The Time is URGENT!!

                                                                                                                                          By: Maxine M.

Warnings abound as the growing storms strengthened & started to advance

Get prepared!! Get to higher ground, it’s a life or death matter…don’t take a chance

Forecasters stressed over and over the importance of a “get ready now” stance

They had daily studied the weather maps & The Time is URGENT!!equipment, keeping a vigilant eye

Their information is very reliable, trust the reports, we all need to listen to their cry

They see the potential danger, advise against complacency…don’t try to just get by

Warnings can’t change what’s coming, but they can tell you WHAT nature has in store

Those in a storm’s path are vulnerable to its strength & violence coming ashore

But the LISTENER must make the final choice, to heed the warning or simply ignore

Many choose to disregard the warnings, thinking, oh I’m sure I’ll be alright

Those forecasters always OVERSTATE the facts, they like to be dramatic…fill people with fright

I’m pretty well prepared, I can survive on precooked food and candle light

Then, just as PREDICTED, the storm struck, wind & water bringing uncertainty & fear

Unceasing rain overfilled dams & reservoirs, the danger was persistently clear

The need for rescues was APPARENT as people clung to roofs & trees, clutching what they held most dear

The work was endless, shelters overcrowded, drinking water & food in short supply

Rescuers came from all over to help, SAVE others…urgency running high

They considered, ‘but for the Grace of God this could be me’…gratitude I’d apply

But the rain & wind kept coming, water levels rising higher than ever before

The wind destroyed what was considered “safe”…nature giving a furious roar

Former warnings resounded in victims’ ears, now it was “WHAT am I in for?”

When Adam and Eve disobeyed, SIN entered the CREATED world of mankind

But in His mercy, He sent warnings to repent, turn away from sin, leave disobedience behind

He inspired chosen men over the generations to write down His will…articulately designed

His Holy Book expresses HOPE, His love and forgiveness, the Godly way we are to live and grow

But also clearly states the consequences of NOT accepting & following His Son; instead, listening to God’s evil foe

Warnings abound for rejecting the Son’s Sacrifice, in which the Father’s agape love shows

Just as the weather forecasters didn’t sit on what their Hi-tech equipment would tell

We, as a child of God, are to spread the warnings…ring the alarm bell

We’re to show them Jesus, disclose to them their DECISION will determine where they will eternally dwell

God told Ezekiel he was to be the watchman on the wall for Israel in his day

To keep his eyes open, look for danger, then sound the warning without delay

A lazy military watchman would be, with his own life, required to pay  

And now, down over the generations since Ezekiel, WE ALSO have this commission to undertake

To watch & warn, spread the message of Salvation, and in the joy of rescuing the lost partake

Pull those caught in Satan’s grip to freedom, plead for them their sinfulness forsake

Now, UNLIKE the victims of recent storms, it’s not always clearly seen whom needs to be made new

Since an unbeliever isn’t always the evil movie villain or the childhood bully you once knew

They may seem to be just normal people, but without a serious spiritual point of view

For many are totally unaware of what ignoring Jesus’ life changing call will mean

They don’t understand that ONLY the blood of Christ’s sacrifice can make a soul clean

They have rejected God’s offer of rescue; that He paid for those sins you thought were unseen

How, in agony & pain on that cross, the burden of our ugly guilt our Saviour bore

He died, was buried, rose again, ascended to Heaven and will soon Rapture His children to Heaven’s door

The world will be cast into chaos & tribulation…all those who the Godly warnings would ignore

So WE need to step up our warning message of rescue to those still LOST in unbelief

The time is urgent!! Judgement WILL be coming like an unexpected midnight thief

TODAY spread the warning, help rescue all we can from the world’s coming grief

                                               Harvest Time is NEAR!!

                                                                                                                                          By: Maxine M.

Springtime is here so preparations are being formed in the farmer & gardener’s mind

Seeds are being gathered, ready to plant, once winter is left behind

Each seed holds the potential of ITS species, as God proclaimed, each after its OWN kind

A barley seed cannot produce a sunflower, or a kernel of corn a chrysanthemum

It contains only the qualities of the mature plant from which it comes from

Every seed remains completely true to the hidden possibility which is to come

In the time between planting & harvest, many situations can & do occur

Weather plays a big part for newly growing plants, sunshine & moisture is what they prefer

Cultivation, the removing of weeds, is NECESSARY…growth & production assure

Jesus said, “Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground & DIES, it remains one seed alone”

It’s in the death and NEW LIFE that proceeds that the plan of Salvation is truly shown

Jesus was really predicting His own death & resurrection; saving man’s soul was a mission all His own

The Good News that death had been defeated was proclaimed when Jesus BURST forth from the tomb

The dark hopelessness of Friday, on Sunday turned to light…hope could now resume

And the message would spread as the Apostolic church was formed from the Upper Room

But before His return to the Father, Jesus declared, seeds of faith, all believers were to broadcast

The mission was: GO into all the world, show the Way to the lost, for the need is vast

Tell them men’s sins can be forgiven by Jesus’ sacrifice, no matter how ugly the past

The Father sent the Holy Spirit as the HELPER, empowering Christians in this undertaking

Helping them to overcome DOUBT, to be a true witness, in the Resurrection’s Glory be participating

Warning the world of destructive untruths Satan is constantly making

Jesus told a story of how a sower went out to sow a field with good seed

That night Satan snuck out and spread weed seeds in the same field, trying to out succeed

The seeds all came up together and grew to maturity, BUT to a dividing at harvest this would lead

What the good seed had produced was gathered into barns, a yield all would admire

The weeds were thrown in a pile, to be destroyed at some point by fire

The same fate awaits the “weed sower” …the one known as the ORIGINAL liar

Since it was he who spread half-truths & doubt in the perfect (weedless) Garden, deception at its best

The result was thorns & thistles; for his daily bread, in toil and labor man would now invest

Sin and disobedience entered humanity, Satan challenging God in a constant contest

In any beautiful garden weeds growing among the vines & flowers require vigilant care

Now pulling weeds is NOT a top desired job, but a necessity we all should share

That “weed” of pride tries to crowd out the beauty of a humble Spirit we all should wear

God planted in every soul the potential for love, kindness, peace, patience…self-control is what He meant

But Satan LAVISHLY spreads anger, bitterness, covetousness, gossip…being discontent

These grow quickly in the mind of those who reject the Savior God sent

The Holy Spirit whispers encouragement, the comfort we need to go on…victory see

But seeds of self-pity can easily sprout, WHY did this have to happen to ME?

Seeds of faith, seeds of doubt, the conflict persists…a war best fought on bended knee

The truth of God’s word is the seed we’re to plant, praying they fall on fertile ground

Also pull out those weeds of doubt, bias, prejudice and vanity we find all around

And there’s the indifference of “good” people…the weed of APATHY compound

We are to “water” all newly growing seeds and help them grow up strong

They need the sunlight of the Son filling their heart with Spiritual song

With proper care they will produce seeds of their own, passing the Gospel message along

Tell how the “Master Sower” is coming again, as HARVEST time is near

That time of DIVIDING those saved by Jesus’ sacrifice from those rejected Him in fear

As no one has a guarantee of tomorrow, NOW the destination of the soul needs to be made clear