The Gift of Faith

69, 7-9, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  Today we are going to read poems and discus where faith leads us.  All of the poems are from Living In God’s Rhyme.THE GENTLENESS OF FAITH (pg. 125)Our faith is a reflectionThat upon recollectionBy those whose lives we passed.Will see a love that lasts.Our faith is not quarrelsome,We speak in gentle tonesTo those who do not know the SonSo they see the love he has shown.His spirit may raise our voice,Though never in anger, but in joyful songOf a love that will make eyes moistAs the lost find that for which they do long.Love is gentle in its forgivingAs shown by how we were living,That as Christ redeemed us at the crossSo now we may live without the loss,The loss of,The love of his promise,The gift of his grace,That with Christ we will riseWhen his call will end our race.For God so loved us he gave his only SonSo we could join him and be the onesTo share,To care,To be there,AnywhereHe calls,Standing tallSo others hearThere is no fearIn God’s embraceAs the world we face.Without love for others,For our sisters and brothers,Our faith is but mist in the air.So how to the lost do we share?Pray that our faith leaves no questionOf who God is and who we are in him.May the gentle love of GodBe the gentleness of our faith.Reflection on The Gentleness of FaithI was led, or more likely I meandered, through four books before getting the inspiration for this poem.  It came from 2 Timothy 2:24.  “And the Lords servant must not be quarrelsomeBut must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.” (NIV)Discussion: HIS WORD MAY IT LEAD US (pg. 63)Matthew, Mark Luke and John,Paul, Peter, Timothy and Jude,Books and letters written To show us the way to God’s love,The love of his sacrifice,The love of his grace,The love he has for us,The human race.Jesus said,Believe,Be baptizedAnd spread the Gospel.We should not only pray,Pray every day,For those who have not heardHis mighty saving word.We should speakSo that we reachThose souls we knowOf the gift we have receivedSo they will not be deceived.We need to shoutTo the world aboutThat Jesus saves,He is what God gaveSo the end will be better,So it will not be bitter.After ThoughtsAs believers we can meet in clustersSo that faith and desire we can musterThat as we leave the roomWe do not have a sense of doomBut the faith to share,Share that we care,That others hearWhat we hold dearTo our heartsSo they may startTo see what they can beThat when with JesusThey will be free.Discussion:THE RHYME OF GOD, THE RHYME OF ME (pg. 34)There may be no rhymesAs in other times.But it is not that the LordHas struck a lost chord.(if he did it would be sungas every church bell was rung)His rhyme is his word,The scriptures we readThrough which he plants the seed,With hope that we have heard.It is through his graceThat we see his faceIn those we meetAnd those we greet.If we believe,In us lives his rhymeForever in time.He will not deceive.Then I decided to...