Monday's Mourning Ministry - There is a River / I Dare Not Forget...

Jesus' Living Waters...

Monday's Mourning Ministry

There is a River / I Dare Not Forget...

This song from Robert Duvall's movie, "The Apostle," has always inspired me, particularly the verse

And there was a thirsty woman,

She was drawing from a well

You see her life was ruined and wasted,

And her soul was bound for hell...

O but then she met the Master

and He told her of her sin;

He said, "Child, if you'll drink this water,

O You'll never thirst again!”

There is a River

Gaither Vocal Band

(as played in "The Apostle")

There is a river

and it flows from deep within.

There is a fountain

that frees the soul from sin

Come to this water;

there is a vast supply

there is a river

that never shall run dry!

And there was a thirsty woman,

She was drawing from a well,

You see her life was ruined and wasted

And her soul was bound for hell...

O but then she met the Master

and He told her of her sin;

He said, "Child, if you'll drink this water,

O You'll never thirst again!”

O there is a river

and it flows from deep within;

O there is a fountain

that frees the soul from sin!

Come to this water;

there is a vast supply

There is a river

that shall never shall run dry!

Come to this water;

there is a vast supply!

There is a river

that never shall run dry!

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Today, as I listened to "There is a River," I was inspired to write a poem about Merry Katherine's experience with her Saving Lord...

I Dare Not Forget...

In the midst of my grief, dare I forget

my baby's relief that she's in the midst

of her Savior's sweet love - Who paid her debt...

She drank of His love that swallowed her sin; He bidst

her come and follow Him. Her soul cried out

to follow His Love – Who'd died for her to

ransom her soul –

Such love constrained; she cried a shout...

He heard her cry and took her to Him–

She's now by His side, that side that poured out

such love for her, it poured out His life,

His life for hers that she wouldn't die

a sinner's death, but she'd live His life, eternal life,

Life with Him, for Him, beside Him, with His Father

because He was inside her pouring out Life,

Life ever-lasting, Life in His presence, inside His love

inside such waves of Living Water that never run out

that never run dry, but ever give Life and ever give Love.

She's not without hope, not without Him, not without Love,

never again.

I dare not forget He paid her debt

so I'm ever indebted to His dear sweet Love

Who ransomed my soul and ransomed my love

who stands by His side, awaiting me yet...

Song: There is a River – from YouTube – http://bit.ly/6U8b7E

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Poem – I Dare Not Forget – Angie Bennett Prince – January 11, 2010