I leave aside my shoes
– my ambitions,
undo my watch
– my timetable,
take off my glasses
– my views,
unclip my pen
– my work,
put down my keys
– my security,
to be alone with You,
the only true God.

After being with You,
I take up my shoes
to walk in Your ways,
strap on my watch
to live in Your time,
put on my glasses
to look at Your world,
clip on my pen
to write up your thoughts,
pick up my keys
to open Your doors.

-Graham Kings
Source: Unknown

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There is a vivid picture of Christ’s sacrifice for sin in Mark Twain’s novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.

The story tells the adventures of an ordinary man (the Connecticut Yankee) from the 19th century, who is transported back to the medieval world of King Arthur. At one point he convinces King Arthur to dress like a peasant and take a journey through his kingdom. The results are generally laughable as the king, completely oblivious to life in the trenches, tries to carry on with all the pomp of the court while those around him simply think he is crazy.

But there is a touching chapter titled “The Smallpox Hut” describing how the king and his companion happen upon a beggar’s hovel. The husband lies dead, and the wife tries to warn them away: “For the fear of God, who visits with misery and death such as be harmless, tarry not here, but fly! This place is under his curse….”

The woman asks the king to go into the loft and check on their child. “It was a desperate place for him to be in, and might cost him his life,” observes the Yankee, “but it was no use to argue with him.”
The king disappears up a ladder looking for the girl.

“There was a slight noise from the direction of the dim corner where the ladder was. It was the king descending. I could see that he was bearing something in one arm, and assisting himself with the other. He came forward into the light; upon his breast lay a slender girl of 15. She was but half conscious; she was dying of smallpox. Here was heroism at its last and loftiest possibility, its utmost summit; this was challenging death in the open field unarmed, with all the odds against the challenger, no reward set upon the contest, and no admiring world in silks and cloth-ofgold to gaze and applaud; and yet the king’s bearing was as serenely brave as it had always been in those cheaper contests where knight meets knight in equal fight and clothed in protecting steel. He was great now; sublimely great. The rude statues of his ancestors in his palace should have an addition-I would see to that; and it would not be a mailed king killing a giant or a dragon, like the rest. It would be a king in commoner’s garb bearing death in his arms.”

There is Jesus on the cross! A king in commoner’s garb bearing sinners in his arms.

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While walking in a toy store,
The day before today……
I overheard a crayon box,
With many things to say.

“I don’t like Red!” said Yellow,
And Green said, “Nor do I!
And no one here likes Orange,
But no one knows just why.”

“We are a box of crayons
That doesn’t get along.”
Said Blue to all the others,
“Something here is wrong!”

Well, I bought that box of crayons,
And took it home with me,
And laid out all the colours
So the crayons could all see….

They watched me as I coloured,
With Red and Blue and Green,
And Black and White and Orange,
And every colour in between.

They watched as Green became the grass
And Blue became the sky.
The Yellow sun was shining bright
On White clouds drifting by.

Colours changing as they touched,
Becoming something new.
They watched me as I coloured.
They watched till I was through.

And when I’d finally finished,
I began to walk away.
And as I did, the crayon box
Had something more to say….

“I do like Red!” said Yellow.
And Green said, “So do I!”
And, Blue, you were terrific,
So high up in the sky!”

“We are a box of crayons,
Each one of us unique.
But when we get together…..
THE PICTURE IS COMPLETE.”

Author: Shane DeRolf
Source: Unknown

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