[Faith-talk] Daily Thought for Saturday, January 4 2014 and an Idea For A Little Game

[Nicholas]

Paul-This is great! As far as I am concerned, if you have these readily available, lets have them!

Nicholas S. Robertson
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> On Jan 4, 2014, at 1:04 PM, "Paul" <oilofgladness47 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello folks.  I hope that your day is going well.  For those of you in Australia and New Zealand, it's already Sunday morning for you, and I hope and pray that, as you go to your house of worship this morning, that you will get a good word from the Lord as imparted to you by your pastors and/or Sunday school teachers.  More importantly I pray that you and your fellow congregants will apply what you will hear and learn to your individual lives as the gracious Holy Spirit enables.
> 
> And now, before our daily thought poem for today, here's the modest proposal for my game.  Actually it isn't really mine, but was composed originally by the late Alvy Ford of Tamecula California.  Some years ago he took it on himself to write a little poem on every chapter of the Bible, no small feat if you ask me.  Anyway they were featured near the back of every Gospel Messenger magazine.  My idea is this:  Occasionally, instead of a Daily Thought message, I'll give you one of his little ditties that the Lord must have dictated to him, and if you know your Bible well enough, that you should guess the book and chapter in question.  Here's just a sample which I feel most of you would guess right off.
> 
> God is my Shepherd; with Him I am found.
> Pasture and waters do ever abound.
> Tables are spread with a bountiful store:
> I shall abide in His house evermore.
> 
> Now, if you know your Bible, what passage of Scripture is the above little rhyme based on? Psalm 23 is the answer.  Anyway if you'd like an occasional one of these, let me know and I'll be more than glad to lay one of these on you.  I've tried to interest people here in my local community, blind and sighted in Baltimore, to get together and have a fun time with these little rhymes, but they didn't seem interested.  Anyway just let me know and I'll do it.
> 
> And now back to the present.  Kay Hoffman some years ago wrote a beautiful poem which I'd like to share with you today.  Entitled "New Year's Prayer," it is rendered as follows:
> 
> Another year is dawning
> With the chance to start anew.
> May I be kinder, wiser, Lord,
> In all I say and do,
> Not so caught up in selfish gain
> That I would fail to see
> The things in life that mean the most
> Cost not a fancy fee.
> 
> The warm, kind word that I can give,
> The outstretched hand to help,
> The prayers I pray for those in need
> More precious these than wealth.
> 
> I know not what may lie ahead
> Of laughter or of tears;
> I only need to know each day
> That You are walking near.
> 
> I'm thankful for this brand new year
> As now I humbly pray,
> My hand secure in yours, dear Lord,
> Each step along the way.
> 
> I don't know about you, but when I first read this poem some eight years ago, these simple words ministered to me like nothing else could.  I just had to sit quietly and cry my heart and soul out to God for the encouragement and strength to do what Kay had to say in her words.  Little things like that sometimes make more of an impact on my life than a sermon.  This is not to say that no sermon has an impact on my life, but in this case this poem surely did.  I pray that the Holy Spirit ministered to you today, especially if you read this poem for the first time.
> 
> And now may the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob just keep us safe, individually and collectively, in these last days in which we live.  Lord willing, tomorrow there will be another Daily Thought message which I pray will edify and uplift all our spirits both individually and collectively.  Your Christian friend and brother, Paul
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