1 John 3:3

 
Dear friends,
We’ve been looking at 1 John 3:3, and seeing that once we have hope in Jesus, we want to live pure lives like Jesus. Here’s a devotional poem from Christ-follower Robby Cekander seeing the same. It’s called “Letter to Daddy.”

 

Letter to Daddy

Daddy,

I’m so joyful yet so weak.
There are days I don’t know
if I’ll make it one more week.

I’ve been cut, hurt, replaced.
I’m trying to be patient,
but I want to see your face.

I’m so tired yet still
I have so much energy.
I believe that means
I’m dead and you live in me.

I’m going to get out of bed
because I want you to see
that I live for you and
I want you to be proud of me.

I love you, Daddy!
Your son,
Robby

Devotional poem © 2016 Robby Cekander. Used with permission.

 
Dear friends,
Here’s a devotional poem for today. It’s based on what God’s Word says in 1 John 3:3:

 

BC / AD

BC —
Before Christ,
we reckon backward.
Just as the years
count down to one,
the measure of our life
gets smaller and smaller
until at last life comes to naught.

AD —
but, anno Domini,
in the year of the Lord,
what need have we for BC ways?
We and the calendar repent;
the years get fuller and fuller,
adding and adding more,
until at last life overflows in Him.

Devotional poem © 2016 Michael Himick. Used with permission and based on 1 John 3:3.