S4, E4, The Reason for the Season

34, 4-4, SHOW NOTES & COPYRIGHTS (planned 12/10/21)UPDATED 12/6/21Poems leading up to ChristmasTHERE IS ONLY ONE RHYME THAT WILL LAST BEYOND TIME  Living In God’s Rhyme, pg.93,   ©2018From the beginning and until the end we Have rebelled against our most Holy Father.We have committed adultery with gods of woodThinking that for us they could provide good.Prophets of Old Testament times have spokenOf your anger at a people whose lives were broken,Broken because their bond with you was tornLong before so many were ever born.John of the New Testament describes his revelationOf the future of this world, of the end of nations.We who are living in the grace of a new covenantHave brought disgrace to the grace of his Providence.What are we to do amid this turmoilAs the Heavens cry and our hearts boil?How do we avoid God’s anger, his wrathAs we continue down our destructive path?Read his word, the scriptures both old and new.Read his word, believe in his word and have life anew.Though angry his love turned to blood,His blood, that of his Son, that of his love.If you believe in the God of the Bible,You must believe his every word,What he has done and what he willBecause of what we have done and will.His ways are not our waysAnd our ways are not his.Be thankful that he loves usMore than we can ever love him.He wanted us to be with him foreverSo he sent his son to be the sacrifice,To pay the price for the sins of many,So that in his sight we are made right.Read, believe, be baptized and spread his word.Open your hearts to him so your soul may be saved,That you may face eternity, not with foreboding,But that you may face it forever with joy.We know the story of the past,Pray that we do not make it last,Pray that the die has not been cast,That at this time you accept his grace.Since his word spoke this world into existence,Since that word paid the ransom for our resistance,Since before we were conceived in the wombHe knew us and desired that we avoid the tomb.It is in our hands, the decision to be in his hands.Get up from your life and with God stand.Stand with faith in the resurrection of his SonAnd our resurrection from what we have done.God loves us.He wants us with him.He died onceThat we might live.Jesus rose so that we who believeMay also rise with him as we receiveAll.Reflection on There Is Only One Rhyme That Will Last Beyond TimeEvery time I read the Bible I hope that God has a new poem to write.  Sometimes it has been after reading only a few verses.  This time it was after reading Jeremiah 14-16.  I have been fascinated with end times prophecy for years.  I am now more fascinated with the Old Testament prophets.  I remember sitting with a small group in a 7 week session on Christ.  The question was asked, does God ever get angry.  Yes.  I am glad that He loves and forgives.  This poem is a continuation of the last poem in God’s Rhyme, Broken Hearted.  I wrote it on Dec. 30, 2014.  When I finished the poem, God said that the book was done.  I know now it was only the beginning.WE WERE BORN IN...