What Bud Get

Bud Get in the news

Bud Get in me head

All I hearing is Bud Get

Bud Get heavy as lead

Bud Get came down Tuesday

In the mid-afternoon

And when Bud Get finished

There was no election boom

Bud Get increased taxes

Bud Get more to sob

Bud Get reduced earnings

But at least he got a job

No lay-off Bud Get

Like many people expect

Bud Get still working

He didn’t get reject

Bud Get increased social tax

For the social services

An increase of eight percent

One of the biggest increases

Bud Get to rake in millions

To balance the deficit

Bud Get to raise over half billion

To get the country out a fix

Bud Get praise by some

Bud Get criticize by others

Bud Get all kind of reviews

And some didn’t even bother

Bud Get a divestment

Of a certain large hotel

But Bud Get an investment

That should do us well

Bud Get increased fuel taxes

On diesel and gasoline

More to pay at the pump

A struggle to swim up stream

Bud Get to raise the cost of living

To tweak the foreign reserves

Bud Get credit card horrors

Lifestyle on a downward curve

Bud Get disappointed many

Bud Get surprised a few

But when Bud Get looks back later

He would be happy the economy grew

For that is Bud Get’s mission

To get out of this hole

So in order to fulfil this mission

Bud Get to be bold

What you get Bud Get

And what Bud Get you get

Waistline must reduce

To tighten your belt

Bud Get to sacrifice

Bud Get to sustain

An economy in dire straits

From going down the drain

Bud Get to change lifestyle

Bud Get to adapt

Bud Get to cut and contrive

And build a stronger back

Bud Get to spend less

And Bud Get to prioritize

Bud Get to improve the outlook

With this useful exercise

I don’t envy Bud Get

Neither am I enthralled

Bud Get a lot

But thank God he didn’t take all

Bud Get in my bones

Bud get all through me

More Bud Get before elections?

We will wait and see

Stewart Russell © May, 2017

I Have A Voice

I have a voice

It was given to me

By God the Creator

 The Almighty

It articulates my opinion

And expresses my choice

It gives vent to my feelings

Thank God for my voice

It breaks forth in melodies

And praises to God

It declares His word

And his wonders laud

It explodes in anger

When I am provoked

But calms a friend

Finding it difficult to cope

It is sometimes still

With nothing to say

Then it proclaims loudly

That God is the way

It gives expression

To so many facets

Social and Spiritual

And many other aspects

It can be soft

Or it can be loud

And sometimes what it says

Doesn’t make me proud

It can be hurtful

In its discourse

And has to be restrained

With much needed force

It is expressed in words

That cut and sting

Or in a song

That soothes when I sing

I can use it for evil

Or I can use it for good

I dare say

For the latter I really should

I have a responsibility

When using my voice

To make sure always

I make the right choice

Using it to bless others

And honouring the Lord

Telling of his goodness

And proclaiming his word

Using it to witness

To a world that is lost

Of the Saviour’s love

Expressed on the cross

Of his death and burial

And his resurrection too

And the hope it holds

For me and for you

Announcing his coming

With an assured voice

Convincing the world

To make him their choice

I have a voice

And with it I pray

Lord use this voice

As a blessing today

Stewart Russell © April, 2017

My Prayer: Shaping the World I Touch

Lord, help me this day

In your own unmistakable way

To do all you would have me to do

And say only what you would have me say.

As I live each and every day

Shape me, O Lord, I pray

That I may shape the world I touch

In your own compassionate way.

May my purpose be your plan

May my proximity be your will

And may my personal touch be your design

As my entire being your Holy Spirit fill.

Lord, even as you were touched

By the feelings of my infirmity

May my touch also be one of compassion

As I relate to all in my proximity

Thank you Lord for my proximity

Thank you Lord for my personal touch

Thank you Lord for your purpose

Knowing that what you ask is never too much.

Stewart Russell © April 2017

My God

My God never sleeps

But He is ever awake,

I am forever grateful

For the believer’s sake.

He watches over me

Both night and day

And is ever faithful

Guiding along the way.

His ear is ever tuned

To the believer’s faintest cry

And I can afford to trust Him

And on Him always rely.

In very troubled times

I have no need to fear

For he assures me daily

That He is always here.

Here in my heart and soul

He chooses to reside

And tells me every moment

He is there to abide.

 

He provides for my every need

And some of wants also

And when He says to me “wait”

I wait because He knows.

At times I go before Him

And He has to rein me in

To remind me of the fact

That I must follow Him.

With my lips I must confess

This is not the easiest part

For I feel I see so clearly

That I want to get a start.

But nothing is hid from Him

And I can’t see very far

But in God’s eternal vision

He can see the farthest star.

The enemy is never pleased

When I am walking close to Him

And tries his very worst

To lure me into sin.

Sometimes he succeeds too

In those times I look away

And with his crafty, cunning plan

Gets me to go astray.

 

But alas, my Saviour calls me

As a shepherd calls his sheep

And I respond to his wooing

And wake up from my sleep.

He chastens those he loves

With me ‘tis no exception

For in His love He corrects me

To demonstrate His affection.

My God is kind and loving

And His promises are true,

He sent His Son, our Saviour

Who died for me and you.

I will ever love and trust Him

And in His knowledge grow

His grace and mercy helping me

To love both friend and foe.

My God can be your God too

And do the same for you,

That would make us one big family

With heaven as our view.

Full salvation is promised to all

Who repent of all their sin

And who confess Christ as Saviour

Who accepts all that come to him.

Take this moment to contemplate

The state of your precious soul

And if you should find it lacking

Let Jesus make you whole.

Stewart Russell © 2017

Salvation in No Other

Some people set store by a given day

Some in an organization or denomination,

Some in a church movement or association,

Some by some creed or by indoctrination.

Some may put trust in the Pope

Or in some other very illustrious apostle,

Some prefer their prophets and religious gurus

While others just want to be someone’s disciple.

Some pull passages from the Bible

And upon these will build their doctrine,

Some will make the Bible secondary

And then set store by what is in the discipline.

Some believe it’s in what they do and say

While some trust in their tithe and giving,

Some hold up their self-righteous acts

As though salvation results from one’s living.

A myriad of qualifications are proffered

Concerning the obtaining of salvation

And for some only a minuscule selection

Will avoid the fires of damnation.

Little is said about the Christ of Calvary

And the price he paid for sin

And when mentioned it is so very erroneous

As though everybody will just be gathered in.

Sin is played down on every hand

And sermons about hell not often heard,

God sent Jesus to die for the world

So all and sundry will get to see the Lord.

It is true that all will get to see the Lord

But not in the way that some believe

For some he will be their Saviour

But others his fierce judgment will receive.

You see the path is marked out in blood

The shed blood of the glorious Christ

And only those who come by way of the cross

Will benefit from the Saviour’s sacrifice.

It is not in Mohammed, Buddha or Haile Selassei

In Judaism, Islam or even Christianity,

It is not in Hinduism, Sikhism or Animism

But only through Jesus who is from eternity.

For God so loved the world, the Bible says

That He gave His only begotten Son

And it’s only by the precious blood of Jesus

That a penitent sinner can be won.

And so the Bible makes it crystal clear

That there is salvation in no other,

Jesus is the only name given under heaven

And to trust any other would be a bother.

So if you should hear his voice this day

I entreat you to harden not your heart

For in the coming day of judgment

You do not want to hear “from me depart”.

To all those who believe that for them

It is adherence to some religious guru,

Remember it this same Jesus you will face

And your religious guru will do so too.

He for himself and you for you

For none can stand in another’s place

When the Judge of Heaven sits in His court

And all stand before His face.

The one question I am sure he will ask

Will not be how well you have lived your life

But whether or not you had trusted in him

To deliver you out of sin’s strife.

At that point any other would be a waste

Of your time, your effort and your plea,

For the truth of the matter will come to light

That Jesus is the only Saviour for you and me.

No other name I say

No other name I repeat

Whereby a man can be saved

For all others spell defeat.

Stewart Russell © 2017