HOW COULD I TURN AWAY

He said You are an idol

"Zeus" ~ was the name he gave ~~

How Could I Turn Away

when it's HIM you died to save

He said, "God will destroy you

if from Jesus you won't depart ~~

How Could I Turn Away, sweet

Lamb of God, YOU'RE living in my heart

He said, "Be happy with your idol"

Oh, Lord, those words I do obey ~~

For YOU are the lover of my soul

How Could I Turn Away

He gave me several scriptures

of what The Prophets have to say ~~

Oh ~my EVERLASTING FATHER

How Could I Turn Away

He said there's no NEW Covenant

Oh ~ Lord, I wonder what Paul would say ~~

Or John the Baptist, who baptized YOU

How Could I Turn Away

YOU said there'd be false prophets

convincing us to go astray ~~

BUT, Jesus, YOU died on that rugged Cross

there was no other way

To save a lost and dying world

Your sacred Blood was shed that day ~~

"Father forgive them ~ they know not what they do"

the witnesses heard you say

And prophets of old rejoiced, dear Jesus

'cause they'd been waiting for the day ~~

when YOU 'D arise from the dead in Triumph

Make A WAY WHERE THERE WAS NO WAY

Oh ~ Holy Spirit of our LIVING GOD

woo THE LOST SHEEP still going astray ~~

unto JESUS, the Christ, our King of Kings

The Truth ~ The Life ~ THE WAY

ANOINTED by The Balm of Gilead

Holy Father ~ let me ever humbly say ~~

" JESUS CHRIST is our HOPE OF HEAVEN

Oh ~ please ~ Don't Turn HIM AWAY !!!

Mary Carter Mizrany

July 30, 2002
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Dedicated to Sam Massey,

whose comments in my guestbook

inspired this poem.

Dear Sam ~

May the Lord bless you and keep you;

May the Lord shine his face upon you

and be gracious unto you;

May the Lord lift up his countenance

upon you and give you peace.

Numbers 6:24

Who hath believed our report? and

to whom is the arm of the Lord

revealed?

For he shall grow up before him

as a tender plant, and as a root

out of a dry ground: he hath no

form nor comeliness; and when

we shall see him, there is no beauty

that we should desire him.

He is despised and rejected of men;

a man of sorrows, and acquainted

with grief: and we hid as it were

our faces from him; he was despised,

and we esteemed him not.

Surely he hath borne our griefs,

and carried our sorrows: yet we

did esteem him stricken, smitten

of God, and afflicted.

But he was wounded for our transgressions,

he was bruised for our iniquities: the

chastisement of our peace was upon him;

and with his stripes we are healed.

All we like sheep have gone astray;

we have turned every one to his own

way; and the Lord hath laid on him

the iniquity of us all.

He was oppressed, and he was

afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth:

he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter,

and as a sheep before her shearers is

dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

Isaiah 53:1~7

For unto us a child is born,

unto us a son is given: and

the government shall be upon

his shoulder: and his name

shall be called

Wonderful, Counsellor,

The mighty God,

The everlasting Father,

The Prince of Peace.

Of the increase of his government

and peace there shall be no end,

upon the throne of David, and

upon his kingdom, to order it, and

to establish it with judgment and

with justice from henceforth even

for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts

will perform this.

The Lord sent a word into Jacob,

and it hath lighted upon Israel.

Isaiah 9:6~8