Neglect

The testimony of a man who neglected the Lord’s work-

I looked upon a farm one day, that once I used to own;

The barn had fallen to the ground, the fields were overgrown.

The house in which my children grew, where we had lived for years. . 

 I turned to see it broken down, and brushed aside the tears.

 

I looked upon my soul one day to find it too had grown,

With thorns and nettles everywhere, the seeds neglect had sown.

The years had passed while I had cared for things of lesser worth.

 The things of heaven I let go while minding things of earth.

 

To Christ I turned with bitter tears and cried, “O Lord, forgive!”

I have not much time left for Thee, not many years to live.

The wasted years forever gone, the days I can’t recall.

If I could live those days again, I’d make Him Lord of all. 

How unfortunate a word like “if” can be!

Matthew 7:26

Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

Give it some serious thought.

Gary

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