Someone may ask, “But why should I rise early?” To remain too long in bed is a waste of time. Wasting time is unbecoming of a saint who is bought by the precious blood of Jesus. His time and all he has is to be used for the Lord. If we sleep more than is necessary for the refreshment of the body, it is wasting time the Lord has entrusted us to be used for His glory, for our own benefit, and for the benefit of the saints and unbelievers around us… Anyone who spends one, two, three hours in prayer and meditation before breakfast will soon discover the beneficial effect early rising has on the outward and inward man.
George Muller

Man By The Road

Man By The Road

Man by the Road

If I were the man by the side of the road Who watches the world go by,
I’d stop every man with a frown on his face And ask him the reason why.

I’d stop everyone with sad, weary eyes
And find out what made him so;
I’d point out to each the Christ on the cross And help him His love to know.

I do not live by the side of the road
Where the race of man passes on;
But I meet them each day on the path of life Those wanderers far from home.

You don’t have to live in a house by the road To scatter the sunshine of love;
But wherever you live, if a man asks the way, Just point him to heaven above.