ISAIAH 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
ACTS 16:26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.
LAMENTATIONS 3:22-26 22 It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
AWFULLY GRAND TIME
IN TIMES LIKE THESE WE OFTEN HEAR IT SAID ROUND AND ABOUT
I’M TIRED OF THIS OLE WORLD AND I JUST CAN’T WAIT TO GET OUT
YET IN THE MIST OF LIFE’S TRIAL’S AND TRIBULATION’S SEEN ALL AROUND
MIRICLES ARE TO BE HAD, BEAUTY AND KINDNESS ARE STILL TO BE FOUND
PAINFUL CRYS ABOUND AS A LOVED ONE PASSES THROUGH THIS WORLD
TEARS OF JOY GLISTEN HEARING A NEWBORN’S CRY SETTING HEARTS A WHIRL
FEAR IN THE LONELY NIGHT WHEN ALL HUMANITY VANISHES WITHOUT A TRACE
COURAGE RENEWED AT DAWN UPON FINDING FRIEND AND FAMILY FACE
ANGER AND HATRED FOUND ABIDING IN THOSE WHO SHUN GOD’S LIGHT
MERCY AND GRACE HAND IN HAND EVER WALK TOGETHER DAY AND NIGHT
SEEKING THOSE THAT ARE TIRED AND TRODDEN, WEARY AND WORN BY LIFE
THE HOLY SPIRIT BECKONS US TO ABIDE IN HIS WINGS AND TAKE FLIGHT
FOR THIS WORLD CAN NOT HOLD THOSE LIVING IN JESUS CHRIST
ONCE PRISIONED TO THIS WORLD WITH NO HOPE TO WIN THE FIGHT
WE CLAIM HIS PROMISES BELIEVING HIS WORD WITH ALL OUR MIGHT
SOLDIER’S IN THE LORD’S ARMY, THE CROSS EVER HELD IN VISION’S SIGHT
THY WORD OUR MEAT, BREAD, AND WATER BY WHICH WE ARE FEED
RENEWING OUR SPIRIT, REFRESHING THE SOUL, QUICKENING OUR STEAD
FORGIVENESS OF SIN BRINGING PEACE IN THE MIST OF LIFE’S STORM’S ALL AROUND
GRACE AND MERCY SURROUNDS OUR BEING, WHERE ONCE SIN ONLY WAS FOUND.
LOVING MY GOD, THE GREAT I AM, FOR HE FIRST LOVED ME WITH ALL OF HIS MIGHT
EVEN GIVING HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON TO A WORLD HE KNEW WOULD TAKE HIS LIFE
I’LL FIGHT WITH EVERYTHNG THAT IS IN ME, TILL ONE DAY I WEAR MY ROBE OF WHITE
HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE ON THIS EARTH, KNOWING IT IS GOD’S BATTLE I FIGHT
AUTHOR, BY GOD’S GRACE, SHARON ROSE LAWLESS OCTOBER 21, 2011
JAMES 1:2-4 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
LIFE’S JOURNEY
That time of life’s end we are now in,
Lord knows the places we have been.
But by Thy grace we would have failed,
And seen our souls in danger of hell.
Thy patience, long suffering, and love,
Sent the Holy Spirit on wings of a dove.
Guiding us on life’s journey here below,
Bless the Lord, praise God, oh my soul.
Author, by God’s grace, Sharon Rose Lawless.
03-31-2021
1 CORINTHIANS 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
THE MOSAIC OF LIFE
JUST A PEBBLE IN THE ROAD OF LIFE
LYING THERE IN THE DARK OF NIGHT
NO BUILDING DO I HELP SUPPORT OR HOLD
UNABLE TO CARRY LIFE’S HEAVY LOAD
BUT WITH MY SAVIOR AS MY ROCK I STAND
UNABLE TO BE MOVED BY PRINCIPALITIES OR MORTAL MAN
FOR HIS STRENGTH IS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPLY ALL MY NEEDS
BY THE POWER OF JESUS SHED BLOOD HE SAVED AND LIFTED ME
ON HIGHER GROUND IN A CITY SOMEDAY
I’LL BE ONE OF CHILDREN IN THE KING’S FAMILY
WHILE HERE ON EARTH I MUST HELP TO GUIDE
WONDERING SOULS TOWARDS HIS KINGDOM ON HIGH
ALONG WITH MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS I HAVE FOUND MY USE
IN PREPARING THE PATHWAY TO GOD’S WORDS OF TRUTH
HIS STORY MUST BE TOLD TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
BY NO OTHER NAME THAN JESUS IS THERE ANY HOPE OF OBTAINING THE NEW BIRTH
JESUS SHED BLOOD IS THE MORTAR THAT HOLDS AND BINDS
EACH PEBBLE IN PLACE THROUGH THE AGES OF TIME
NO LONGER A COLD AND LIFELESS STONE LYING THERE
NOW BECOMING A JEWEL, SO LOVELY, SO PRECIOUS, SO FAIR
LIFE’S TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS SMOOTHING MY ROUGH AND JAGGED EDGES
WITH THE HEAT OF CHRIST PASSION MY HEART IS REFASHIONED
WE EACH HAVE BEEN CREATED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MOSAIC OF LIFE
ITS THEME BEING OUR CORNER STONE, JESUS CHRIST
AUTHOR, BY GOD’S GRACE
SHARON ROSE LAWLESS
THE MOSAIC OF LIFE
JUST A PEBBLE IN THE ROAD OF LIFE
LYING THERE IN THE DARK OF NIGHT
NO BUILDING DO I HELP SUPPORT OR HOLD
UNABLE TO CARRY LIFE’S HEAVY LOAD
BUT WITH MY SAVIOR AS MY ROCK I STAND
UNABLE TO BE MOVED BY PRINCIPALITIES OR MORTAL MAN
FOR HIS STRENGTH IS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPLY ALL MY NEEDS
BY THE POWER OF JESUS SHED BLOOD HE SAVED AND LIFTED ME
ON HIGHER GROUND IN A CITY SOMEDAY
I’LL BE ONE OF CHILDREN IN THE KING’S FAMILY
WHILE HERE ON EARTH I MUST HELP TO GUIDE
WONDERING SOULS TOWARDS HIS KINGDOM ON HIGH
ALONG WITH MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS I HAVE FOUND MY USE
IN PREPARING THE PATHWAY TO GOD’S WORDS OF TRUTH
HIS STORY MUST BE TOLD TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
BY NO OTHER NAME THAN JESUS IS THERE ANY HOPE OF OBTAINING THE NEW BIRTH
JESUS SHED BLOOD IS THE MORTAR THAT HOLDS AND BINDS
EACH PEBBLE IN PLACE THROUGH THE AGES OF TIME
NO LONGER A COLD AND LIFELESS STONE LYING THERE
NOW BECOMING A JEWEL, SO LOVELY, SO PRECIOUS, SO FAIR
LIFE’S TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS SMOOTHING MY ROUGH AND JAGGED EDGES
WITH THE HEAT OF CHRIST PASSION MY HEART IS REFASHIONED
WE EACH HAVE BEEN CREATED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE MOSAIC OF LIFE
ITS THEME BEING OUR CORNER STONE, JESUS CHRIST
AUTHOR, BY GOD’S GRACE
SHARON ROSE LAWLESS
I HAD STARTED THIS POEM ONE DAY WHILE THINKING OF HOW CHRIST WAS OUR ROCK OF SALVATION. AND HOW I WAS NOT EVEN SO MUCH AS A STONE, JUST A SMALL PEBBLE, NOTHING MORE IN THIS HUGH SCHEME OF LIFE. SO INADEQUATE FOR THE WORK OF MY LORD. I HAVE NOT CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO THE LORD’S WORK, AND HAVE FAILED SO MISERABLY, SO OFTEN, SO POORLY. I HAD STARTED THE FIRST TWELVE LINES PRIOR TO HAVING WENT TO THE WOMAN’S RETREAT IN TENNESSEE. THERE WE WERE INFORMED OF A TALENT EVENT TO BE HELD THE NEXT NIGHT.
I THOUGHT ABOUT SINGING A SONG, BUT I WAS NOT SURE IF THAT WAS WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO. I ONLY KNEW THAT I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE LORD. I WAS CONCERNED IF THE INCENTIVE WAS TO BOOSTER MY EGO OR TRULY TO PRAISE GOD. I HAD A CD I HAD BROUGHT ALONG, NOT KNOWING THERE MIGHT EVEN BE A CHANCE TO USE IT TO SING DURING THE WEEKEND MEETING. I JUST THOUGHT THAT I MIGHTY LISTEN TO IT. BUT I KNEW I WAS NOT THE BEST VOCALIST AND THOUGHT THEREFORE I SHOULD TRY SOMETHING ELSE.
I HAD NOT BROUGHT MY POEM ALONG THOUGH. SO, I CALLED MY HUSBAND TO ASK HIM TO REPEAT IT TO ME ON THE PHONE. BUT I STILL FELT THAT I NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE POEM, SO I PRAYED AND TRUSTED GOD TO ALLOW FOR THE POEM TO BE COMPLETED ON TIME FOR THE TALENT EVENT.
THE NEXT NIGHT I WAS STILL WORKING ON THIS POEM, AND THE POEM WAS COMPLETED ONE MINUTE PRIOR TO THE LADY CALLING ME BY NAME TO COME AND PERFORM MY TALENT.
THAT NIGHT I WAS BACK IN OUR CABIN, THINKING OF LISTENING TO MUSIC CD I BROUGHT ALONG. I OPENED THE CD HOLDER, ONLY TO FIND THAT THE CD ITSELF WAS NOT IN IT.
I THINK THAT GOD WANTED TO LET ME KNOW THAT I HAD DONE SOMETHING RIGHT, FOR THE RIGHT REASON. I COULD HAVE EASILY OPENED THE CD AT ANYTIME PRIOR TO THE TALENT EVENT. AND KNOWN THAT I COULD NOT DO THE SONG BECAUSE THE CD TRACK WAS NOT WITH ME. BUT GOD KNEW THAT I NEEDED TO KNOW I HAD DONE SOMETHING FOR THE RIGHT REASON, FOR HIM, UNSELFISHLY. SO OFTEN, TOO OFTEN, I AM SO SELFISH, SO FULL OF ME. GOD KNOWS WE NEED TO BE ASSURED THAT HE IS IN OUR HEART. THE ACCUSER OF THE BRETHREN NEVER REST, HE IS EVER TELLING US WE ARE NOT TRULY REPENTANT, TRULY TRYING, NOT CARING, NOT FORGIVING, NOT EVEN FORGIVEN. AND WITHOUT THE GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GUIDE AND UPLIFT US, IT WOULD BE ALL TOO EASY TO BELIEVE SATAN’S FALSE TESTIMONY. THAT WE ARE NOT TRULY REPENTANT, FORGIVEN AND A NEW CREATURE IN CHRIST.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW A LITTLE OF THE HISTORY THAT THIS POEM ENTAILED. GOD IS GOOD AND WAS GRACIOUS TO HAVE PROVIDED THE WORDS NEEDED FOR THIS POEM. I AM MY MOTHER’S CHILD, UNABLE TO EXPRESS MYSELF ADEQUATELY IN A ONE-TO-ONE CONVERSATION. BUT, WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. I KNOW, HE PROVIDED THIS POEM, I AM NOT GOOD WITH WORDS. ALSO, THE THEME OF THE LADY’S MEETING WAS ABOUT MOSAIC, THERE WAS A LARGE MOSAIC IN THE BUILDING, AND WE MADE SMALL MOSAICS AS WELL.
ALSO, THIS POEM HAD NO TITLE WHEN WRITTEN, BUT THE THOUGHT OF SMALL INDIVIDUAL PEBBLES BEING USED TO CREATE A PICTURE LEAD TO IT’S TITLE.
I BELIEVE NAMES WERE DRAWN FOR PRIZES. MINE WAS ONE OF THOSE DRAWN. GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS. I HAD NEVER WRITTEN A POEM BEFORE THIS ONE. I WAS NOT INTERESTED IN POEMS. BUT I HAVE FOUND I LOVE WRITING POEMS GIVING PRAISE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GOD. GOD IS SO GOOD.
LORD, HOW DO YOU DO IT
LORD HOW DO YOU DO IT, I JUST CAN’T UNDERSTAND
HOLD UP WITH ALL THE SORROWS BROUGHT TO YOU BY MORTAL MAN’
SIN AFTER SIN, DAY AFTER DAY, LOSS AFTER LOSS,
YOU EVEN GAVE YOU SON JESUS TO DIE FOR OUR SINS ON A CROSS
NEVER GIVING UP ON A WORLD IN WHICH LOSS SINNERS DOTH ABOUND
YOUR SON DID COME TO A DYING WORLD WHEN HE LAID ASIDE HIS RIGHTFUL CROWN
IN ORDER TO SAVE THE WORST OF THE WORST OF EARTH’S MANKIND
NEVER ONCE DID JESUS CHRIST CONSIDER CROSSING BACK ACROSS THE DIVIDED LINE
FOR OUR WORLD IS DIVIDED BY THE SINS BROUGHT ON BY THE SINFUL NATURE OF MAN
AND THIS PLACE, NOW OUR HOME, IS SO VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE PROMISED LAND
THE LINE IS THERE IN THE FOREFRONT WITHIN THE REALM OF OUR REACH
ONCE WE GIVE OUR HEARTS TO OUR SAVIOR FOR HIM TO EVER KEEP
AND THE LINE THAT NOW DIVIDES WILL SOON BE FOREVER ERASED
ALL TEARS WILL BE DRIED UPON SEEING OUR SAVIOUR FACE TO FACE
IN THE SWEET BY AND BY I AM LONGING WITH ALL MY HEART
TO JOIN MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AROUND THE THRONE OF GOD NEVER AGAIN TO PART
I CAN’T STOP PRAYING NOW LORD, NOT NOW, IT IS THE LEAST I COULD DO
TO SPEAK WITH MY HEART IS THE ONLY WAY I KNOW HOW TO SPEAK TO YOU
EVEN THE WORDS I USE ARE A GIFT WITH WHICH TO OFFER MY KING
FOR I AM SO INEPT TO FIND THE WORDS THAT I AM FEELING DEEP WITHIN
AND I REALLY DON’T KNOW HOW YOU LOVE AS YOU DO
WHEN SO MANY CHOOSE TO REMAIN DISTANT FROM YOU
YOUR ARMS ARE STILL OPENED WIDE TO THE SINNERS ON THIS EARTH
AND I FEAR TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR GOD’S PEOPLE TO DO THE LORD’S WORK
AUTHOR BY THE GRACE OF GOD
SHARON ROSE LAWLESS DECEMBER 13,2009