THEN AND NOW

  

"And as it was in the days of Noah," 

They married, ate, and drank; (Luke 17:26)

Ignoring the warnings given,

Into the waters they sank.

"Likewise" . . . in "the days of Lot,"

They drank, farmed and built; (Luke 17:28a)

Though warned of godless living,

They were destroyed by their guilt.

"Even thus it shall be in the day

When the Son of man is revealed"; (Luke 17:30)

With such graphic admonitions,

Should we allow our doom be sealed?

"Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; (Luke 17:33)

Whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it". 

-C. R. Solomon Sept. 25, 2010

LABOR TO REST!

   

          

Laboring to enter rest— (Heb. 4:9, 10)

A contradiction in terms,

The natural mind cannot receive (1 Cor. 2:14)

That which the Word affirms.

Losing our lives to save them (Matt. 16:25)

Is another mind-bender;

Trying to 'figure it out'

Can only the Spirit hinder!

Dying in order to live, (2 Cor. 4:11, 12)

In the spiritual life a must—

Only His direct revelation

Allows us our Lord to trust.

When we're reduced to nothing,

He can be all things; 

As He becomes our life, (Col. 3:4)

All that's within us sings! (Ps. 71:22, 23)

-  C. R. Solomon 9-6-10