Dear Friends,
It is sad, but true, that despite the fact that we have such a wonderful
Savior, we somehow get caught up in so many other things and wander away
from Him. But He is so good that He seeks the wanderer as today’s
attached devotional shows. God bless you.

Because of Calvary,
John Janney

• Jeremiah 2:5 (ESV)

  5 Thus says the Lord:

  “What wrong did your fathers find in me
  that they went far from me,
  and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?

I MET MY MASTER

“I had walked life’s path with an easy tread,

Had followed where comforts and pleasures led;

Until one day in a quiet place ¾

I met my Master face to face.

With station and rank and wealth for my goal,

Much thought for my body but none for my soul,

I had entered to win this life’s made race ¾

When I met my Master face to face.

I had built my castles, reared them high,

Till their towers had pierced the blue of the sky;

I had sworn to rule with an iron mace ¾

When I met my Master face to face.

I met Him and knew Him, and blushed to see

That His eyes full of sorrow were fixed on me;

And I faltered, and fell at His feet that day

While my castles vanished and melted away.

Melted and vanished; and in their place

I saw naught else but my Master’s face;

And I cried aloud: ‘Oh, make me meet

To follow the marks of Thy wounded feet.’

My thought is now for the souls of men;

I have lost my life to find it again

Ever since alone in that holy place

I met my Master face to face.”

[Lorrie Cline]