GLORY FOREVER...

ALL THINGS!!

YES, A..MEN!!

CALLED HIS CHILDREN

YEP!

NO MATTER HOW OLD WE ARE

WE CAN BE KIDS...

THAT'S A TREAT!

CITY OF REFUGE

I wrote this poem/song nearly 7 years ago.  When reading in the portion of the Bible, [Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Joshua], when the 6 cities were places in Israel for the safety of people who had either purposely or accidentally killed someone, this song hit me.  In those old days, these cities were the refuge.  When Jesus covered our sins and went to Heaven, the city for all of us as refugees from our sin, that's all I can count on forever.

Hasn't been sung, hasn't been used.  But it was a pure blessing when it was dropped into my heart, soul, and spirit.

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    CITY OF REFUGE

I was fleeing for my life
I could see the city gates
    Open to enfold and bring me in.
Behind me, on the pathway,
My enemy pursued me,
    Intending to destroy me for my sin.

Oh, Blessed place of Refuge
I Cried, Oh, Refuge City,
My only hope was found
    within your walls.
Before the priest I trembled
    and pled my case for mercy
I knew before this judge I’d stand or fall.

I was fleeing for my life,
Fleeing to the Blood of Refuge
    Shed by Jesus Christ, it drew me in.
Behind me on the pathway
My Enemy pursued me,
    Accusing and condemning me for sin.

Oh, Blessed Man of Refuge,
I cried, Oh, Blessed Savior,
My only hope is
     through Your cleansing Blood.
Before my Priest I worshiped
He pled my case for mercy
Freedom came through
    His Redeeming Love.

And now I walk in Freedom,
I daily walk in Freedom,
    Rejoicing as I look upon His face.
The Refuge I once cried for,
The Refuge Jesus died for,
    Enfolded me within the walls of Grace.

SALVATION LIGHT

I SHOULD FEAR NO ONE.

I SHOULD FOCUS ON HIM AND NO ONE ELSE AT ANY TIME.

HE IS THE LACK OF FEAR ...

FOREVER.

DEAD WITH CHRIST

YES, THAT'S WHAT WE CAN COUNT ON...

 FOREVER!

 

HALLELUJAH!!!

WISDOM, GOOD GUSHING STREAM

SOMETHING WE CAN TRULY COUNT ON...

AND HAVING PURIFIED HEARTS...

[OVER WHICH MY HEART TRULY REJOICES]

 

THE GIFT OF GOD..

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY, MANY YEARS

I WENT TO A CEMETERY IN TACOMA

 WITH MY SISTER, BETTY.

 I WAS HEAVILY AROUND AND ABOUT 

IN THE NORTHWEST IN JULY, 2013, AND 

THIS WAS A VERY UNUSUAL AND SPECIAL TIME.

I HAD READ SOME OF THE EXTRA INFO CONNECTED TO MOM AFTER SHE DIED, JANUARY, 2011. ONE PIECE I WAS HANDED IN APRIL, 2011, DURING A VISIT, I HAD READ THAT WHEN RUTH HAD DIED HER DAD WANTED

 TO ADOPT ANOTHER GIRL.

[I HAD HEARD ABOUT RUTH SINCE I WAS A KID, BUT DIFFERENT INFO WAS GIVEN TO ME THEN.  I THOUGHT SHE AND MOM HAD LIVED TOGETHER FOR A FEW YEARS UNTIL RUTH DIED AND THE DAD DIED IN 1928.  NOW TOLD THAT WAS NOT TRUE.]

MY MOM, MIRACULOUSLY, WAS ADOPTED 

AT HER BIRTH IN JULY, 1920. SADLY, HER DAD HAD DIED WHEN SHE WAS 8 YEARS OLD.  HER REALLY, TRULY

 LOVING PARENT WAS GONE THEN.

ONE OF MY HEART DESIRES IS TO MEET RUTH WHEN I'M IN HEAVEN.  I WON'T BE A YOUNG 'UN WHEN I GET THERE, BECAUSE I'M AN OLD 'UN.

BUT SHE WENT TO HEAVEN WHEN SHE WAS

 ONLY 5-2/3 YEARS OLD.

I'M TRULY LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING

 MY AUNT RUTH,

NOT THROUGH THE GENETIC WAY, BUT THROUGH THE FAMILY- CARING WAY THAT BROUGHT 

MOM TO THEIR LIFE, 

AND AS CRAZY AS SOME THINGS TOOK PLACE CONNECTED TO THAT FAMILY DURING MOM'S YEARS,

 IT'S PROOF AFTER PROOF AFTER PROOF THAT

GOD       IS      BIGGER.