In response to a post, my special friend said:
"God will use the song we sing in our lives to make Babylon more like Zion."
And thus I was inspired:
"The Lord our God sees all,
For those who belong to him He calls,
When his voice they hear,
From the wilderness they will peer.
Aliens and strangers we are in this land,
But we still sing the Lord's songs with our motley band,
As long as eternity awaits us,
We fight forward only for Jesus.
Not alone in our endeavour,
God promises us salvation forever,
We go only where we are told,
For the Holy Spirit directs our fold.
As we live our lives are being transformed,
Through great mysteries unfathomable,
Our true dwelling we remember,
Living always for our future,
Where the land of Zion is God's own dwelling space,
The songs we sing will then be nothing but short of glorious praise."
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Nice - like it. Especially the last three lines
"Living always for our future,
Where the land of Zion is God's own dwelling space,
The songs we sing will then be nothing but short of glorious praise."
Now that's something to look forward too! Thanks for your inspiration Darrell - keep those sparks coming!
After writing my comment on your previous blog, I was in fact inspired myself to write a poem. And although I don't usually share my poems, it seems fitting to do so here. It's called:
"The song of life"
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Praise God for our salvation!
That through Christ we are his own.
He sets our paths before us -
Towards our eternal home.
Here in Babylon we serve Him,
All our days He will provide.
Through hard times and good,
The Holy Spirit is our guide.
Each day we offer up our praise.
Our body, mind and voice -
Are sacrifices to our Lord;
In such worship we rejoice!
We pray for all who do not know
The mysteries that we sing.
We pray our lives might be a light
To show forth Christ as King
The songs we sing in our lives
Are drawn from God’s holy Word.
Pray, bringing many more to know
The glory of the Lord.
Looking to our eternal home,
We live our prayerful song.
Pressing on towards our goal,
To worship God in Zion.
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:)
Thank you for your comment; it is inspiration indeed!
Reminds me heavily of the song:
"Our God is an Awesome God", especially the verse:
"When He rolls up his sleeves He ain't just putting on the ritz,
There is thunder in his footsteps and lightning in his fists;
The LORD wasn't joking when He kicked them out of Eden,
It wasn't for no reason that He shed his blood,
His return is very close and so you better be believing;
That our God is an Awesome God."
And this is our purpose; the Saints all join in one song; united in Truth and Love; we are of one mind, for we are in the Fellowship of One Spirit (Acts 2:42-47), the Holy Spirit sent from heaven by our LORD Jesus Christ, who is risen from the grave, and sits at the right hand of the Father.
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