It's Resolution Time...

Are You Ready

To Make a New Year's Resolution?

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     COVER TO COVER IN 2020

     Among my most meaningful things to do

     while reading the Holy Scriptures through

     is write Messiah's name in the margin

     of the Old Testament, where'er I find Him.

     Of course, I do not find Jesus' name,

     but I certainly find Him, just the same.

     I find Him in the Lamb and the Lion,

     foreshadows of the Temple in Zion,

     find Him in Joshua, David, Passover,

     in the Song, the whale, cover to cover.

     I've thumbed through pages and jotted a few

     Messianic treasures to share with you:

     Messiah's birth’s foretold in Micah, five;

     seven centuries later, Jesus arrived;

     virgin birth proclaimed, Isaiah seven,

     a Son to be fathered by God in Heaven.

     Kings will bow down to Him and nations serve,

     Solomon's Psalm Seventy-two observes.

     He'll be pierced and mourned, says Zechariah;

     Our Redeemer, fifty-three, Isaiah,

     which foretells of resurrection glory!

     Genesis to Revelation, God's true story!

     The Word reveals a magnificent plan

     in this tome of Our Savior, God and Man.

         Well, now that Twenty Twenty is here

         I’ll suggest a resolution without peer:

         Resolve to read before this year’s over,

         the Holy Bible, cover to cover.

         It contains everything we need to know

         about God’s love and grace and how to grow.

        Let’s read the story beginning to end

        of our Sovereign Savior and closest Friend!

     Maude Carolan Pych