J.M.J.

 

SEVENTY PLUS ONE

 

 

I HAVE CALLED HERE MANY, AND MANY HERE CAME,

YET THE FINAL NUMBER WILL STILL BE THE SAME.

THE FIRST I HAD CALLED HERE HAD A RESERVED SEAT,

BUT SINCE THEN SOME OF THEM HAVE CHOSEN TO RETREAT.

 

SOME GOT BORED; SOME FRUSTRATED; SOME WERE WOUNDED BY PRIDE

AND CONTINUED THEIR JOURNEY ON THE ROAD THAT IS WIDE.

THOSE WHO MY INVITATION HAVE CHOSEN TO WASTE

BY THE ONES I HAVE CHOSEN WILL BE REPLACED.

 

AS THE PRAYERS THAT ARE NEEDED CONTINUE TO DECREASE,

THERE WILL BE PERHAPS EVEN MORE VACANCIES.

GOD WILL NOT ABANDON THE REFUGE HE BUILT,

AND EACH SEAT AS INTENDED ONCE AGAIN WILL BE FILLED.

 

THOUGH THE NUMBER ATTENDING AT THIS TIME HAS DECLINED,

THE PLAN GOD INTENDED WILL NOT BE UNDERMINED.

DURING THESE TRYING TIMES AND THE ONGOING WAR,

WHAT SATAN HAS DEMOLISHED GOD WILL AGAIN RESTORE.

 

“THY WILL BE DONE”

10-9-2006

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