Friday, February 2, 2018

Because I’m Human

Because I’m Human
Because I am not perfect ,
My best intentions seen 
To sometimes miss fillment ,
Like the texture of a dream ,
And I wage a daily battle ,
That I very often lose ,
Between the things that matter,
And the ones I seen to choose .
Because I am no angel ,
I am easy to mislead ,
In spite of what I know is right ,
I’m swayed by pride and greed .
Sometimes I think I love the world
Too much to want to leave ,
Though Eternity awaits me ,
And all that I believe ,
My free will is a problem ,
How easy it would be ,
If God made the decisions ,
And took the job from me
But in this there is no merit ,
I am very well aware ,
So I have to work for Heaven ,
Every moment I am here.
And just because I’m human ,
It might take a little long ,
To be come what I was meant to be ,
Since I’m really not that strong .
So I’ll just keep on a trying ,
and I’ll live from day to day ,
For my spirit is immortal ,
…Though my body’s made of clay ,
Jan Bagwell
Jan Bagwell

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Seek Ye the Kingdom of God

     Seek Ye the Kingdom of God

Life is a mixture of sunshine and rain ,
Good things and bad things , pleasure and pain.
We can’t have all sunshine , but it’s certainly true
There is never a cloud the sun doesn’t shine through .
So always remember that whatever betide you
The power of God is always beside you
And if friends disappoint you and plans go astray
And nothing works out in just the right way .
And you feel you have failed in achieving your goal ,
And that life wrongly placed you in an unfitting role ,
Take heart and stand tall and think who you are,
For God is your Father and no one can bar
Or keep you from reaching your desired success ,
Or withhold the joy that is yours to possess ,
For with God on your side it matters not who
Is working to keep life’s good things from you ,
For you need nothing more than God’s guidance and love
To insure you the things that you’re most worthy of .
So trust in His wisdom and follow His ways ,
And be not concerned with the world’s empty praise,
But seek first His kingdom and you will possess
The world’s greatest riches which is true happiness .
Jan Bagwell
God Bless !!
Thanks to each and every one ,  who has played a part by sharing
And caring  .And thus preparing joy  for another’s  heart .


Monday, January 29, 2018

God is Seeking for Men

    God is Seeking for Men

God is seeking for men in this world’s last hour ,
For men who can love-and anointed with power
Will stand in the gap ,and make up the hedge
That many in darkness of sin may be led
To Christ the Redeemer who only  can save
From the power of evil , despair and the grave  .

God is seeking for men who can sorrow and feel
For the souls He created , whom no one can heal :
The poor , broken bodies , the sin-darkened souls
With  none to deliver and none to make whole ;
The dear little children who cry in the night ,
Who long for a Saviour to bring the Light .

God called for a weapon to punish the lands
To put to the sword the work of His hands ,
And bring revelation on sin through His Word ,
That the nations far off may yet know the Lord .
But though they were punished by war’s cruel hate .
So soon they forgot their most terrible fate .

And every man wanders his own selfish way
Enjoying his pleasure and failing to pray
For the power of the Spirit that makes feeble man
An instrument , mighty to save , in the land .
O , where are the mighty , the holy and just ,
To whom God can proffer such high , noble trust ?

Where , O where are the few to stand in the hedge
To fill up the gap by a resolute pledge ,
To carry the message of power to the weak ,
The hungry ,the sick  ,the forlorn and the meek ?
My brother , my sister , won’t you be the one
To tell the glad tiding of God’s only Son ?

Think not of tomorrow and what you may lose –
A throne and a crown is for those who will choose
To follow the Lamb anywhere He  may go :
Rescuing souls out of darkness and woe ;
Leading the lost in God’s infinite plan –
Won’t you tell Him today ,”Lord , I’ll be that man.”
Jan Bagwell

God Bless