FOREVER TOGETHER---STEPHEN AND
PAUL
There are 2 men
In my mind from the Bible
That will be forever
Linked together
Stephen---the first Christian
martyr
Who gave up his life for Christ
And Saul---later Paul
Who stood by and approved
Maybe, in fact, even ordered Stephen’s death
Forever together
You and me
Forever linked with God
Forever in God’s word
And in God’s heart
That’s the way it has to be
When they began stoning Stephen
As Saul stood by and watched
Stephen prayed,
“Lord Jesus receive my spirit
Lord do not hold this sin
Against them”
And, of course, God heard Stephen’s prayer
As he hears yours and mine
Out of death---grew life
The death of Stephen---turned in
to
The life of Paul
And the beginnings of Christianity
Picture this
You are a great hater of God
And the new Christian movement
You have persecuted many
Christians
And it is widely known
As you near
The end of your journey
A light flashes around you---a light from Heaven
You get knocked to the ground
And you hear a voice say,
“Saul Saul why do you persecute
me
Go in to the city
And you will be told what to do”
You slowly get up off the ground
You cannot see a thing
Your traveling companions
Don’t know what has happened
The lord sends Ananias
To place hands on you
Scales from Saul’s eyes fall off
Saul can see again
See better than ever
Saul becomes baptized
Filled with the Holy Spirit
And has great vision for God’s new Kingdom
Forever together---Stephen and
Paul
Out of death grows life
Life and the vision for a brand new world
How about you and me
Can our life be converted
Can our life be changed
To a life devoted to God
To a life of loving others
Forever together---Stephen and
Paul
Forever together---you and me
Forever together---God and us
Tell me Lord---can it be
“For whoever wants to save his
life
Will lose it
But whoever loses his life for me
Will find it”
Matthew 16:25
Forever together Lord
You---Stephen---and Paul
Forever together Lord
You and us
Forever together Lord
For out of death comes life
Forever together Lord
You and me
Robert P. Wallman
5-11-11
Ps Today-December 26th, 2012-is
the feast day of Saint Steven
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