Oct 6.98: Light For The Day - "My Friend"

"How, then, can they call on the One they have not
believed in? And how can they believe in the
One of whom they have not heard? And how can
they hear without someone preaching to them? 
And how can they preach unless they are sent?

As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of
those who bring good news!" 
-- Romans 10:14,15 (NIV)

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MY FRIEND 

My Friend, I stand in judgment now,
And feel that you're to blame somehow.
On earth I walked with you day by day
And never did you point the way.

You knew the Lord in truth and glory,
But never did you tell the story.
My knowledge then was dim,
You could have led me safe to Him.

Though we lived together here on earth,
You never told of the second birth;
And now I stand this day condemned
Because you failed to mention Him.

You taught me many things, thats true;
I called you friend and trusted you.
But I learn now that its too late
And you could have kept me from this fate.

We walked by day and talked by night,
And yet you showed me not the light;
You let me live and love and die
You knew I'd never live on high.

Yes, I called you "friend" in life
And trusted you through fun and strife.
And yet, on coming to this dreadful end
I cannot, now, call you "my friend"

-- Unknown 
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"Believe in the Lord Jesus, 
and you will be saved, you and your household."
-- Act 16:30,31 (RSV)