77 777

 

 

One seven, two sevens,

Three sevens then four,

If five sevens make up a row

What is the score?

 

If seven is the perfect number

Five times this is it,

Seventy-seven thousand, seven hundred seventy-seven-

The number of blog hits.

 

Today on my blog

That’s the number that showed up,

I know with God in charge

This is more than mere luck.

 

I take none of the credit

It all belongs to God,

It is He that inspires

It is He I applaud. 

 

I thank God for this talent

He has given to me

And to use it for His glory

Is my ministry.

 

I am honoured to serve Him,

My Lord and my King

And any witness I can render

To His service I bring.

 

I also thank all of you

For supporting this blog,

You, the readers have made it

An enjoyable job.

 

 

I will continue to write

As long as God lends me breath,

Meanwhile, to all and sundry,

I wish you happiness and health.

 

Stewart Russell © April 29, 2021

 

Fifty Thousand Hits

Fifty thousand hits!!!

This is not a boast

But just an opportune moment

For me to raise a toast

To every one of you

Taking time each day

To give a little attention

To what I have to say.

Some postings are long

Yet you take the time

To read and then comment,

I think you are very kind.

In the year 2014

This simple blog was started,

It helped to pass the time

Since from work I parted.

Not just to fill the time

But a chance to share

What I believe I was hearing

And a chance for you to hear.

Last year in September

I reached the 500^th post

And to one and every reader

I proposed a toast.

Now the fifty thousandth hit:

A mark you have achieved,

I may write the posts

But you’re the ones that read.

To my God and Saviour

I say a big “thank you”

And to every single reader

I am grateful to you too.

Sometimes I was humorous

Just to lighten up your day

But the more serious postings

Were to help along the way.

  

The issues I discussed

And the objections I raised

Whether you agreed or not

To God be glory and praise.

The credit goes to God

For what has been achieved,

What I do is beyond me

That you must believe.

So raise a glass with me

For your 50 000 hits,

To God we give the glory

For the light that He has lit.

Stewart Russell © January 2019

Thanks

Why are you on my blog?

Reading this I hope,

I thought it was full time

For this thank-you note.

Thanks to every reader

For taking the time

To read these postings

To which I feel assigned.

Many have said,

“Why don’t you write a book?”

But that specific venture

Is not part of my outlook.

I am satisfied to write

As the inspiration comes

And most of it you would notice

Is about God’s Begotten Son.

Every now and again

I may write something light

But that is for laughs

And to make your day bright.

However I’m principally about

One’s soul’s salvation

And the fact that Jesus came

To bring us redemption.

So as you read

Please give attention to your soul

And remember all that is broken

Only Jesus can make whole.

That is the reason he came

And the purpose he died

So that one’s greatest need

In him can be satisfied.

The need of a Saviour

In the person of Jesus Christ

That forgives all our sins

And offers eternal life.

So thank you for reading

Each and every day

But even more than that

Let Jesus have his way.

Stewart Russell © July 2018