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Friday, March 1, 2013

Thought 335: Women . . . which ones are good and which are bad ? ? ? from Ryan's devotional book series Thoughts


 
Thought 335

Women . . . which ones are good and which are bad ? ? ?

(a poem)

 

I once met a damsel with hair so fine,

Yet something about her warned FOLLY! FOLLY!!  is it to dine

With such a woman as me.

Though her beauty surpasses all others,

And though her mouth drips honey so sweet.

Though her embraces are warm and her kisses tender, her path leads down to

The PIT.

 

She seems so great, so fine, so fair;

She seems so lovely, so charming, so completely wonderful!

But the Lord directs me away from her embrace.

My soul, my being, my HEART scream YES, STAY with HER!

God, O guide me away, guide me in Your way everlasting!

O’ Lord, take my thoughts and make them obedient to Your ways!

O my King, take these passions so that this wretch may honor You!

Preserve me, heal me, and make me new!

So that when the true, and wise, and righteous, and prudent

Woman comes my way that I may rejoice and say:

“I have found her! I have found her!

The prudent wife that comes from the Lord!

Without looking, without searching, without seeking . . . . simply waiting, the Lord

Has brought us together and wrought inside us a true love which is so

NEW, so Clean, so Fresh, so sweetly fulfilling!”

 

O, My Lord, thank You for sparing me from the honey lips of that harlot woman.

Thank You for guiding me into the way everlasting

And for bestowing upon me so beautiful a gift,

As the companionship of this righteous, godly and prudent woman.

 The embrace of that wayward wife, that flirtatious young creature, that

Seemingly perfect viper—O that was the path to death,

Yet the waiting, the seeking of my Lord’s will has brought upon me the greatest

blessing  besides the rapture of my own soul—her: a godly woman who loves Jesus!

 

O Lord, O my God, guide the flirtatious women, and the foolish men, to wisdom,

To Life, to true love, and to Forgiveness!

May your direction reign upon all of the people of the earth ,

May they seek You in their devastation, in their valley, in their cleft.

O God whom I cling to! Guide the simple in mind and the poor in spirit and the

Weak of the earth.

May you be their shield!

Their Shepherd!

Their Counselor!

Their wonderful Friend!

. . . . O my Lord, guide them . . . show them Your perfect plan.

 

         Is your life like this? Do you look back with pain and guilt? . . . I regret the years that I have followed the lies of this culture. I might only be sixteen, but that doesn’t mean that I am too young to have the anointing of the Holy Spirit on my life to lead me away from the cares of the World, or that I  cannot hear the small, still  voice of my God speaking to me.

 Get quiet and cry out to Him what you need Him to change—transform—in your life.

Have the faith that He will direct you . . .  and Listen for His voice.

Peace be to you Brothers and Sisters, . . . May you rejoice always in your salvation and

may your joy in Christ be a source of strength to you.





 

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