Questions & Answers
Oh! still dawn, gently stealing over the hills Far away in the distance; A new day, chasing the darkness of the night; An occasional cry of a lone sea bird Breaks the quiet stillness of the early morn. The voice asks, "Lovest thou me?" See John 21:12-17 Oh! what a great voice that questions me so.
A guiding light through the darkness of despair; A beacon of hope to the weary traveler; Prover that Christ saves from the seeming power of mortal mind; A steadfast assurer of the goodness of God, the one Mind divine; Faithful expresser of spiritual joy— of the gratitude of truly knowing Immanuel. Unselfed Christian healer.
I have worked unstintingly. I have worked harder than my brother.
As the light of dawn dispels Deepest darkness of the night, So Truth's growing brightness annuls Error's gloom and blight. Love's illumination never leaves us Burdened with earthly wear; Spirit always lifts our view Above all strife and care.
May I be "polished after the similitude of a palace," See Ps. 144:9,11,12.
There is a fountain overflowing, All are called to wash therein; None escape the cleansing That purifies from sin. Oh come, wash and play In the waters that reveal The goodness and the real That sin would overlay.
Trials make us stronger and teach us "with God all things are possible," Matt. 19:26.
If it feels difficult to pray (awareness of God seems far away) and rehearsals of "truth-words" don't convey much of anything, try integrity's quiet question: "What do I really desire?" Then, hush! Brush off whining ".
Beginning right now, if you could choose To identify yourself from the point of view Of Genesis chapter one, or two, Which would you rather have as you? Man as formed from the dust of the ground Is the creation described in Genesis two— Imperfect, impure, no dominion found, With woman formed from a lesser view. Darkness, materialism, sin, and blight Are all set forth in chapter two; While chapter one, which speaks of light, Is uplifting, spiritual, and the only true.
Intransigence erodes in the pathway of the Holy Ghost. The strength of newly discovered hopes is like the sweep of deft oars, is like the flight of fresh prayers.