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Showing posts with label Perry Boardman. Show all posts

July 26, 2024

Destined for a Fall

 There was a people long ago

     Who had great riches, wealth untold;

     They built a city with a wall,

     A kingdom they thought would never fall.


     How they labored unceasingly

     To lay up treasure increasingly;

     They gave no thought to what lay beyond,

     That their kingdom would someday be gone.


     But one by one the stones came down;

     The city was leveled to the ground,

     No more fortune to be found,

     No one left to wear a crown.


     The mighty kingdom fell at last;

     Its beauty's gone, its pleasure's past;

     All was lost they sought to gain,

     Their lives were wasted, their labor vain.


     You can build a kingdom with a mighty wall,

     But like the kingdom long ago, it is destined for a fall,

     Unless Christ the Lord becomes your King

     And ruler of everything.


—Perry Boardman

June 07, 2024

Better Beauty Beyond

The world with its beauty and charms

Comes to me with wide open arms;

Its pleasures allure to embrace

But will end in pain and disgrace.


There is better beauty beyond

That I will enjoy before long;

The most beautiful and the best

Is the One who gives peace and rest.


—Perry Boardman 

May 17, 2024

A Ballast for My Soul

 Life is like a stormy sea

That tosses to and fro,

But God's Word will ever be

A ballast for my soul;

By its truth I'll be held fast

Till I reach heaven's shore

Where I will be home at last

And sail life's sea no more!


—Perry Boardman