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+ 2ND POEMS: While We Wait For Our *Permanent* Vacation
When spring and summer come, after the winter melts away,
we make our plans with great anticipation.
We know just where we want to go, and what we want to do,
and who we want to visit on vacation.
And as the time grows nearer, we begin to feel a joy
that takes away our daily aggravation.
Even the hardest job, the dullest chore, is kind of fun
when you are soon to go on a vacation.
You always find a lot to talk about before you go:
some how it gets into each conversation,
until your family, friends, and all the folks down at your work
know you are getting ready for vacation.
Nor do you mind the many little things you have to do
because you need to make some preparation
for travel. So you pack, then run some errands, and pack more
so that you can enjoy your whole vacation.
Sometimes you even dream about it as you sleep at night.
Sometimes it interrupts your concentration
during the day, and then you feel excitement in your heart
as you look forward to a nice vacation.
Yes, it can change your attitude about your daily life.
It gives you peace of mind and relaxation
even before you leave. The joy is overwhelming as
the days and nights get closer to vacation.
As Christians, we know how this feels, because we have a hope
(according to the Gospel's inspiration)
that we call RAPTURE (when the Lord returns to take His Church
to Heaven for a permanent vacation).
We will not have to bring belongings, clothes, or other stuff
to go. You only need to have Salvation
in Christ, to be included when He comes that glorious day
to take us to that well-assured vacation.
There, you need never worry that your cash or time run out.
You have a free "FOREVER" reservation.
And you will find so much to be enjoyed up there. The half
has not been told about this last vacation.
So pack the Scriptures in your heart, load up on fellowship,
and keep God's Heaven as your destination.
It shall be---if you have been saved and born again in Christ,
when we are raptured, starward, to vacation.
Starward
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waiting for the faithful prophecy? question this! religion's real purpose -shines- here! it kills one's tactfulness and makes one put faith in a procrastinated (un)certainty of which is dependable only on god(!)
i am not an atheist nor i am a believer and i wouldn't want to impose any belief of either kind. i am hereby saying that we should willfully depend on only calculatable worldly circumstances and nothing else more.
Every word of this is so true. I found myself realy enjoying this one and i read it more than once. It is advice many of us should take, and a little encouragement that this is not all there is. I realy loved this one too. ~Rae
Jer,
This is awesome.... Although I have never had a vacation I certainly look forward to God permanent Vacation....
No worries of where to go or how long you can stay or how much money to spend.... leave everything behind except you love and faith.... I like this poem... it really makes you think deep.... totally cool write...
Peace and Love...
Judy
I am glad that I am the first to comment on this one. As I read the poem I was reminded of a phrase - "PRAISE GOD". As I thought of the words and the idea behind this writing, it made me start thinking about the way we should be..............sort of brings to mind a scripture which states "Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven". I think, now I may be wrong, but I think that if we would focus our mind on those things in heaven, just as your poem suggest, then we would be alot better off. No stife, no turmoil. But we live in this time frame where we do not want to see the end, we want today, now! Continue on my brother and I will continue to read.