July 21.99: Light For The Day - "The search"

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and
today and for ever."
-- Hebrews 13:8 (RSV)

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"The search"

Why does a man live
For what reason does he die
Something inside me yearned to know
I felt my spirit cry

What are the secrets of the universe
or the powers of the mind
Questions I couldnt answer
to secrets I could not find

I meditated I chanted
I searched in distant places
And found the same confusion
on many learned faces

Some said "its here" or "there"
you'll find it all within
Yet no answer seemed to satisfy
for they only came from men

There had to be perfection
or why is it such a word
yet who could claim to have it
no man that I had heard

I returned home disappointed
from such a fruitless quest
Thinking Ill never find the answer
for I believed Id tried my best

But it was there I found the answer
for my souls survival

My answers name is JESUS 

I found him in my Bible.....

-- Lance Elam
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"In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God."
-- John 1:1 (RSV)

..... "I am the first and I am the last;
besides me there is no god."
-- Isaiah 44:6 (RSV)

"But do not forget this one thing, dear friends:
With the Lord a DAY is like a THOUSAND YEARS,
and a THOUSAND YEARS are like a DAY. 

The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise,
as some understand slowness.
He is patient with you,
not wanting anyone to perish,
but everyone to come to repentance."
-- 2Peter 3:8,9 (NIV)

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God wants all men to be saved and
to come to a knowledge of the truth.
-- 1Timothy 2:4
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