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    Time for Eternity

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    #1 · October 25, 2014, 2:16 pm

    Posted by: randal <randal@...>

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    TIME FOR ETERNITY
    by J. Randal Matheny © 2014

    Why another day to open my eyes,
    To breathe at early morn a cooler air,
    To place my feet upon the floor, arise
    >From sleep, and wash the night from face and hair
    And soul, to face another sun's surprise?

    Why, indeed, if not to lift up praise
    To God Almighty?! For zeal and faith to pursue
    His will and presence, love and quiet displays
    Of glory?! Another day to seek and renew
    Deep trust in all of Heaven's work and ways?!

    A precious gift from God, this day and hour,
    That we exchange them for the everlasting!
    In this exchange is purpose, life, and power,
    A people who obey with prayer and fasting,
    So at his coming we need not fear nor cower.

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