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[aid] => mick
[title] => A Simple Message
[time] => 2006-01-06 15:54:21
[hometext] => I've been reading the Book of Jeremiah lately and relating then and now
[bodytext] => Jeremiah, a prophet, in a land far from here and so very long ago Was sent by the very jealous God of Heaven to the people of earth below To give them a simple message so extremely bold and so loudly clear The message was simply: People, people--Return to me and hold me dear! What were the people doing so desperately wrong that angered the Lord? They did their own thing, Trusting in self and turning to wrong gods to adore. Wrong gods?: Trusting in things or others and worshipping gods of stone. God's ways were not their ways - His ways were 'fairy tales' they'd outgrown! To seek the God of Heaven would only be found among the weak To trust in the Word from a prophet would make them an early 'freak' Living the wise old world's ways were much more exciting, pleasant and fun! Who wanted to be restricted by a God who created the sun? The 'dooms-day' God-prophet was just way too ridiculous to swallow They wanted to squelch Jeremiah from their preferred road they followed SOOO is this some antique-fairy tale that should be tossed out today? Are we soooo much better than the people of Jeremiah's day? Aren't we doing the same as the people so very long ago? Are we worshipping self-made-gods made of silver, gold and/or stone? I keep hearing that God is for the past--we have evolved--'outgrown' Gee whiz--we better not even admit to believe in Him After all, He's just the creation of a fairy-tale whim I beg your pardon, if you are offended and really feel this way But the answers written in His Word are still to believe in today It is still a simple message so extremely bold and loudly clear The message is simply: People, people--Return to me and hold me dear! Don't take this lightly -- Please, don't toss it aside like some old book The day is coming when His anger won't hold back - better look! He just wants to be the only God of our souls, mind and heart He even paid the price for us--don't we owe him for that part? Come on--don't just say this is some archaic fairy tale too hard to believe Tell me where this old world can offer a loving God full of peace to receive? His anger is aroused by our indifference and intolerance to Him But His arms are still open wide for a humbled, true believing friend! I still hear the simple message so extremely bold and loudly clear The message is simply: People, people--Return to me and hold me dear! [comments] => 1 [counter] => 199 [topic] => 11 [informant] => Lin54 [notes] => |||||||Incorrect spelling has been corrected, as requested. ♦Moderator_14♦||||||| [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 10 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 0 [associated] => [topicname] => ChristianPoetry )
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