Our Stay On Earth Is ...
July/August 2013 — Grace & Truth Magazine
Our Stay On Earth Is ...
“I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world,
and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name
those whom You have given Me ... Sanctify them by Your truth.”
– John 17:11,17 NKJV
Our stay on earth is but a tick of those celestial clocks that modulate eternity with finite ticks and tocks; But as the pendulum of time inscribes successive arcs, our stories are recorded with indelible remarks.
O Holy Father, hear the prayer of Your beloved Son, and keep us in Your tender care, since You and He are one; And in that blessed unity teach us to comprehend our place as one with You in Christ – heirs with the sinners’ Friend.
So sanctify us by Your truth, to holiness divine, and let Your will be done in us as we our own resign; Nor let us fear the frightful hate the world has for You, but rather glory in the love that gave us life anew.
And at the judgment seat of Christ may each remark reveal the accolades we hoped to hear but struggled to conceal; And may the coveted critique, “Well done,” be our reward, the crown of righteousness be ours to magnify the Lord.
By Bud Morris