Cross Over

 

Desirable or undesirable

 Comes into play

Whenever we think of cross over

In its varied ways.

 

There is a cross over

That should be desired

And then there is a cross over

Personally, I could never admire.

 

Two cross overs I can think of

Are related to life,

One of these is eternal

The other is fraught with strife.

 

There are also cross overs

 In everyday life:

These are fairly commonplace

But I will use the word rife.

 

These in themselves

Are neither good nor bad,

Just a matter of difference

That makes someone glad.

 

 

You may put a cross-over

In your speaker box

So that the sound therefrom

Is improved a lot.

 

The music becomes brighter

And certainly, less muddled,

And the tweeter will not be reduced

To just mere rubble.

 

You may want to cross over

A road or a stream

To the side you deem better

Or to take in a different scene.

 

So much for the mundane

I mean relatively speaking:

These two, for contrasting reasons,

People are seeking.

 

Some grow tired

Of the gender they came with

As a result of this anomaly

They make a shift.

 

 

A switch from male to female

Or the other way around,

And then go to great lengths

To state why they are so bound.

 

They may even switch back

If they are not happy with this

As though, on second thoughts,

There is something they miss.

 

This final cross over

Is a person’s primary need,

It is based on the faith principle

Not how a person may feel.

 

 

This is the cross over

To life from death

And it is the only cross over

That gives the soul sweet rest.

 

All the other cross overs

Are man-driven

But this cross over, through Christ,

Man is forgiven.

 

This is the crossover

Which takes us from death to life

Made possible to man

Through Christ’s sacrifice.

 

 

It is the cross over

Into Canaan land:

In the Old Testament it was physical

But to the born-gain

It is God’s eternal plan.

 

Through faith in God

And acceptance of His grace

We can make this cross over

Into that wonderful place.

 

For God so loved the world,

That he gave his only begotten Son,

That whosoever believes in him

Should not perish,

But have everlasting life.

 

Stewart Russell © August 28, 2020

 

Faith in Whom?

 

 

 

What we call faith in God

Is more often than not faith in man,

To impress the human authority

In all of life is our plan.

 

For the job and for the wife

We say we sought God’s plan

But the truth be told in all honesty

Such was always in our hand.

 

God did not choose our job

And neither did He choose our wife

And neither was He responsible

For most of our choices in life.

 

Hopefully they were wise choices

Base on the wisdom from above

Installed in each born-again believer

Because of the Father’s love.

 

Faith in human authority

Has been plagued with many a fall

And even in the case of Christians

Many accuse Almighty God.

 

We put faith in our national leaders

To fulfil the promises they made

But we blame God for our suffering

Whenever these leaders fail.

 

We cannot live out our existence

Without trust in a human source,

That is a certain everyday reality

We must acknowledge, of course.

 

However, we can use godly wisdom

As we choose whom we will trust

While understanding at the same time

The possibility of being crushed.

 

Faith in God: He’ll see us through,

Trust in man: it’s natural to do,

We ride on planes and busses and trains

We are very trusting: both me and you.

 

“I don’t trust a single living soul.”

That is a colossal untruth

And every waking and sleeping moment

Provides unmistakable proof.

 

The arm of flesh will fail us

As is demonstrated in the Word of God,

But the strong arm of God Almighty

Sustains us even when we fall.

 

It is never ever God that fails

But men in whom we must trust,

Let’s put this matter in right perspective

And save us a world of fuss.

 

Stewart Russell © September 8, 2022