Samuel D. High
sdhigh@aristotle.net
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From: "Smith, Lynn " <lsmith20@Central.UH.EDU>
Sent: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:10:38 -0500
To: "Smith, Lynn " <lsmith20@Central.UH.EDU>
Subject: Morning Manna May 1-BP: I Cor. 14:26-40; RBTTY: Lk. 21:20-38; I Kings 10-11
May 1 “Kingdom Builders”
“. . .Let all things be done unto edifying.”
I Corinthians 14:26b
The world is full of builders,
Who raise towers to the sky;
They start from scratch and slowly erect them
Until they stand oh, so high.
Then there are those who raze them,
Whose “calling” it is to destroy,
So quickly can they tear things down
By whatever means they choose to employ.
But, when it comes to doing God’s Work
And helping spread His Love,
We can ill afford to be critical of those around us
While saying we’re children of the Father above.
Barbed comments do such damage,
Inflicting so many a hurt,
That the devil loves it when we use them
And our own “rights” we do assert.
To further our Father’s Kingdom
And always do His will,
We must edify one another
And never of them speak ill.
Although we will not always like
Everything that others may do,
We still must seek to build them up
Until the race set before us is through.
When they’re down, we exhort them;
When they’re sad, we offer cheer—
By reminding them the Father will never forsake them,
But has promised to always be near.
In words so fitly spoken
And in deeds, whatever they may be,
We’re to edify one another,
Which glorifies the Lord and is plain for all to see.
--Tom Smith
Thanks,
Mr. Lynn M. Smith
Department Business Administrator
Department of Economics
204C McElhinney Hall
(713) 743-3802 (office)
(713) 743-3798 (fax)
LSmith20@central.uh.edu (email)
http://www.class.uh.edu/econ/ (department website)
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