PAPERBACK BOOK STANDING ON THE ROCK - SPIRIT LIFTING BIBLE VERSES FOR MEN
WRITTEN by JIM GALLERY
ISBN# 1-58334-112-9
BRIGHTON BOOKS 2001
125 PAGES
INSIDE COVER:
GOD BLESSED ME WITH PARENTS WHO MADE CERTAIN THAT I WENT TO CHURCH SO I MIGHT HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND GOD'S TRUTH FOR MY LIFE. AS A SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDENT, I WAS TAUGHT THE WORDS TO A LITTLE SONG WHICH STAYS WITH ME TODAY: THE WISE MAN BUILDS HIS HOUSE UPON THE ROCK. AS WE SANG THAT SONG, WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO ADD HAND AND ARM MOTIONS: FIST UPON FIST FOR THE ROCK, AND WAVY HANDS AND ARMS FOR THE STORMS OF LIFE.
MY SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSMATES AND I HAD LOTS OF FUN SINGING THAT SONG, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR ME WAS THE LESSON I LEARNED, A LESSON THAT HAS STAYED WITH ME TO THIS DAY. THAT LESSON - SIMPLE YET PROFOUND - IS THIS: EVERYONE HAS A CHOICE. WE CAN - INDEED WE MUST - CHOOSE EITHER TO BUILD A LIFE UPON GOD, THE ROCK, OR TO BUILD A LIFE UPON THE SHIFTING SANDS OF THE WORLD'S PHILOSOPHY.
THIS LITTLE BOOK USES SCRIPTURE AND QUOTATIONS TO REMIND THE READER THAT THE LORD IS MY ROCK, AND MY FORTRESS, AND MY DELIVERER; MY GOD, MY STRENGTH, IN WHOM I WILL TRUST. OF COURSE, THE STORMS OF LIFE ARE INEVITABLE. LIFE SOMETIMES SEEMS UNFAIR, CAPRICIOUS, EVEN TRAGIC. BUT WHATEVER OUR CIRCUMSTANCES, ONE CONSTANT REMAINS: OUR DELIVERER. THE MAN WHO PUTS HIS TRUST IN THE LORD WILL ENJOY GOD'S STRENGTH AND WILL LIVE THE VICTORIOUS LIFE THAT HE INTENDS. SO ALL TOGETHER NOW, AND WITH HAND MOTIONS: THE WISE MAN BUILDS HIS HOUSE UPON THE ROCK.
I WOULD RATE THIS PAPERBACK BOOK QUALITY AS A10 (EXCELLENT). IT HAS NOT BEEN READ.
