While We Have Breath

Reading the words of Paul
how he would have preferred death
to walk with Christ
to leave this mortal coil

Yet his words, his life
a testimony to us all
all who have followed
to answered the servant call

That we would live in Christ
sharing his witness of love
that while we have breath
we would answer the servant call

Living or dying,
ever walking with Christ
yoked to our savior
walking the way of the cross

Led by the Spirit
heeding the shepherd’s call
peace in his presence
submitting to God our all


June 14, 2010
Philippians 1:21
Philippians 1:19-26
&
Day 263, “A Matter of Life and Death”, in
“Daily Mediations: On Golden Texts of the Bible”,
by Henry Gariepy
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tjVtRt3TUMC&pg=PP1&dq=henry+gariepy&ei=6tqBSqLVDJiQyQT4i9DOCg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
read June 14, 2010


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