Assembling Of "I-Me-My"

Wouldn’t IT BE Wonderful “IF”,

Folks could assemble Together with ONLY The LORD.

Leaving out ~ALL~ The “Me-I-Mys”,

That toot their “OWN” Horns for fleshly reward.

Where THE Holy Spirit Abides

He Testifies of The Father and The Son.

Bringing to ~Mind~ The Words Jesus Spoke

Drawing us together with THEM AS One.

Sadly so many Meeting Houses

Have leaders that lift themselves up on the shelf,

With “I” did this, “My” family IS That,

AS for “ME”, “I” really “Think” this IS For “Myself.”

Either, ~ALL~ About “ME”, OR “MY” fleshly gain

“MY” Riches, “MY” Fortunes, OR “MY” Fame,

OR, ~Poor Ole~ “ME”, can’t you ~ALL~ see

The financial bind, of “MY” Pain?

When ~ALL~ is said and ~ALL~ is done

The Meeting Together ended and departed,

One must stop, look, and scratch their head,

Wondering DID God’s Praise ever get started?

For we were called to assemble ourselves

Together to Honor HIS Holy Name,

But ~ALL~ that ever got declared

Was fleshly human pain or gain…

What Ever Happened TO:

“Preach ~The Word~, Be Instant IN & Out OF Season,

Rebuke, Exhort with ~ALL~ longsuffering and *Doctrine*.”

Did man get lost IN His Own Way of Reason?
In Assembling ourselves together for purpose,

OF ~Exhorting~ one another in The Word.

Won’t keep one strong in the end, *IF*,

Worldly pain or gain IS ALL That’s Ever Heard.

*IF* the ~Exhortation~ IS IN the ways of man

What “I” have ~Accomplished~ in this life.

For IF One has lived His life IN Christ,

Then IT IS Mirrored in ones speech, not strife.

IT Shows forth in the way one conducts themselves,

The clothing upon ones back,

The manner of speech, the way we teach

IT ISN’T found in a Bankers Sack.

OR Trophies of contest winners,

Ones who struggle to get to the top of the heap,

OF worldly rewards of silver, gold,

None of which will our souls ~Prove~ to Keep.

BUT There IS Only *ONE* Worth the Honor

OF Praising, OF Lifting HIS Holy Name Above,

That IS God The Father IN Heaven Which Sends,

Through HIS Son, Jesus Christ, “HIS ETERNAL LOVE.”

First Rights Composed 01-08-2012

By: Charlotte A. Barfield