"You tell me I am getting old . . Featured Radio Poem Based On II Corinthians 5:1
"A house . . . eternal in the heavens '1 You tell\ me I am getting old, but that's not really so. The house I live in may be worn and that of course I know. It's been in use a good long while and weathered many a gale, I'm therefore not surprised to fine it's getting somewhat frail. You tell me I am getting old, and you mix my house with me, You're looking at the outside, that's all that most folks see. The dweller in the little house is young and bright and gay, Just starting on a life that last's through long, eternal day. The color changing of the roof, the windows looking dim, The walls a bit transparent and get- ' ting rather thin. The foundation's not so steady as once it used to be And that is all that you observe, but it's not really me. I patch the old house up a bit to make it last the night, But soon I shall be flitting to my home of endless light. I'm going to live forever there, my life goes on it's grand; How can you say I'm getting old? You do not understand. These few short years, can't make me old, I feel I'm in my youth. Eternity lies just ahead, full of life and joy and truth. We will not fret to see this house grow shabby day by day, But look ahead to our new home which never will decay. I want to be made fit to dwell in that blest home above, Cleansed in the precious blood of Christ and growing still in love The beauty of that glorious Home, no words can ever say, 'Tis hidden from these mortal eyes, but kept for us some day.
My house is getting ready in the Land beyond the sky It's Architect and Builder is my Sav iour now on high; But I rather think He's leaving the furnishing to me. So it's "treasure up in Heaven" must store each day you see. "An atheist cannot find God for the same reason that a thief cannot find a policeman." * * * "A lot of people believe in law and order just as long as they can lay down the law and give the orders/' * * * "Blessed is the man who will work on the committee of which he wanted to be chairman." * * * "If you don't stand for something you may fall for anything." * * * "Life may be what you make it, but thank God, through His help, you can remake it."
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