INTRODUCING JESUS CHRIST!
Today John chanced to meet,
His old friend Steve on the street.
Steve shook John's hand with a big smile,
Saying, "Man, I haven't seen you for awhile!"
"The old gang's been wonderin' where you've been,"
Then, John told Steve how he'd escaped the life of sin!
He said, "Since I met Jesus He's turned my life around,"
"And there's no end to the happiness I've found!"
"The things I once desired aren't important any more!"
"You see, I've finally found,”
“What I had been searching for!"
"Steve, I'm no longer burdened down,”
“With a heavy load of sin,"
"Since I opened up my heart,”
“And let Jesus come in!"
"I have not been plagued with even one sleepless night,”
"Wonderin' if I would make it,”
“To see the mornin' light!"
"Friend, I'm no longer bothered with fear and dread,”
"Or any "mornings after" with an achin' head."
"I have true happiness and a joy that is so real,"
"That I find it hard to explain exactly how I feel!"
"Though sometimes I have problems and the skies are gray,"
"The sunshine of God's love chases the clouds away!"
"Jesus is a Friend take no other I've had before!"
"He's a constant close companion!"
"How could I ask for more?"
"Jesus, the only Mediator between God and man,"
"Will change a person's life like nobody else can!"
As John talked to Steve he saw tears in his eyes!
Then, before the conversation could end,
Steve grasped John's hand and to his surprise,
Said, "I sure would like to meet your Friend!"
Robert F. Dotson © 2006
BIBLE BILL
Most folks called him, "Ol' Bible Bill."
He lived in a shanty on top of a hill,
Overlooking the bustling town below.
Each morning you could find him,
On the village square,
Interacting with the people,
Who had gathered there.
Bill was a feller who was easy to get to know!
However folks didn't quite understand,
Why he always carried a Bible in his hand.
They figured "he was a few bricks,"
"Short of a load!"
Bill was anything but shy.
He'd look them right square in the eye,
And say, "Sinner you're on the wrong road."
Then he would continue to say,
"Jesus Christ is the Way,"
"The Truth and the Light!"
"If you're tired of that load of sin you bear,"
Just call out to Him in earnest prayer!"
"Then everything that's wrong will be right!"
People in general would pass on by,
Without giving a reply.
But, the gospel seed was planted anyway!
Bill had stood on this street corner for years,
Witnessing to folks and shedding tears,
Trying to get them to think about Judgment Day.
Bill and Sadie, his wife,
Had a rewarding life,
Though they weren't rich "by a country mile."
"The Lord has brought us a mighty long way,"
"To where we are today,"
Bill would say with a big old smile!
One morning it was ten below.
Yet Bill went walking through the snow,
On the way to his favorite place.
Snowflakes kept falling down,
And as he came to the outskirts of town,
Bill prayed, "Lord, please grant me grace."
He couldn't see for the blinding snow,
And though he heard the train whistle blow,
The sound came much too late.
When Bill left his Sadie that morning,
There was definitely no warning,
That this would be his tragic fate.
Sadie buried her precious Bill,
In the little cemetery on top of the hill,
Overlooking the town he loved so.
Now, each day she stands on the village square,
Witnessing to folks who have gathered there,
While Bill smiles down to earth below!
Robert F. Dotson © 2007
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