ERA
There was the era of
my childhood,
And it was gone.
And the era of my
youth,
And it was gone.
There was the era of
the harvest
And of agriculture
And the people from Texas to Canada,
And it was gone.
There was the era of
study,
And it was gone.
The era of teaching,
And it was gone.
There was the era of
high tech,
And travel
And innovation
And it was gone.
There was the era of
children
And it was gone.
There was the era of
consulting,
And it is going.
There is one era of a
church,
And then another.
Perhaps a new name,
Perhaps a new
character or vision.
There was the birth
of a new church,
And there was growth,
And there was
decline.
Three times and more.
Then there was a
grafting,
A merger
Of the new into the
old
And a new era came to
be.
It begins to look to
me like
God’s work is always
new!
Yet often built upon
the old.
His work has never
changed.
Yet His work is
always new!
It is always looking
to the future.
“I go to prepare a
place for you …”
The one who does not
change –
And He who sits on the throne said,
“Behold, I am making all things new”
“Therefore
if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature;
the
old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
Isaiah 43:18
"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
Isaiah
43:19
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am
making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
Isaiah
65:17
"See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will
not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
Ezekiel
36:26
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you
your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
John 3:3
Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the
kingdom of God unless they are born again."
Romans 6:4
We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that,
just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too
may live a new life.“
Billy R. Masten
08/16/13
