26/11/04

I like my carrots
Raw, with taste and crunchiness
To suit their colour.

ENDURED

The reproach of men -
Crackling of thorns, the cackling of fools -
He endured that.

The contempt of the leaders -
Snorting of the circling bulls of Bashan -
He endured that.

The mocking of the Romans -
The yipping and yapping of the gentile dogs -
He endured that.

Satan's power -
The roar of the ravenous lion -
He endured that.

Weakness -
Manhood's strength poured as water -
He endured that.

The might of death -
The close-set bosses of the buffalo's horns -
He endured that.

The judgement of sins -
Our sins, "made sin for us" -
He endured that.

25/11/04

Let me name a few -
Darby, Raven, Taylor, Coates -
Assembly teachers.


You can sample these, whose teaching has been used by the Lord for my blessing, at:
http://goodteaching.org/

24/11/04

We have sister Anne
To call on for her advice
Medical or other.

23/11/04

Wandering in London
My heart warmed to hear a man
Preach the glad tidings.

ABILITY

The Man who loves me
Is the Man with the greatest
Love ability.

RONDEL

Lord, we cannot go away -
Thou hast words of life eternal;
Powers both earthly and infernal
Cannot lure us - we will stay.

In each word that Thou dost say
Love is at the very kernel:
Lord, we cannot go away -
Thou hast words of life eternal;

Love that guards us from dismay;
Love from God which is paternal;
Love of saints which is fraternal;
Love which bears us all the way:
Lord, we cannot go away.

FIRST VERSE

Hail, oh Lord, we wait for Thee
Thy blest face so soon to see;
Then upon the cross He died,
Now in heaven is glorified!

That's the first verse I ever wrote - about forty-five years ago!