What/Who We Need Most...(To Get From Here to There)

A stunning sunrise to kick off a new week to...who knows what?!! For football fans, the countdown to who will make it to the 2024 super bowl is on! Golfers have been delighting fans with some history-making highlights!Yesterday an !! Did you happen to see any of winner, Steve Alkers amazing shots this past Friday and Saturdayat the Last week the winner of the Sony open was Grayson Murray! He has been open about the demons he battles in his personal life, which affected and impeded his game! When asked what the difference is in his life now, he answered immediately thathis fiancée, but above that, Jesus Christ has made the difference! For, no matter how sweet the kick, the toss, the shot, the triumphit will never be enough to satisfy our need. Thrills soon fade... 1 John 2:15-16Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?*** We need more than this world’s finesse, to get from here to ThereWe need more than man’s promises, on which to cast our careWhere, though we need each other to cheer us along the wayTo help us as we weather ups and downs from day to dayOur kindest word or dearest deed are inept on their ownTo satisfy the need this world cannot fill or atone We need Jesus, nobody else can save us from our sinsOr help us into heaven when eternity beginsOr hear our prayers or see into our heart of hearts to knowThe truth without excuse, idols He longs to overthrowThe spirit, oh, so willing, and the flesh, weak as can beWithout His Spirit instilling, ‘not I, but Christ in me’ We need more than this world can boast of season-severed stringsNo matter what success we toast, these are all fleeting thingsThe love of family and friends, as precious as they areWill never be enough to rend and fling Heav’n’s gates ajarWe need Jesus; His Name is Wonderful, Mighty to saveHe fits us for the flight that thunders through the lifeless grave When all is said and done; the gap that gaped twixt here and ThereDissolved; when we have run the final lap of worldly careWe need more than this world can give; the whole world not enoughTo take the place of ‘’; God’s gift of grace and loveIs Jesus; we all need Him; Savior, Shepherd, Father, FriendFor this world’s greatest favor is but vapor in the end © Janet Martin