He has a decision to make,
For their blessing’s sake…
Stuck in holes
As boulder o’er rolls,
The bottom of what they can take!
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Options there are but two,
Change or continue…
In present course
As things go worse,
Or agree with what’s known as true?
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Faith is a curious thing,
Active by listening…
Then obey
Starting today,
Supply what’s missing.
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–Jonathan Caswell
EXTRACTION FROM EBAY
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Addiction slowly kills,
It is a clash of wills…
Inner distress
From too much business,
Overspending has to subside!
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He marshalled his last bids,
Paid some smaller, he did…
In what he found pride
He pushed aside,
Claiming his home money minced!
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A year went by since blast,
Of Ebay jitters passed…
He’s on the run
‘Cause relapse begun,
The die for obedience cast.
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–Jonathan Caswell
BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS!
Joshua took from Moses
His mantle and shepherd’s staff…
With one phrase repeated over and over,
As part of his leadership path.
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To take a people resolved
To obey what God said…
Their parents had died when they wouldn’t abide
With God as spiritual Head.
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Be strong and courageous,
The battle won’t be long*…
Today the noise of battle
And the next, the victor’s song.
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Joshua had to literally fight
And we have to literally pray…
Pushing back the dark and let the Light
Come in ’til Judgement Day.
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It take but a mustard seed of faith
So tiny but it grows…
Be courageous in your time,
To tweak the Devil’s nose!
–Jonathan Caswell
*Line and the next two taken from the fourth verse of the Christian hymn, “STAND UP, STAND UP FOR JESUS” .Lyrics by George Deerfield, Jr. and tune by George J. Webb.
MORAL AND MEDICAL
For reasons both moral and medical
I decided it was less heretical…
To refrain from booze
As something I’d choose,
Showing God’s love is real not theoretical.
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I went on a Dominican tour
A ten-week trip to ensure…
I could derive
And survive,
The missionary’s life for sure.
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Our hosts were a missionary couple
With two kids, really no trouble…
But these folks imbibed
Which in the inside
Of some people doubt caused to bubble.
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A whole-group restaurant meal
Caused some of these doubts to congeal…
One table did boldly,
The other was told, Re:
To not imbibe at the meal.
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This moral ambiguity
Convinced this pre-missionary…
That it’s not right—
The Gospel with “Bud Light,”
Mixed signals are viewed as contrary.
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In addition my diabetes,
Which survived a sugar cane squeeze (!)…
Wasn’t really helped by
The alcohol high,
It was better controlled without these.
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For moral and medical reasons
My ministry will face less malfeasance…
My purer witness
To God’s holiness
Is viewed as proper obedience.
–Jonathan Caswell
By the Mighty Mumford 