Monday, March 31, 2008
THINGS
I was reading How to be a World Class Christian by Paul Borthwick. He quotes the following written by Scott Wesley Brown. It puts "things" in perspective.
Things upon the mantle
Things upon the shelf
Things that others gave me
Things I gave myself
Things I've stored in boxes
That don't mean much anymore
Old magazines and memories
Behind the attic door,
Things on hooks and hangers
Things on ropes and rings
Things I guard that blind me to
The pettiness of things.
Am I like the Rich Young Ruler
Ruled by all I own?
If Jesus came and asked me
Could I leave them all alone?
Oh Lord, I look to heaven
Beyond the veil of time
To gain eternal insight
That nothing's really mine
And to only ask for daily bread
And all contentment brings
To find freedom as Your servant
In the midst of all these things.
For discarded in the junkyards
Rusting in the rain
Lie things that took the finest years
Of lifetimes to obtain
And whistling through these tombstones
The hollow breezes sing
A song of dreams surrendered to
The tyranny of things.
Things upon the shelf
Things that others gave me
Things I gave myself
Things I've stored in boxes
That don't mean much anymore
Old magazines and memories
Behind the attic door,
Things on hooks and hangers
Things on ropes and rings
Things I guard that blind me to
The pettiness of things.
Am I like the Rich Young Ruler
Ruled by all I own?
If Jesus came and asked me
Could I leave them all alone?
Oh Lord, I look to heaven
Beyond the veil of time
To gain eternal insight
That nothing's really mine
And to only ask for daily bread
And all contentment brings
To find freedom as Your servant
In the midst of all these things.
For discarded in the junkyards
Rusting in the rain
Lie things that took the finest years
Of lifetimes to obtain
And whistling through these tombstones
The hollow breezes sing
A song of dreams surrendered to
The tyranny of things.
# posted by dan and cheryl forbes @ 7:48 AM 
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That makes you think, doesn't it? Dale and I have been 'cleaning out' this past month - getting rid of junk that we don't need. I did throw out my report cards from elementary school! But...I DO need to keep those pictures that my grandkids drew for me when they were little! Think that our Lord will let me take those along when the time comes? :)
This is really good. It seems I'm constantly getting rid of things yet they continue to come back. Now if I can only get things from coming in.
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