It's Time to Call Back

Graphic from Louises's Favourite Pictures Facebook page; Artist unknown
 

 

We are now in the last days of 2021. A new year, new anticipation, a fresh new beginning is about to begin. 

In the last post of the year I like to include the following poem. It's found in the December 19th devotion in that much loved and sought after devotional, Streams in the Desert. The title: Call Back. It is written by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman, the author of Streams in the Desert.

For the Christian, hearing and reading about men and women of faith through the centuries is a great learning opportunity. And YOUR life can be the life that helps draw your family and friends to a fuller life of faith. 

As this year ends and a new year begins, join me and "call back" and share how God has seen you through the years, and the amazing things you've learned in following Him. I hope this poem inspires you to share with others.

"If you have gone a little way ahead of me, call back--
'Twill cheer my heart and help my feet along the stony track;
And if, perchance, Faith's light is dim, because the oil is low,
Your call will guide my lagging course as wearily I go.

"Call back, and tell me that He went with you into the storm;
Call back, and say He kept you when the forest's roots were torn,
That, when the heavens thunder and the earthquake shook the hill,
He bore you up and held you where the very air was still.

"Oh, friend, call back, and tell me for I cannot see your face;
They say it glows with triumph, and your feet bound in the race;
But there are mists between us and my spirit eyes are dim,
And I cannot see the glory, though I long for word of Him.

"But if you'll say He heard you when your prayer was but a cry,
And if you'll say He saw you through the night's sin-darkened sky--
If you have gone a little way ahead, oh, friend, call back--
'Twill cheer my heart and help my feet along the stony track."

My friends, He went with me into the storm and kept me when my roots were torn; He bore me up and held me close when the earthquake shook my heart; He heard me when my prayers were but a cry, and He saw me through the night's sin-darkened sky. My face glows with triumph and my feet continues the race. My God is FAITHFUL, you CAN trust Him to see you through!

Now, what has God done for you? Has He held you in the mist of the storm? Has he calmed your heart and helped you when it was breaking? Did He show the path to take in times of uncertainty? What has He done for YOU! 

Your story can help others who need a lifting hand upon their life. Share it. Tell someone. Write it down so you can encourage another, even yourself.

 "Life is a steep climb, and it does the heart good to have somebody 'call back' and cheerily beckon us on up the high hill . . ."  "If anyone among us has found anything worthwhile, we ought to 'call back.'" Mrs. Charles E. Cowman

As you get ready to begin 2022, I hope you will "call back" to fellow believers and tell them how God has seen you through as you've walked with Him. You will cheer the heart of another and help them along their road with God. Do it now.