Sunday, October 20, 2013

MY CHOICE

 
 
 
I CHOSE YOU TO BE MY MATE
NOW
ALWAYS
I CHOOSE YOU
 
THROUGH RAIN
AND
SUNNY DAYS
 
THROUGH TURBULENT SEAS
AND PLACID
 
I CHOOSE YOU
 
RECEIVE THIS RING
AS A SIGN
A RING HAS NO END
 
LEAN ON ME
AS I ON YOU
 
TOGETHER WE FORM AN ARCH
WITH GOD AS KEYSTONE
 
AS WE LEAD OUR LIVES TOGETHER
WORTHY OF THE GOD WHO LOVES US
 
WHEN WE FAIL
LET US BE WILLING TO FORGIVE
AS WE HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN
 
FRANK A VOLLMER


Saturday, October 19, 2013

(JOHN 4) WOMAN AT THE WELL

 
WOMAN AT THE WELL

TO BEGIN
SHE WAS A WOMAN
SHE HAD NO RIGHTS
EXCEPT THAT GIVEN BY THE MAN WHO OWNED HER
 
HUSBAND
FATHER
BROTHER
UNCLE
DOWN THE FAMILY TREE
 
A JEWISH MAN
DID NOT WILLINGLY SPEAK TO A WOMAN
NOT HIS KIN
 
IN FACT HIS MORNING PRAYER WAS
THANK YOU GOD FOR NOT MAKING ME
A WOMAN
SLAVE
OR GENTILE
 
BESIDE THAT SHE WAS A SAMARITAN
LOWER THAN A WOMAN
ALMOST A NON-PERSON
 
BUT THIS JEWISH GENTLE MAN
HAD APPROACHED HER
WHILE SHE WAS AT THE WELL
AND ASKED HER FOR A DRINK
 
WHAT SURPRISED HER
BEYOND A JEW TALKING TO A GENTILE
WAS THAT HE ASKED HER FOR A DRINK POLITELY
 
SHE’D BEEN USE TO BEING ORDERED ABOUT
NOT ALWAYS CIVILLY
AND NEVER WITH A PLEASE
 
HOW CAN YOU A JEW SPEAK TO ME
IS YOUR THIRST THAT GREAT
 
IF YOU KNEW WHO I AM
YOU’D KNOW
I CAN GIVE YOU LIVING WATER

ONE WHO DRINKS OF IT WILL NEVER THIRST
 
YOU HAVE NO PITCHER
AND THE WELL IS DEEP
HOW CAN YOU GIVE ME
THIS LIVING WATER

BUT IF YOU CAN
GIVE ME SOME
SO I CAN STOP COMING TO THIS WELL
 
GET YOUR HUSBAND
 
I HAVE NO HUSBAND
 
YOU HAVE HAD FIVE
BUT YOUR PRESENT MAN
IS NOT YOUR HUSBAND
 
ARE YOU A PROPHET
OR BETTER THE MESSIAH
 
TELL ME WHICH TEMPLE IS BETTER
OUR OR YOURS
 
BOTH TEMPLES
ARE GOING AWAY

FOR GOD WILL BE WORSHIPPED
AS HE CHOOSES
 
FOR
GOD IS SPIRIT
 AND HIS WORSHIPERS
MUST WORSHIP
IN THE SPIRIT
 AND IN TRUTH

BUT WHEN WILL MESSIAH COME
 
THE ONE WHO SPEAKS TO YOU
IS HE
 
HOW MANY TIMES IN OUR ORDINARY LIFE
DOING MUNDANE THINGS
LIKE GOING FOR WATER
DO WE MEET JESUS

AND REFUSE HIM A DRINK
OR THE TIME OF DAY

FRANK A VOLLMER