FIRST POST OF THE MORNING/LAST TONIGHT
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If I could hear the curlew,
He’d say,”time for curfew!”
Writing time is done
Quickly comes the sun
And more things on Sunday to do!
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I’ll rinse out my borrowed cup,
Shut down the lights and pack up…
Sleeping til morning
And alarm clock’s warning
That now I’d better get up.
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Will be good getting to church prayer
And the worship singing there…
My favorigte part
Is the Praise Song start,
For older hymns the younger ones don’t much care!
–Jonathan Caswell
CAN’T DO IT!
He’d like to participate
But has too much on his plate…
Gone are days
For him to praise
God for a leader’s fate.
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He’s not on the church ballot,
It’s been so many years…
He doesn’t teach Sunday School anymore
But those who do, he cheers.
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In worship, he leads the singing,
Of hymns old and true…
He leads without accompaniment:
Something not all can do.
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He’s proved himself unreliable
For much of anything else…
He prays and sings, a few other things,
No major stuff under his belt.
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Except…responsibility
That he needs help with right now…
His primary ministry–to his wife–
To love her more, somehow.
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The Lord has promised good to him,*
His hope and love secure…
God will his shield and portion be
As long as life endures.
–Jonathan Caswell
* a slight rewrite of a verse in AMAZING GRACE!
By the Mighty Mumford 