When I Exchange Life's Rugged Cross

When I Exchange Life's Rugged Cross

When I exchange Life's rugged cross
For Eternity's crown;
When my soul is rid of sorrow
My burdens all laid down,
I will trade these rags so wretched
For a gown of Heaven's white,
And when I take the Hand of Jesus
Everything will be all right.

No more rough roads will be traveled;
No more thorns will pierce my side.
I'll be granted total healing
When all Heaven's gates swing wide!
No more poverty, or sadness,
Will have my thoughts ensnared,
For I will ever rest with Jesus
In the mansion He's prepared.

No more tears will wet night's darkness,
No more loneliness or dread;
No more fearing of the future,
Nor of what may lie ahead,
No more guilty pain of faulting,
Nor pangs of yesterday,
For I'll have reached Life Immortal
In the True and Living Way!

Earthly toil will then be ended;
No more darts by Satan hurled.
Splendid glories will all glisten
There in God's most sacred World;
Where bright streets of gold will meet me,
And "Life's Precious Gem" awaits
Amid the glimmer of all ages
Inside Heaven's Pearly Gates!

When I exchange Life's rugged cross
For Eternity's crown;
When my soul is rid of sorrow
My burdens all laid down,
I will trade these rags so wretched
For a gown of Heaven's white,
And when I take the Hand of Jesus
Everything will be all right.
Jan Bagwell
God Bless !
{"Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of Life!" Jesus (Revelation 2:10b)
I thanked God for the life he has given to me !
I pray for the people he has put in my Life
Lonnie Bagwell and Hazel Bagwell { my mother and dad ]
Larry Bagwell [my brother and his children Liza , Leslie and Laura
Nadine  Stvan { her children , Nyica Greg  and Warren Boatman ]
My children  David [ wife Hali] and Scott Bagwell [ Elizabeth Bagwell ]
My wonderful Grandchildren  Emily [Scott ] Halia [David]
My friends for long time , Judy Hamlin , Jimmy D Holladay , Mr and Mrs. William {Billy] and Mary Phillips ,Mr  Charles and Frankie Wilson ,

Hearing With Our Spiritual Ears

Does the background noise of sin prevent
Us from hearing with our spiritual ears?
Is it hard for us to listen to God
Because we hold onto doubts and fears?

We can let God speak to our hearts
If we read and study His holy Word.
We need to also pray without ceasing
And witness to those who've never heard.

Sometimes we can get so very distracted,
We forget what God's Word has to say.
Sometimes we stop up our spiritual ears,
And we also fail to trust and obey.

Let's keep our hearts in tune with God.
Let's keep our spiritual ears open too.
Let us read and obey His holy Word
Until our race on this earth is through.
Psalm 85:8A, "I will hear what God the Lord will speak."

Jan Bagwell

God Bless !

My Savior's Touch

Lord, my Savior,
thank You so much
for the comfort . . .
of Your healing touch.

A refreshing balm,
restoring and renewing
a respite for the weary
calming and soothing.

Consoling hands,
a touch so reassuring
there’s nothing to fear
no need for worrying.

A cure-all to strife,
a salve for the soul
one life-giving touch
made my life whole.

Arms of compassion,
extensions of grace
the touch of mercy
an eternal embrace.

Lord, my Savior,
thank You so much
for the cleansing power
in Your healing touch!
Matthew 14:36

“And besought him that they might
only touch the hem of his garment:
and as many as touched were made
perfectly whole.”

Jan Bagwell

God Bless !

Jesus is The Salt in My Life

Lord, You're the salt of my life,
You add to it so much flavor
I'm so grateful that I made You
my Lord and eternal Savior.

Everything else around me,
seems so very bittersweet
You are the only one I know
who makes me feel complete.

Looking at the decaying world,
I can't believe where it's headed
and I'm thankful that Your grace
in my heart is forever embedded.

Lord, You are the salt of my life,
You are the one that I truly savor
and I'm so glad You are the one
that gives my life so much flavor.
2 Corinthians 2:14
King James Version
Jan Bagwell
God Bless !

Saved For His Service

Great peace fills the heart
When one's sins are forgiven.
Then do we sit down and wait
Until the day we go to Heaven?

Some get gloriously saved,
But then they sit idly by
Watching others serve Jesus,
But they will not even try.

We are truly saved to serve.
We do not have time to wait.
The fields are ripe for harvest.
Someday it will be too late.

Let us do service for our God.
Tell others the old sweet story
That God sent His only Son
Down from His home in Glory.

Jesus came to die for sinners
Just like you and just like me.
If we accept Jesus, the Savior,
From sin, we'll be set free.
Jan Bagwell
God Bless !

In the land of IN-Between

In  the land of  In-Between

In the land of In-Between,
I sometimes have to wait
where my faith in the Lord
I ponder and contemplate.

Now, I would rather be an eagle,
whose on the mountain top
but in the land of In-Between
God often makes me stop.

I believe He brings me here,
for His purpose and His will
but when I'm in, In-Between
it's hard to wait and be still.

When God has me stopover,
in the land of In-Between
I know that it is because
on Him, He wants me to lean.

Now when I'm in the valley dark,
and everything is unclear
that is when I know that God
will draw me close and near.

But, being neither here or there,
sometimes makes me doubt
yet I know this is the place
where I need to figure my faith out.

He makes me take a breather,
for He really wants me to learn
what I need to do to change . . .
so that in hell ~ I won't burn.

In the land of In-Between,
there's a lot for me to contemplate
soon I'll have my eagles wings
until then, I must trust and wait!
Isaiah 40:31
King James Version

"But they that wait upon the Lord shall
renew their strength;they shall mount up
with wings as eagles; they shall run,
and not be weary;and they shall walk,
and not faint."

Jan Bagwell 

God Bless !

Rev. Billy Graham

It seems like only yesterday
when I was sitting there
with black and white TV turned on -
where one man came to share...

Connected, were the speakers (to
a single microphone),
that echoed over massive crowds
as seeds of truth were sown.

The seeds from God's own Holy Word
were falling on the ears
of ev'ry soul attending there
throughout those many years.

The overcrowded stadiums
held people, young and old,
who listened quite intently to
the words that they were told...

...so everyone could know the Christ
that He was speaking of.
His sermons were straight-forward, bold
and unabashed with love.

He loved the Christ who lived to help
the poor, the sick, the weak,
who died to save us from our sins,
then rose for those who seek.

Familiar, that distinguished voice
that boldly spoke the truth.
Familiar was that humble man
who loved the aged and youth.

And as the alter call was sang
through tears, "Just As I Am",
repentant souls in thousands came
to be with Billy Graham.

My eyes still well with many tears
as I look back and see
a man who loved as Jesus did
through black and white TV.

It seems like only yesterday
when I was sitting there
with black and white TV turned on -
where one man came to share...
-
Thank you Rev. Billy Graham
for your many decades
of unselfish, faithful service
preaching His Word that never fades.
Jan Bagwell
God Bless