Poems my friend gave me that touched my heart

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John 3:16

For God (the greatest Giver)
so loved (the greatest motive)
the world (the greatest need),
His only begotten son (the greatest gift),
that whosoever(the greatest invitation)
believeth (the greatest descion)
in Him (the greatest Person)
believeth in him (the greatest opportunity)
should not perish (the greatest deliverance),
but (the greatest difference)
have (the greatest certainty)
everlasting life (the greatest possession).

The Will of God

The will of God will never take you,

Where the grace of God cannot keep you,

Where the arms of God cannot support you,Where the riches of God cannot supply your needs,
Where the power of God cannot endow you.

The will of God will never take you,

Where the spirit of God cannot work through you, Where the wisdom of God cannot teach you,
Where the army of god cannot protect you, Where the hands of God cannot mold you.

The will of God will never take you,

Where the love of God cannot enfold you, Where the mercies of God cannot sustain you,
Where the peace of God cannot calm your fears, Where the authority of God cannot overrule for you.

The will of God will never take you,

Where the comfort of God cannot dry your tears, Where the Word of God cannot feed you,
Where the miracles of God cannot be done for you, Where the omnipresence of God cannot find you.


Parable One: The Wise and Foolish Builders
(Matthew 7:24-27; Luke 6: 46-49)

How wonderful it would have been to live in Jesus' time,
To sit at Jesus' feet and hear His words of truth sublime!
For no one taught as Jesus taught when he was here on earth,
Yet now we still may heed His words and recognize their worth.

" Whoever hears my words," He said, "and lives by then as well,
Is like a man who built a house in which he planned to dwell,
Because he was a prudent man, he built on solid rock,
So that whatsoever a storm may come, it would with stand the shock.
His forecast proved well justified, for when the storm did come,
The raging wind and rain and flood could not destroy that home.
The solid base on which it stood enabled it to stand
Against the fiercest elements, just as its builder planned.
But he who hears the Word of Truth, and does not pay good heed,
Is like a man who built on sand, and foolish was indeed;
The house he built was so recklessly and rash,
When wind and rain and flood struck hard, fell with a mighty crash."

Dear reader, do not build your life without a solid base,
But look to Jesus as you build, and seek his sovereign grace.
The parables within his book reveal his will for you,
Each one a precious building stone, for all his words are true.

Frederick Milton