We Are Missionaries, #97 Living in God's Rhyme

97, 10-7, SHOW  NOTES & COPYRIGHTS,  (Scheduled 3/30/2023) 
Today we will be discussion the call to missions in our lives.  We are called to spread the gospel to the nations.

THE MISSIONARY’S MISSION (Living In God’s Rhyme, pg. 65)

They leave the comfort of home
Where they were raised and grown,
Where seeds of faith were sown,
By those who gave them a home.

With the love for those,
These that God chose
Have a yearning to share
The love of God’s care.

Traveling across continents and seas
To spread his word and plant the seeds,
Prayerfully hoping that their good deeds
Will show more how God’s grace does please.

Where language is a barrier 
His word speaks to all,
No matter the carrier,
More will hear your call.

More will hear your call
Because they, many of them,
Love you and those in need
Of hearing a word, 
Of sharing a good deed.

It is God’s love that leads the missionary.
It is his call that sends them forth,
That sets the missionary on a course.
He has set their hearts on fire
With a spirit full of desire
To help their sisters and brothers
In a way not done by others.

God will bless
Those who help
More who have less,
Those who reach,
Those who teach
The one or more
Who need help.
He will bless evermore.

Pray for those with a heart,
A desire to live apart 
From the comforts of a life,
To live with those in strife.
May their living,
May their giving,
Be the gift,
Give a lift
To the spirit
Of many more adrift,
Perhaps not knowing
That as more do hear it,
The words of works
More will share,
More will care
That it is God’s word
More will be sowing.

Reflection on The Missionary’s Mission
I got the idea for this poem on my way to work .  I had a few good lines that I fortunately remembered to write down when I got to work.  However, when I wrote it, I struggled.  I’m not sure what that means, if anything.  Maybe it was because I was writing about something I know little about.  But upon reflection during the day I realized that we are all called to be missionaries.  Where ever we are we are to share the good news of salvation.  At work, on the street, with friends, and especially at home.  And it all starts with our story.







HIS WORD  MAY IT LEAD US (Living In God’s Rhyme, pg. 63)

Matthew, Mark Luke and John,
Paul, Peter, Timothy and Jude,
Books and letters written 
To show us the way to God’s love,
The love of his sacrifice,
The love of his grace,
The love he has for us,
The human race.

Jesus said,
Believe,
Be baptized
And spread the Gospel.

We should not only pray,
Pray every day,
For those who have not heard
His mighty saving word.
We should speak
So that we reach
Those souls we know
Of the gift we have received
So they will not be deceived.
We need to shout
To the world about
That Jesus saves,
He is what God gave
So the end will be better,
So it will not be bitter.

After Thoughts
As believers we can meet in clusters
So that faith and desire we can muster
That as we leave the room
We do not have a sense of doom
But the faith to share,
Share that we care,
That others hear
What we hold dear
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