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Today	Deceived?	Obstruction?	Forgiven?	Resolution?
Calm?	Stupidity?	Imperfect	My Choice . .	Problems?

Though I may glimpse the future

and glance at yesterday –

My life must not be lived there.

I must live now -today.

God gave sufficient Manna

for one day at a time.

Present Blessings are just right

for this moment that's mine.

God will give preparation

for obstacles He sees.

This day that I'm living

needs all my energy.

Have my friends been deceived?

Have they drifted away?

Have they followed a dream

not God's revealed Way?

What good does it do

If their Sin I bemoan?

If I don't condemn

They’ll think I condone

I’ll pray they receive

Spiritual insight –

Renounce the wrong way,

return to the right.

They need protection

and sight that is clear –

Spiritual awareness

and a Holy fear.

The lorry obstructing me

was broad and tall and long.

To stop frustration, I filled

my mind with praise in song.

My Saviour moved in on me

in His appointed time –

And Jesus filled the heart

I had thought of as mine.

Dear Lord, please always challenge me

In ways that are Your own -

Ways You choose to slow me down

and touch You on Your Throne.

Bowed down with care, deep in despair

I tripped over a cat -

Apologised immediately

and thought that would be that.

Though the owner's 'forgiven' me

each time I go her way –

"You are the one who kicked my cat"

I know she's bound to say.

Forgiven sins are laid to rest

whatever the crime—

So do not rake them up

not even one more time.

I was like a toy boat

bobbing on every wave –

Drawn by unseen currents

to a watery grave.

But I became quite calm

in God's Almighty Hand.

It took me quite a while

to really understand –

If I follow Jesus

and go ways He makes plain –

The 'world' cannot harm me

for He takes all the strain.

My friends said "You are stupid to

read the Bible right through.

It is a dreadful waste of time –

we don't suppose it ' s true.

But I stuck to my project,

and I read God's Word each day.

I decided all that I learned

I would heed and obey –

So, before I was much older

the way to God was plain. ..

For Jesus died instead of me!!

and now I'm Born Again.

I went on reading to obtain

Spiritual nourishment.

God's Word is Health and Healing

and a Mirror and Judgement.

I'm learning Truths I never knew.

God's Word's changing my life.

I'm gaining understanding,

and I'm being sanctified.

For I repented, was baptised,

yielded to God's Spirit -

Was thirsty, asked for, drank of Him

(He gives without a limit)

Those sins that I could not control

(where Satan controlled me)

The Holy Spirit's Power means

I can gain victory.

There was a dirty, common pot –

imperfect, just like me.

The gardener filled it to the brim

with flowers for all to see.

Folk only noticed the beauty,

did not think of the pot.

I pray folk will see Christ through me

and I will be forgot.

Like that pot I'm available,

wanting to overflow -

with Jesus' Peace, Joy, Truth and Love

so His Kingdom will grow.

So I must love the Lord my God

with all my heart and soul?

My desire to do just His Will

if I want to be whole?

O dear! I like to go my way -

do what I want to do –

To make all of my own mistakes

(and pay penalties due)

Well – I don’t like the penalties

because they cause me pain

So perhaps all try to live God’s way -

if you would just explain

How I, so weak and vulnerable,

with my difficulties

Could please such a sticker for Truth

in its entirety?

“You choose to! “

When many problem pile round me

filling every place in sight

It's far too easy to forget ..,

God's Authority and Might.

And so, at all such times, I pray

for Jesus’ faith to see –

Not difficulties great and small

but God's Strength surrounding me.

I've made a resolution

to mark this brand-new year.

I'll exercise my muscles

in arms, and legs, and rear .

I'll play Badminton and Bowls,

I'll Swim and I will Ski –

( If I'm not relaxing

ever so happily.)

But before each new day starts

whatever it may bring -

I will read the Word of God

and meet Jesus my King.

He'll help me with my problems.

He'll forgive each mistake -

Then He'll guide me through each day

that is lived for His sake.