Why do I review old posts? I want to remember what was on my mind a couple of years ago. How about three or even five years? This is from about five years ago. The question was, “What does it look like to be a Christian?
The QuestionI stood the midnight watch atop the rampart
Sleep who wrapped me in her arms had fled
And loving mercy withheld slumberThe year was not yet three weeks old
In the frosty silence above the sleeping world
The hunter made his nightly circuit of the skyThe gibbous moon veiled the scene in ghostly light
And that weak light diminished the stars’ shine
Though its glory is but a poor reflection of the greaterA friend had shared from sincere heart
The thought with which he wrestled
The burning question in his mindWhat does it look like to be a Christian
How do you know, how can you spot
That which is real from what is notAs I pondered on the thought and on my friend
My thoughts were bent toward persistent grace
And along side is untiring loveThe fruit is borne on the inside
Outwardly, the form and fashion vary
Each of us a Work in Progress
What would your answer have been?
The original post went up in January 2011, part one and part two.
