Poetry by L. K. Redinger
For by Thee have I run through a troop
and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
PSALM 18:29
Runners and Leapers
Run the race before us
set,
With patience strive each day;
For there are those we‚ve often met,
This world has drawn away.
Through a troop with God
we‚ve run,
The Serpent all aghast;
Hemmed in we felt that we were done,
Our strength would never last.
But run we did with
message clear,
Let other saints behold;
David's God is ever near
To energize the soul.
Runners, yes, we need
them all
And leapers, too, are needed;
Folks whose faith will "scale a wall",
Their trials superceded.
Runners, leapers, are we
such?
Would others call us these?
David thought it not too much
His God, His Lord to please.
Let's be runners;
let‚s be leapers:
No halting must be named;
No place here for carnal sleepers,
The Christ must be proclaimed.
LKR May 7, 2003
For The Master
(A Prayer For 2003)
Lord Jesus, take this
heart of mine
And place it ever nearer Thine.
My voice and mind are
yours alone,
No longer are they called my own.
My hands and feet you now
possess
To seek out those in deep distress.
Should months and years I
yet fulfill,
Christ's own words my mandate still.
Though loss and grief my
life invade,
His grace and love will be conveyed.
L.K.R. Jan. 6, 03
Nothing
I Corinthians
2:1,2
"I KNOW NOTHING,"
said the great apostle to his
friends,
"Except to say how
well I know The Crucified;
And though my message
is the kind that oft
offends,
It's a fact that
human wisdom never made a sinner justified."
John
15:5
"YOU CAN DO NOTHING,"
said the Son of God to His servants
true;
"With fervour you may
labour for me day and
night,
But before you boast
of all the deeds you daily
do
'Abide in Me' only
then can you do my will aright."
II Corinthians
6:10
"I HAVE NOTHING,"
declared the man of God to many carnal
ears;
"Of goods and
treasures long ago I made a clear
confession.
The Son of God
crucified in me selfish, fleshly
jeers,
And now He alone is
my chosen, prized possession."
I Corinthians
13:1-3
"I AM NOTHING,"
though I speak with angel tongue so
clear
And faith there is to
make a mountain flee;
E'en though there
flow from me sweat and blood and
tear,
Deeds are only right
when my work and love agree."
Dec. 17/01
Dear Lord, I've come to
watch and wait,
To read and pray and
mediate;
I'm here to give You
thanks and praise
And think upon Your
holy ways.
There are some needs I
have just now
And many things to do
somehow,
So I'll share them
one by one
And labour on past
set of sun.
I know it's best to
be quiet and still
And listen for your
perfect will;
I know it's true that
faith must reign
And hope and love
must do the same.
So I'm content to watch
and wait,
To stay before You
early and late;
With strength and
wisdom now in store
I will serve
you ONE DAY MORE.