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[The Cradle and The Cross]
The cradle was hewn with love and joy.
The cross was hewn with anger and hate.
The cradle was planed and sanded with care.
The cross was rough and cruel an instrument of death.
The cradle holds the comfort of a mother’’s love.
The cross holds the defilement of sin.
Christ came by way of them both,
To redeem the lives of men.
His cradle prepared Him to be one of us.
His cross prepared us to be heirs with Him.
He paid the price that we could not.
What then can we give back in return?
To love God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength,
And to love one another just as He loves us.
He counted the cross the way we count the cradle,
But for the joy set before Him,
He endured it all. Glenda Finkelstein Copyright ©2002 Glenda Finkelstein more>>
[He's Already There]
In your darkest hour when death beckons more than life,
A Savior stands ready to lead you to the light.
He came to free the captive, heal the sick and save the lost.
Love was went to pay the total cost.
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God's already there.
There's no need for Him to follow you, because God's already there.
Although you have fought the fight the battle rages on,
God stands ready to finish it simply give it to Him all.
He is with you always from now until the end,
He is the mighty hand which rescued you from Hell.
When life has left you thirsting for more than it can give,
drink from the fount of living water which only He can give.
There is no complicated riddles nor roads to be driven,
God is able to meet the needs of all His children. Glenda Finkelstein Copyright ©2002 Glenda Finkelstein
[futility of Hate]
Hate has never built anything of honor to behold.
Its place is the barriers and stumbling blocks of old.
It cannot stand with another, for it abhors all beside itself.
Hate is deaf, dumb and blind, whose council is itself.
It is a poison that is learned and passed to another.
A disease that destroys those it touches and its carrier.
It is a worm that eats away at the soul.
Hate is a stench both vile and foul.
It is man’s worst sin and shame to all.Yet love can overcome this terrible flaw.
There is nothing as strong as one who loves
That which is different just because.
A legacy of love is for all,
Love cannot be kept inside a wall.
For love to conquer this thing called hate
It must be loosened from inside the heart’s gate. Glenda C. Finkelstein Copyright ©2002 Glenda Finkelstein
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