Heed the gentler way

Heed the gentler way

by Joel Howard 

“God’s order has to work up to a crisis in our lives because we will not heed the gentler way.” Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, 1935

While it’s now, even today 

Son of man, heed the gentler way 

Will you die? Will you pay?

Try to look the other way...

Away from sin which tempts again

Easier now than waiting until then

Easier now to choose the best

Easier now if you choose righteousness 

I can’t count a man 

I can’t remember when

Ever did man choose 

Ever did man say

“God I choose you now”

Only to be let down

Yes it costs all things

But man what grace it brings!

You may like scarlet be

But Jesus makes it clean

It may leave you empty 

But more filled than imagining!

It may cost your life

But you’ll never regret it

Never regret it

So come and get it!

Count the cost today 

Child, come heed the gentler way