Reflection of the Day - 3/11/2009

Today's Mental Image:

While I dreamed ...

While I dreamed ...
... of leading multitudes to Jesus Christ
with words formed by my dying breath:
my neighbor slipped into hell.
... of immunizing and feeding millions of poor,
starving children in foreign lands;
a million children roamed the streets of my
city starved for love.
... of thrilling thousands by singing
God’s glory with the voice of an angel;
a widow cried for the music of laughter or conversation
to break the hum of her refrigerator.
... of testifying to a crowd with standing room only;
a gang of boy stood around on the
street corner bored - on Sunday.
... of writing my memoirs for future generation;
my grandson scratched his creed on a bathroom stall.

 

While I dreamed ...

... of having my face light up the screen of fame;

an abused woman gasped at the fractured face
in her mirror and begged for the beauty of mercy.
... of giving my life for the gospel in the dark of the jungle
a life was torn from a tiny baby in the dark of her mother’s womb.
... of nursing heroics on the war-torn front;
an old man cried alone just down the hall.
... of miracles worked at my hand;
an omnipotent hand stood poised to work a miracle through me.
... of massive outreach;
a mass of people begged for someone to reach out.
... of influencing the men of the world;
my son became a man of the world.

While I dreamed ...
... of "one day when";
one day passed.

While I dreamed ...
... of a ministry to the multitudes;
a multitude of ministries passed by my unseeing eyes ...

                         ... while I dreamed!
                                                 by Pastor Mike Neely

-- "Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord’ and do not do what I say" - Jesus