84, 9-4, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS, (Scheduled 12/29/2022)
Today we are going to talk about the new year and what it can and hopefully will mean for us.
We’ll start with a poem that comes after the Christmas poems in God Still Rhymes. This poem was probably written in 2017
THE YEAR’S LAST THOUGHT (God Still Rhymes, pg. 125)
(Not what it ought
Not what he brought
Not what he thought)
At that hour it was dark.
He was carrying the books
As he walked through the park.
Strangers gave him strange looks
As they crossed his path.
Pausing – you do the math:
What is two times too many?
More than a penny
But less than time?
He asked, “what of me is mine?”
Then it was as if the soles of their feet
Had trampled his soul as he crossed the street.
The task . . .
Was it lying or lying ahead?
Where was the truth
Where all was false?
Could there be an heir
Waiting in the air?
What is there,
What is fair,
Does one care,
Does one dare,
As one stares
At the stairs?
Is there danger
With the stranger?
Can the doctor
Cure the sick
By doctrine
Of infectious words
That cut and sting,
That strangle
One’s life
And maybe another’s?
Yes, in the Almighty Healer
there is Hope.
Reflection on The Year’s Last Thought
I’m sure I know why I get in moods like the one I was in when I wrote this poem. Sometimes I distance myself from the people I should be getting closer to. For some reason I had this foolish thought going through my mind for quite a few days. The thought, are all poets tortured souls. I had no I idea. I just knew that I was allowing myself to be that tortured soul. Was it so I could write this poem? I didn’t know. But, I do know there was a reason for it. Now as I am writing this explanation I know it was God calling me to come home again. I added the last two lines after realizing God’s purpose for this poem.
Discussion:
As I reread this poem when looking for poems or today’s podcast, I realized that is reminds me of today, how in the world we are living in now can do this to us if we do not have Jesus to lift us up and above the everyday – everything the world wants for us.
The next poem is from one of the unpublished files.
GO GENTLE
Go gentle into the night
And into the fading light.
There is no more fight
Surviving on God’s might.
The shadows will fall
As you hear God’s call.
There will come a time
When you hear His rhyme.
Worry not about the morning dew
Knowing that God loves you.
Go gentle into your living,
Embrace what God is giving.
7/30/19, tcarter
Discussion:
Even though this was written many months into the year, I believe that it is how we should start our new year, by turning over our lives to Jesus. We can turn over a new leaf with a New Year’s resolution year after year, or we can turn over everything to Jesus and let Him lead us into joy and satisfaction that is everlasting. Once and always forever.
One from God’s Rhyme
HIS BLESSINGS RHYME (God’s Rhyme, pg. 88)
My hopes, my needs, the cure for my ills
All in God’s time
By prayer and faith my needs He fulfills
His blessings rhyme
Day by day and night time too
It seems the hours though many
Are more times than not too few
As I’m earning that penny
How many times can I say
As ev’ry day passes by
If I could only now pray
Do I ever question why
My hopes, my needs, the cure for my ills
All in God’s time
By prayer and faith my needs He fulfills
His blessings rhyme
I must make the time each day
Although I may wonder how
To be more thankful, to pray
But the time, it must be now
He answers when I need Him
My spirit He can raise
When my prayer is like a hymn
Said like a song of praise
My hopes, my needs, the cure for my ills
All in God’s time
By prayer and faith my needs He fulfills
His blessings rhyme
I can pray when life’s gone wrong
If I pray when all is right
How much more blessed will the song
Be I can hear in His light
Through His Son’s death on the cross
He has saved my soul from sin
Thru prayer He saves me the loss
Of joy I will have with him
My hopes, my needs, the cure for my ills
All in God’s time
By prayer and faith my needs He fulfills
His blessings rhyme
Discussion: If I remember this, every day, though maybe not perfect as I live on this earth, is a day of hope to experience God’s rhymes. The past is behind me, God is with me today and forever. I need one new day; the day I give my life to Jesus.
Finally, a poem for the New Year written at Dave’s request.
IN THE COMING YEAR
Consider the power
Of every hour
The Father shares with us
Through His Son, Jesus
In this coming year
Do not live in fear
Of the unknown
Seeds others have sown
Start this year
Kneeling to pray
Throughout the day
So you may hear
His saving voice
And know the choice
Before you
In all you do
Is to take God’s hand
And understand
You have found your worth
Is not of this earth
Be blessed
In God’s rest
tcarter, 12/13, 20/2022 (83/27)
Discussion:
Spend time with God, be willing to receive what He has for you. Open your heart and let Him speak into your heart, going deep into your soul.
AS WE CLOSE IN PRAYER, MAY WE CONTINUE IN PRAYER
Dear Heavenly Father we come to you in prayer as we end today’s podcast. Dave and I thank You for Your leading us through the day and into the coming new year.
We pray for our listeners and viewers; for their needs, healing and the salvation of those who have not yet accepted the gift of Your grace by faith.
We pray, Lord, for this world in which we live. Father, as Christians lead us to proclaiming the gospel where ever we are. May we do so in a loving way. Lead us to the truth of the days we are living in. We pray for the nation of Ukraine and its people; its leaders, those who have fled the country to find safety, those who are still trying to leave the country and those who are staying to fight the invading army of their enemy. May their faith and determination be an example to the entire world. We also pray for Your Church as we face a world that marginalizes us. Give us the strength to share Your word and our faith where ever You lead us.
Dear Lord, prepare us and our listeners and viewers for the coming week. We pray that it is You we live for and You who leads us. As we walk with you this week, may it be Your hand clasped around our hand so we may feel the grasp of Your love. We pray that everyone has a blessed New Year
We pray in the name of Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer.
Amen
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