1924.  It is available here.  And that's the source of the thoughts above. (There's another wee story about it.)

Looking back to Scotland

The Coast of Northumberland on the way to Berwick

Friend I met on the way!

WINGS (again)

"He shall cover thee with His feathers,       Psalm 91: 4

And under His wings shalt thou find refuge."

Thus I take refuge                                   Psalm 57: 1

in the shadow of Thy wings

till the calamities are past

For His desire was to enfold                      Luke 13: 34

as a hen enfolds its chickens

beneath her wings.

Eagle, stirring its nest,           Deuteronomy 32: 11, 12

Hovering, spreading its wings,

He alone has led me from the wilderness.

If I have weltered in ashes                     Psalm 68: 13

He caused me to be

wings of a dove;

with green-gold feathers.

They vainly spread the net                   Proverbs 1: 17

for me:

for He has given me wings.

From Burnmouth to the Border

England to the left of the fence, Scotland to the right

THE CLEFT OF THE ROCK

"I came to your church

To hear my own language - 

Gaelic - spoken.

I had not heard it

In my long campaigning.

You spoke of a child

Secreted by his mother

In a rock cleft; and how,

Wrapped in her plaid,

It survived the storm

She died in.

I loved that mother

Who tenderness sacrificed

Her life for her child.

But now I have learned to love

The Rock, the Christ,

To be ready to die in the cleft

Of that Rock.

I was the child in the cleft."

More of Burnmouth< Scottish Borders

GOD'S PEOPLE

            I

Galatians 6:10

In a world of mist and quagmire

See them, eyese to the light,

Stood upon the Rock:

"The household of faith".

1 Peter 3:17, 5: 9

And as you see them

Surrounded by the world's fangs,

Accomplishing sufferings,

"Love the brotherhood".

1 Peter 2: 10

Though once the world claimed

Them its; or Satan his;

Or they even claimed they were their own:

"Now God's people".

Into Burnmouth, the most south easterly village in Scotland

Due east would be Denmark

HUSHAI

If it was after David worshipped             (2 Samuel 15: 30-37)
On the summit of the mount of Olives
That Hushai appeared, yet it was
Torn-clothed and with earth on
His head.  To be no burden to
The king he was sent be
Faithful in the false court.
There deluding Absalom by
His honesty: “Long live the king  ….”     (2 Samuel 16: 16-18)
(Over the water) he masterfully
Acted treacherously for truth,
For if he loved pureness of heart,
With grace on his life not only
In the cabinet was he the king’s            (1 Chronicles 27: 33)

Friend: the king was his friend.             (Proverbs 22: 11)  

               

A Few Final Views of the Firth of Forth and Blackness Castle