Righteous Rescue???

Righteous Rescue???

Is it moral to continue to bolster the greedy,
And bomb at elevating the lives of the needy?

Is it just to go on accepting our leader’s ill will,
Without calling on them to demonstrate goodwill?

Is it proper to bless Wall Street with remuneration,
While willing workers cannot afford medication?

Is it honorable to again allow the privileged to rack up,
While advising the underprivileged to suck it up?

Is it ethical for our leaders to supplement themselves
Sending away those who need help to fend for themselves

There is a Judge that looks low as He sits on high
He will hear and act when the poor and needy cry.

He will also chasten His own people for being mute
As the less fortunate are made even further destitute.

Let us use our God given clout
And for righteousness sake, let us speak out

Psalm 82 (Amplified Bible)
A Psalm of Asaph.
1GOD STANDS in the assembly [of the representatives] of God; in the midst of the magistrates or judges He gives judgment [as] among the gods.
2How long will you [magistrates or judges] judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
3Do justice to the weak (poor) and fatherless; maintain the rights of the afflicted and needy.
4Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them out of the hand of the wicked.
5[The magistrates and judges] know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction]; all the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles upon which rests the administration of justice] are shaking.
6I said, You are gods [since you judge on My behalf, as My representatives]; indeed, all of you are children of the Most High.
7But you shall die as men and fall as one of the princes.
8Arise, O God, judge the earth! For to You belong all the nations.

RevLDReedSr – Partisan of Jesus
I Owe Jesus
10/3/08

Daddy’s Appeal for His Beloved Son

Daddy’s Appeal for His Beloved Son

Lord, I appeal to you on behalf of my beloved son
Help me wisely prepare him for the race of life he must run

Pardon me for any pitiful example I have put on display
Help me to live a consecrated life that I not lead him astray

Thank you for his sincere heart and his gentle bearing
Thank you for his mind-cautious, curious, and caring

Thank you for his adventurous streak in trying noble things to do
May he not be a quitter, but rewarded for diligent follow through

May he sense the good in all people, the simple and complex
Be pure in his relationships and embrace a sacred view of sex

May he be a godly leader who shuns running with an ungodly herd
May he gladly seek your will and with pleasure treasure Your word

Make of him a man of integrity, governed by genuine humility
May he see and say that You are the source of all his worth and ability

I pray in turbulent times he would yet tender to You his praise
In prosperity or penury, may he patiently serve You all his days

Prosper, my Lord, please, the good works of my son’s hands
May he know that in You he has all he needs to meet life’s demands

I pray he would love You, Lord Jesus, with all he has within
I pray his principal desire be to please you, purging his life from sin

If it is in Your plan that he should have a family all his to claim
May he love them deeply, dearly and draw them to trust in Your name

Fulfill my joy, hear, O’ Lord my prayer for my beloved son
Your grace and peace be with him until Your work in him down here is done

The father of godly children has cause for joy. What a pleasure it is to have wise children.
(Proverbs 23:24 New Living Translation)

RevLDReedSr
I Owe Jesus
10/1/08

Because You Are Very Special To Me

Because You Are Very Special To Me

Because you are very special to Me,
I wanted to do something for you so you would consider Me.
So, I came down from on high to deliver you, leaving My home in bright glory.

Because you are very special to Me,
I wanted you to know Me for yourself, to know Me personally.
So, I had My words recorded to enlighten your heart regarding My life-changing story.

Because you are very special to Me,
I left a loving legacy that you would emulate My life of charity.
So, I humbly healed the hurting, helped the helpless, showing My heart is full of mercy.

Because you are very special to Me,
I wanted to demonstrate My care for you in a way so you would love Me.
So, I gave Myself for you, to take away your sin, I shed my blood for you at Calvary.

Because you are very special to Me,
I have made arrangements that with Me you may forever be.
So, I have gone away to prepare a place, I will come again to carry you into eternity.

Because you are very special to Me,
I wanted to be ever close to your heart and mind, be there for you truly.
So, I had to go to My Father that My Spirit would come to guide you continually.

Because you are very special to Me,
I wanted you to be a part of My world-changing, life saving ministry.
So, I have endowed, empowered you by grace to lift up My name to draw others to Me.

I have done all of this, because you are very special to Me.

Since thou wast precious in My sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life. Isaiah 43:4

Inspired by my love for all Christ has done for me and by Anna Grace who gained my attention one day by saying,”Daddy, I wrote something for you. It makes you very special to receive this.”

She held up for my viewing a piece of paper with orange and red doodles and squiggles made by her industrious tiny hands from the creative energy and love in her three-year-old heart. She was right, I felt very special to receive it.

RevLDReedSr
I Owe Jesus
10/1/08