I am thankful that I can turn to the good book, and find encouragement, comfort, wisdom, and spiritual food for my hungry soul.
I learned in church today , that Tuesday May 2, (2011) was the 400th anniversary of the publishing of the first Bible (King James Version). The Bible is the MOST read book in the world. People all over the world Hunger for the spiritual food we find on a daily basis in the Bible.
So, to celebrate this wonderful anniversary, a few of my favourite verses......
Psalm 23: The Lord is my Shepherd...
Psalm 86: 1 - 13 Bow down thine ear, O Lord and hear me....
Isaiah 40: 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our GOD shall stand FOREVER
Ephesians 2: 8 For by grace are you saved through faith....
Philippians 4: 13 I can do all things through Christ which streneneth me.
Titus 2: 12, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and wordly lusts, we should live soberly righteously, and Godly, IN THIS PRESENT WORLD.
Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity....
Gary's Poem "What Is?" asks some of those troubling questions that we all struggle with, and answers it with one reply "GOD"S LOVE
What Is?
What is this slow pain upon the grace?
Of light and Love of the human race?
What is this death that lingers in and out?
What is this new life and what is it all about?
What happens to the beauty that begins to fade?
For it is the Love of God, of which we were made.
What is this darkness that falls upon light?
What are these visions that are very bright?
What are this pain and sorrow of Love?
As we embrace life that comes from Above.
What is this condemnation that brings upon us sorrow?
What is this hope that prays for tomorrow?
What is this joy that comes and goes?
And what of this mind that always knows?
What is this world that spins around?
What is this light that makes no sound?
What is this rain that nourishes the earth?
And what is this Miracle of love and new birth?
What of these children that die of disease?
What of these lives that brings us to our knees?
What of these children which dance with joy?
And what is which determines a girl and a boy?
What of this new life that our hearts treasure?
What of this sacrifice we never measure?
What of this dream of Love and Fate?
What is the destiny that makes us wonder?
What is this heart beating much like thunder?
What is this mystery formed as lightning?
And what of this death that some find frightening?
What of this heaven we seem to ponder?
What of this blue sky so far asunder?
What is this magnificent Creation upon us all?
Death and new life thought from a call.
What is this feeling of immortality?
What is this allusion of this reality?
What is this gift of silence and peace?
And when is destruction and war to cease?
What is this voice that guides and weeps?
What is this Love we claim for keeps?
What is this history we have searched and found?
And what is this thought that makes no sound?
What is this life that makes us laugh and cry?
What of this Love that makes us sigh?
What is this God we fear and hide?
And what of this God always by our side?
What of this darkness we feel and repent?
What of this Love that is Heaven sent?
What of this temptation that leads us astray?
And what of this dawn that begins our new day?
What is this Love that we must admit?
And what is that that makes us question it?
What is that, what is?
For it IS the Love of God that we were made,
As we embrace life that comes from above.
©2000, Gary B. Roy
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