Don’t boast about tomorrow,
or brag about today
don’t plan your course of action
or go off in your own way.
Don’t say I will do this,
or try a little bit of that
don’t show off your deeds
or give yourself a pat.
For arrogance to the Lord,
is really just a sin
for all that you accomplish
it’s all rubbish if not for Him.
But if you seek God’s will first,
He will lead you from here on
for your life is but a vapor
and one day . . .
it’ll just vanish and be gone!
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James 4:13-17
King James Version
“Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow
we will go into such a city, and continue
there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.
For what is your life? It is even a vapour,
that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will,
we shall live, and do this, or that.
But now ye rejoice in your boastings:
all such rejoicing is evil.
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good,
and doeth it not, to him it is sin.”
Copyright 2013
Deborah Ann Belka
April 5th, 2014 at 7:29 PM
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April 16th, 2014 at 8:53 AM
Thank you for the link! ~ Blessings ~
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December 28th, 2013 at 7:36 AM
Very timely for our running a muck culture!
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December 30th, 2013 at 9:41 AM
Amen! ~ A Blessed New Year to you Jeanne ~
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December 27th, 2013 at 8:24 PM
Beautiful, my beloved sister… I love your poetry — there’s lots of meat in it, much to ponder on, and much to be blessed by. Thanks for always sharing the word of the Lord is such a beautiful and profound way.
Love,
Cheryl
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December 30th, 2013 at 9:45 AM
Thank you Cheryl for your kind words. At times my heart is so very heavy with all that is going on in this world that all I can do is cry. I love your blog and the direction you are taking with it. Speak the truth, seek out the lies, and expose the false doctrine! ~ A Blessed New Year to you ~
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December 30th, 2013 at 3:50 PM
I pray that your New Year is blessed as well, and thank you for your words of encouragement.
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December 27th, 2013 at 5:16 PM
Yikes, that’s convicting me right now 😦
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December 30th, 2013 at 9:54 AM
Did me too while I was studying the verse 😯
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