CHOOSE WISELY

The course of life is like a race

And every man is on the team

Its valleys or its mountaintops

Are strewn with obstacles between.

Decisions come in various ways

And are the signs that mark the path

But only those who rightly choose

Can see the value of their task.

Some find the race too burdensome

While others seek escape from pain

But only those who follow strong

Will not have run their race in vain.

There is a road each man must take

And only two around each bend

There’s one that leads to heaven’s Shore

The other to a Christless end.

--B. Pent

THE NEW YEAR BEFORE US

The New Year stands before us
The signs speak loud and clear
The end-time is upon us
The choice you make is here.

The prophets tell of trouble
Of nations in distress
With war and famines growing
Of death and loneliness.

Ten nations, Daniel tells us
Will form a single head
And one will try to charm us
By rising from the dead.

The Beast will form a treaty
With Jews and Arabs, too
And all the world will wonder
"Can lasting peace be true?"

Then from the Temple throne
The anti-Christ will speak
As Armageddon forces
Around Jerusalem meet.

The sun will then grow dimmer
The moon will hide its face
As angels pour out judgment
Upon the human race.

A choice demands an answer
You cannot neutral be
It's either Christ or Satan
That marks your destiny.
--B. Pent

MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE

The course of life is like a race
And every man is on the team
Its valleys or its moutaintops
Are strewn with obstacles between.

Decisions come in various ways
And are the signs that mark the path
But only those who rightly choose
Can see the value of their task.

Some find the race too burdensome
While others seek escape from pain
But only those who follow strong
Will not have run their race in vain.

There is a road each man must take
And only two around each bend
There's one that leads to heaven's Shore
The other to a Christless end.
--B. Pent