Call Back

 "And so you will bear testimony to me."

Luke 21:13

 

It's time to run again a favorite poem that I discovered in my late 20s when an older woman gave me a copy of "Streams in the Desert," a devotion book by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman. The poem was written by her husband, Charles E. Cowman.

OnBibleportal.com these words were shared regarding the purpose of this poem: "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. We are climbers together, and we must help one another. This mountain climbing is serious business, but glorious. It takes strength and steady step to find the summits. The outlook widens with the altitude. If anyone among us has found anything worthwhile, we ought to 'call back.'"

I am thankful for those friends and acquaintances who have shared their story in hopes of helping someone who may need encouragement through life's path. I also love reading about saints of old and how they made it through because of our faithful God.

Hearing real life stories about your faith can inspire and carry others through difficult times. Consider these words and think of how you can "tell your story" so others can be helped.

"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!

Call back friend. Let your life be the encouragement someone needs as they travel this road. 

By His Grace . . .