There Comes a Time

[caption id="attachment_4671" align="aligncenter" width="300"] GOD Will, in HIS Own Good Time. Wait, I Say on the LORD. (Psalm 27:14)[/caption]

There comes a time in life when try as you might,

You will meet one of your fellowmen that

You cannot help with their plight.

I was greatly moved by the pathos and bitterness

In the voice of a lady that I talked to today

For she was so sad and embittered that she

Wanted no part of godly talk and told me to get away.

She seemed to feel hopeless and looked so forlorn

That I started to try to make her feel better

With no degree of success at all

For she let me know in no uncertain terms that

She no longer believed in the gospel call.

She rebuffed my overtures to try

To make her feel better to such a hostile extent

That the natural comeback in me wanted

To retaliate in kind

But, I had to bear in mind

That I am living my life as GOD's representative

And as such, I have to lay the natural

Characteristics of me aside, and carry on

With the work of uplifting and encouraging

No matter how much I felt that

I wanted to cry.

I had to remember that it was my job to try

To wipe the sadness and the bitter tear

From her eye

And leave her feeling better that I stopped by

And hopeful that this time in her life

Will be gone by and by.

 

 I wanted to tell her that

All of us at some time have to cry

But the trick is to keep stepping on

With our heads raised looking toward the sky

Because we know that GOD will make

The storm cease

And leave our hearts filled with the sweet peace

Of HIS magnificent release!©

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Yet, I reminded myself that we have to try to remember not to take it personally when we become the victim of their spiteful attack. We just have to remember that it’s their pain and pathos speaking, not them. And we have to be prayerful and hopeful that their usual happy exuberant self will make it through this time of pathos in their life. That is exactly what I did as I humbly asked HIM to forgive me for what I wanted to say and thanked HIM as I prayed for blessings great and small and especially for the one who had given up on the gospel call.

And I keep stepping on because of the work for GOD that I do. And I remember that there is a time for all things under Heaven. (Ecclesiastes 3:1) And I know that "Weeping may endure for a night, but joy, joy cometh in the morning." (Psalm 30:5)

 

Walking by faith,

Alma L. Stepping On Carr-Jones