A Man, The Man
Along came they
Along came the years
Ingathering together
Observing my fears
Their goal, carry me away
But behold, his hand nears
I slip, I fall
Engulfed by tears
Lo, upon the great waters
Stands a man
Said man, of Bethlehem
Though I toiled
Battled the oar
The raging sea
The tempest roar
My only find
How I was so wrong
For for me the current
Far too strong
But Lo, He calms me
The storm and the sea
This man, said man
Said from Bethlehem
From years of old
Of him I been told
The one from Galilee
Only now, my faith bolds
My heart sold
For how he walks with me
In distasterous brink
No more a fearful thought
For how shall I fear a wind
My God has taught
I behold not so far
A refuge, safe land
There be the very ground
On which my saviour stands
Behold the man
Said man from Bethlehem
From years of old
Of him I been told
Who walked in Galilee
Only now, my heart is sold
For how I see
Jesus my Lord
Walks the road with me
The attributes of God are innumerable
they are indeed without number
nothing is too much for our God
who never sleeps nor will slumber
So the Lord calls His people
even with the sound of whistle
whistling through His wind
as effective as any Pauline epistle
For in God's redemption plan
an ingathering is on His agenda
to bring His people back in
for they are His no matter their gender
God's great love for His own
who are His redeemed elect
His purpose to rescue them
caused them to be in His debt
Divine purpose had a hand
in bringing those to be
equal number as were before
brought by God's grace so free
Next time you hear a whistle
remind yourself it's the divine origin
that through it came eternal redemption
such is God's victory over sin
AUTHOR NOTES:
“I will whistle for them and gather them in,
for I have redeemed them,
and they shall be as many as they were before."
Zechariah ch 10 v. 8 (ESV)
Spiritual physical
preparedness circumstansual
Intellect unimaginable
Rightousness unequivocal
Ingathering aptitude
Trinity refining me..'
thoughts gathering in the field of a solitary mind
thoughts from the deep past come
they bow then fly away
like clouds of the tropical storm
tossing here and charging there
the thoughts come mocking me
listening to me, inquiring from me
demanding from me high thinking
where is sympathy and innocence?
where is the saintly forgiveness?
while the thoughts keep flowing
in torrents, in waves, in shingles, in ebbs
then repentance hang on penance
gyves in tongs of endurance
guarded by dedication and determination
but thoughts gather on the ingathering thoughts
and the solitary mind is left but thoughtless
and
when the
day of the
pentecost has
fully come they the
apostles discples
were all with one accord in
one place to hear ingathering
of Peter's Sermon on how christian
pentecost marks beginning church of christ
Entry For Brian Strand's Pentecost Acts 2.1-4
Tribute To Christ Our Lord
{Amen}
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