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WAIT! THINK TWICE

Wait! Think twice
Before we respond with bitterness,
Because the outcome is disastrous
Where much heartache will manifest.

Wait! Think twice
Before major decisions will be made,
Seeking the Lord through prayer and trusting God
So regret will not remain.

Wait! Think twice
And from gossip and slander refrain;
As words will bite and ricochet
To cause monumental pain.

Wait! Think twice
And ensure the truth is revealed,
Before moving in haste
Where consequences may be sealed.

Wait! Think twice
And pray about the situation,
Because not everything is from God –
It may bring pain and frustration.

Wait! Think twice
Before walking down the aisle,
Because marriage requires sacrifice
And walking the extra mile.

Wait! Think twice
Because love will save the day,
As we remember that God brings needed justice
Where a price is always paid!

“But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgement. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Matthew 12:36-37

“In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise.” Proverbs 10:19

“Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul…”.
1 Peter 2:11

“The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.” Psalm 94:11

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; Who can know it?” Jeremiah 17:9

“The words of a talebearer are like tasty truffles, and they go down into the inmost body.” Proverbs 18:8

“But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God.” James 3:8-9

“A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates the best of friends.” Proverbs 16:28

“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom, and in all your getting, get understanding.”
Proverbs 4:7

“But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.” 1 John 2:5

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GRASPING FOR THE WIND


There will come a time
When the grave will call our name;
When the clock cannot unwind
And where guilt may still remain.

It’s where vanity upon vanity
Would exhaust our every day,
When we grasped for mere wind
And were neglectful of God’s ways.

We’re just a speck in eternity
As our breaths are counted too,
And it’s only by God’s grace
That we’re carried through and through.

We grasp for wind in selfishness
And where all greedy steps we take,
Where there’s pretences and bitterness
And where relationships are fake.

And it’s where there’s unforgiveness
As we go through the motions too,
Concealing our true feelings
And revealing what’s not true.

We grasp for wind when vanity
Promotes the foolish things we do,
Where there’s no place for repentance –
That instigates a life made new.

Death is a sober reminder
That each second that we spend,
Wealth can’t buy us extra time
And our life it won’t extend.

Because God is in total control
As He alone unfolds our seasons,
And that every test and trial
Is to refine with a deep reason.

He will strengthen as He guides
As we stop grasping for the wind,
And instead reach out for the Son
Who can transform our soul within.

“Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.” Ecclesiastes 1:2

“Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the the labor in which I had toiled; and indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind. There was no profit under the sun.” Ecclesiastes 2:11

“Again, I saw that for all toil and every skilful work a man is envied by his neighbour. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.” Ecclesiastes 4:4

“A man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honour, so that he lacks nothing for himself of all he desires; yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a foreigner consumes it. This is vanity, and it is an evil affliction.” Ecclesiastes 6:2

“I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever: Nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken from it. God does it, that men should fear before Him. That which is has already been, and what is to be has already been; and God requires an account of what is past.” Ecclesiastes 3:14-15