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Preach the Word: A Visit to the Well!
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Daddy was a preacher - He "preached the Word!" And so I grew up, reading, memorizing, studying, believing the Word. The legacy of my parents' love for God's Word and their declaration of the same through years of ministry found a way into this daughter's heart forever....
....and comically so, I was "gifted" with the gift of gab myself, so I could probably hold a one-way conversation with a tree, something our son Jason has inherited from his Mama. I write, I love to write, I live to write - and now I "preach the Word."
This poem below became the foundation for the weekly Words from the Well devotionals on the Web now for about ten years. May the Lord use my words and His Word to minister to you today.
A Word from the Well!
It's night, O Lord, please hear my call;
I know You want my very all.
But wells are deep; how can I give
The wordless pain in which I live!
It's night, O Lord, be swift to hear;
To bring relief for falling tears.
Needless pain, don't let it be;
But healing pain, to set me free.
Be still, My child; My whispers hear.
Lean hard, My child; come very near.
This well so deep with suffering filled
Must empty first, till all is still.
I'll take the hurt; I'll take the strife;
In Hands so strong I'll hold your life.
I'll fill the well with heaven's gain,
When you, My child, give Me the pain.
I'll take it, mold it, make it Mine;
Transform it then to love divine.
Turn sorrow into fullest joy
Far greater than earth's brightest toy.
For toys of earth cannot compare
With Christ your Lord, so real, so fair.
He, Christ alone, demands your all
Give Me that pain, He softly calls.
I shrink, then reach with outstretched hand;
Dredged of self, alone to stand.
Then from the depths of Love so true
The well is filled again, anew.
This time it's not with pain and me,
But Christ my all, my joy to be.
To depths before unknown I climb
His peace, His joy, His life all mine.
For pain so deep, felt all alone,
Is fertile ground for Love--His own!
Love that fills and meets life's need;
O deep, deep well, I'm rich indeed.
Filled up with Him, His love alone;
His way revealed; His glory shone.
O well of deep, dark yesterday;
Embrace the joy He gives today.
O, night, no longer fear your dark;
He stills the aching, struggling heart.
And from that heart--life's deepening well,
Comes love to share; rich joy to tell.
O, night, give way to endless day!
I've found His depths, His highest way!
O, night, give way to morning's dew;
The well is deep; the source is You!
Copyright 1996 by Peggie C. Bohanon. Springfield, MO 65803. All rights reserved.
--Bible readings and devos: Courtesy of International Bible Society, and Peggie's choco-covered pen!
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(With thanks and apologies to my good friend and choco-buddy, Georgia, from whom I crooked some of these wonderful graphics, courtesy of Cute Colors Graphics. Thanks!)
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