The devil loves RED – red tape.
The devil hates RED – the Blood of Christ. – eab, 12/18/08
Archive for December 18th, 2008
Red
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They Came
Posted in christmas poems, poem, worship, tagged "gum, 205 Goodbread Street, camels, converts men from sin, E. Andrew, forever Thine, God, gold, hearken is best, Heather Colwell, Laura C., Lincoln S., lumbering hoofed ships, myrrh, Nevada, obedience, OH, royal David's household, shifting sandy sea, the King, they came, Time's most Focal Point, Unselfish Lord, Use our sons and daughters to spread Thy Word, Wyandot Christian School on December 18, 2008| 1 Comment »
They came.
They came on camels – (probably),
Lumbering hoofed ships,
On a shifting, sandy sea (wind, lea).
They gave.
Three tokens at least (myrrh, “gum,” gold),
Presents for the King,
In royal David’s household (foretold).
They left.
A different way. (Don’t all men?)
Time’s most Focal Point,
Confronts, converts, men from sin (Within).
But wait!
Were their gifts alive? (flesh, blood, soul?)
To hearken is best;
Obedience gains the goal (Not dole).
Dear Lord,
Accept these our gifts (howe’er fine)
Earth’s joys signed below.
Make them God forever Thine (Not mine).
E. Andrew 9, Lincoln S. 6, Laura C. 3,
Heather Colwell born Nov. 6th, wt 9# 1/2 oz
In loving gratitude, Unselfish Lord
Use our sons and daughters to spread Thy Word. – eab, 12/73
Written while principal of Wyandot Christian School and living at 205 Goodbread Street, Nevada, OH.
Charles Wesley – birth, Dec. 18, 1707
Posted in christmas poems, poet British, today in history, worship, tagged 1707, 18th child, 4000 published) hymns, 6500 hymns, Adam’s likeness, believing heart, Born that man no more may die, born this date, Bruise in us the serpent’s head, Charles Wesley, England, Epworth, Hark! The herald angels sing, mystic, Prince of Peace, Reinstate us, Righteousness, Ruined nature, Second Adam, second birth, the inner man, Thine image, today in history, union on December 18, 2008| Leave a Comment »
“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” (stanzas 3-5)
Hail the heav’nly Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all He brings,
Ris’n with healing in His wings.
Mild He lays His glory by,
Born that man no more may die.
Born to raise the sons of earth,
Born to give them second birth.
Come, Desire of nations, come,
Fix in us Thy humble home;
Rise, the woman’s conqu’ring Seed,
Bruise in us the serpent’s head.
Now display Thy saving power,
Ruined nature now restore;
Now in mystic union join
Thine to ours, and ours to Thine.
Adam’s likeness, Lord, efface,
Stamp Thine image in its place:
Second Adam from above,
Reinstate us in Thy love.
Let us Thee, though lost, regain,
Thee, the Life, the inner man:
O, to all Thyself impart,
Formed in each believing heart.
Charles Wesley was born this date, 12/18/1707 in Epworth, England, the 18th child in his family. He is credited with penning 6500 (4000 published) hymns or 2-3 a day from 1738-1788.
