
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53); font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 26pt; background-color: white; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Be Vigilant . . . Not Late</span><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">By Greta Zwaan</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">Pray in the time of sorrow; sing in the time of joy,</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Give voice to the inner emotions; in trust your faith deploy.</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">When sickness overtakes you, when days cause endless pain,</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">It seems life has no meaning, commitments are quite in vain.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">How can one think of singing when sorrows pile so deep?</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Rejoice amidst the trials when one would rather weep?</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Give thanks to God in all things; the happy times, the good,</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">As well in disappointments, when you’re misunderstood.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">God doesn’t say, "FOR all things," when crisis come your way,</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">But in the darkened valleys, there’s always room to pray.</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">God's patience never falters; his ears hear your request,</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Your anxious cry for mercy, when you can find no rest.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">He longs to draw you closer, He seeks to draw you near;</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">But life keeps you so busy, His voice seems not too clear.</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Then God allows a valley where you might seek His face,</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">A time of concentration, renewing of His grace.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">God never left His posting, He did not stray away,</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">It’s you who did the wandering, so busy every day.</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The path you’re on is fruitless; your spirit cannot grow,</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">So God puts up a barrier were you ought not to go.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Hence comes the heavenly message: "Be thankful IN all things,"</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Perhaps enduring hardships the bell of danger rings.</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Pay heed, the call is vital; God's calling carries weight,</span><br><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Accept the challenge quickly, be vigilant, not late.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/">http://www.moscowcares.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></body></html>