Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Advent Awareness



Be always on the watch,
and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen,
and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.”
Luke 21:36

 

Be always on thy watch and live as if today
Could be the chariot that draws thy deathless soul away
Then arm thyself with truth and seek God’s kingdom first
We all will face the Judgement booth, forever blessed or cursed

With bowed head and bent knee, thy damning sin confess
No one is righteous without He who is our Righteousness
Then as He hears our cries His sacrifice prevails
And his atonement justifies the faith that saves the soul

Time’s somber pendulum is swinging to and fro
And counting down what will become That Day and Hour, oh
Then always watch and pray; Time’s terminating wink
May draw this day of grace away without time left to think

Be always on thy guard, like a watchman alert
Though life/love is hard do not be disillusioned by the hurt
But bow before the manger, bloodstained cross, the empty grave

© Janet Martin

God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, 
in order to demonstrate His righteousness, 
because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. 
On what principle? On that of works? 
No, but on that of faith.…
Rom.3:25-27

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