Saved to save others

Saved to save others

Are you content, have you no higher aim Than just to gain admittance at the door, In faintest characters to trace your name Among the list of those who die no more?   Do you not feel that you are saved to live? Do you not know you are saved to save? Forgiven that you...
Tomorrow Morning

Tomorrow Morning

Here dies another day, During which I have had eyes, ears, hands And the great world around me; And with tomorrow begins another. Why am I allowed two?   G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936).
Christ died for God and me

Christ died for God and me

Christ died for God and me Upon the crucifixion tree For God a spoken Word For me a Sword For God a hymn of praise For me eternal days For God an explanation For me salvation.   Stevie Smith (1902-71),...
The uninvited guest comes

The uninvited guest comes

When we are weak, we are strong.   When our eyes close on the world, then somewhere within us the bush          burns.   When we are poor and aware of the inadequacy of our table, it is to that uninvited the guest comes.   R.S. Thomas,  ...
Judas: the first to be forgiven

Judas: the first to be forgiven

In Hell there grew a Judas Tree Where Judas hanged and died Because he could not bear to see His master crucified Our Lord descended into Hell And found his Judas there For ever hanging on the tree Grown from his own despair So Jesus cut his Judas down And took him in...