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Monday, November 9, 2020

Settling the Doubt-Duel (With No Doubt About It)


Can you pick figs from thistles?
Matt.7:16




There is no doubt about it; By our fruits we are known 
Can we pick figs from thistles; or pluck grapes from a stone 
There is no doubt about it; we reap the seed we sow 
God is not mocked; and it is He who said that it is so 

There is no doubt about it; time is a transient toll 
And none can know the hour that shucks body from the soul 
There is no doubt about it; the tricks that we employ 
If we are apart from the Vine will never yield full joy 

There is no doubt about it; we fight an enemy 
There is no doubt about it; Someday, the recompense 

There is no doubt about it; we prefer kiss to kick 
And comfort’s pretty flower to conviction’s thorny prick 
There is no doubt about it; we are a broken breed 
Dependent on God’s mercy to supply our daily need 

There is no doubt about it; waiting is hard to bear 
But oh, how oft its anguish authors our most humble prayer 
There is no doubt about it; in the fist-a-cuffs of life 

There is no doubt about it; the Lord gives and He takes
And we are called to bless His name for He makes no mistakes
For there's no doubt about it; we come with empty hands
And we can carry nothing past this cast of sea-swept sands

There is no doubt about it; the greatest of these, love 
No other power can eclipse or ever be enough 
There is no doubt about it; if we seek God, we find 

There is no doubt about it; no matter what we face 
If we believe, will never be beyond God's realm of grace 
There is no doubt about it; after life’s race, my friend 



© Janet Martin

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