This Now My PleaWere just underway in this year of 09.Will You begin to restore or do more to refine?What might we learn from the year of 08that might turn Your hand, or is it too late?In the years of our past we forgot we had need,and headlong we rushed past warnings to heed.But 08 rang out, its message was clear;too many things wed come to hold dear.This fact we have learned; our response to repent,and hope that in turn that You will relent.This poem then a prayer, a hope for a chanceto show what weve learned with another turn to dance.Giver of life we look now to thee; I ask You restore, this now my plea.MJ
_________________Mike Jones
"Behold, I am making all things new."Restoration has always been God's intentand purpose. Not just restoration of thecommunion that was shared in the garden,but the restoration of life's purpose and meaning; as well as the restorationof the kingdom GOD has promised to giveHis Anointed One, the Christ.
_________________Martin G. Smith