Monday, November 30, 2015

I TRAVELED ON MY KNEES ----Adapted from a poem by Sandra Goodwin

          LAST NIGHT I TOOK A JOURNEY TO ISRAEL ACROSS THE SEAS;
          I DID NOT GO BY BOAT OR PLANE, I TRAVELED ON MY KNEES.
          I SAW SO MANY PEOPLE THERE WITH SCARS AND WOUNDS
          WITHIN;
          BUT GOD TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD GO---THERE WAS OIL TO
          POUR FROM HIM. 
          I REPLIED,  "LORD,  I CANNOT GO AND WORK WITH SUCH AS
          THESE"
          HE ANSWERED QUICKLY,  "YES  YOU CAN, BY TRAVELING ON
          YOUR KNEES."
          HE SAID,  "YOU PRAY, I'LL MEET THEIR NEED,  YOU CALL AND
          I WILL HEAR.
          BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FATE OF THOSE BOTH FAR AND
          NEAR."
          AND SO I TRIED IT,  KNELT IN PRAYER,  GAVE UP SOME
          HOURS OF EASE,
          I FELT THE LORD RIGHT BY MY SIDE WHILE TRAVELING ON
          MY KNEES.
          AS I PRAYED ON AND SAW THEM HELPED AND THE BADLY
          WOUNDED HEALED,
          I SAW GOD'S WORKERS' STRENGTH  RENEWED WHILE
          LABORING ON THE FIELD.
          I SAID,  "YES, LORD, I HAVE A JOB----MY DESIRE THY WILL
          TO PLEASE, 
          I CAN  GO  AND  HEED  THY CALL  BY TRAVELING  ON  MY
          KNEES."

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