Grieving

GRIEVING

 

Not one, two, three, or four

No, I wasn’t able to count them all

Those stones that struck the helpless apostle

That left him bled and dead on the ground

 

Enough! Please enough!

How I wish I had shouted enough to stop them

How I wish I had protected him

How I wish I had saved him

 

Yes, I was not there for him

He was suffering alone

I was not able to stand with him

Yes, he was rejected and abandoned

 

But please don’t get me wrong

It’s not because I didn’t care about him

It’s not because I didn’t believe what he believed

No, it’s not like that, brothers, and sisters

 

To be with him that day wasn’t really wise

For I remember the last word of Jesus Christ

Before he ascended He said to us to go into the world

To preach and to teach the gospel and to baptize

 

To let him die without me was the right choice

Yes, to leave him alone was the best thing to do

Not because I was selfish

But for the truth of the gospel to be known

 

I have peace in my heart that what I did was right

When he said that he saw the Lord Jesus Christ

When he cried to God not to lay the sin to their charge

I believe I have to spare my life to reach out the lost

 

So, I ran for my life

To save much people alive

I may be grieving for losing him

But I know I will see him again in glory land

 

 

 

 

 

DAILY IN THE WORD

July 8, 2021

 

 

Acts 8:1-4

1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. 3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. 4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.