Saturday, March 30, 2013

Five Minute Friday – A Broken Sinner



In the beginning God created man without sin
But with freewill and the ability to choose

On that fateful day, a choice was made
Disobedience…and sin entered the world

From then on, man’s nature was corrupted
Thereafter all were born with a sin nature

I’m a sinner, therefore I sin
I am broken, in need of a Savior

Before the foundations of the world were laid
A plan was made by Omniscient God

Genesis 3:15
A Redeemer was promised

In the fullness of time the Messiah came
Lived a sinless life and gave His life an atonement for sin

It was on the cross
God’s holiness and mercy met

Righteous God was able to dispense grace
To sinful man who is unable to save himself

How can I say that Friday was good
When the Son of God was put to death by sinful man

It was there that my sin debt was paid in full
This broken sinner was forgiven by God

Friday was not the end of the story
Because Sunday was coming

As Christ foretold
He arose from the grave

God gave convincing proof in the Resurrection
My sin debt…was marked paid in full


By Susan Wachtel
March 30, 2013

It’s another Saturday and I participating in Lisa-Jo Baker’s Five Minute Friday writing challenge.  Head over to her website “Lisa Jo Baker Tales from a Gypsy Mama”.  Be sure to read some of the entries from other writers.  I can promise you that you will be blessed.

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Five Minute Friday – I Will Remember



Lord…I will remember You

In times of trouble
I will remember You are my Refuge and Strength

In the darkness
I will remember You are my Guiding Light

When my enemies are closing in
I will remember You my strong Deliverer

When temptation overtakes me
I will remember that You have made a way of escape

When fear grips my heart
I will remember You are my God, mighty to save

When the enemy’s lies overwhelm my thoughts
I will remember and speak forth truth from Your Word

When it seems as if all have abandoned me
I will remember that You promised to never leave nor forsake me

Lord…I will remember
You are Faithful and True and there is no one like my God


By Susan Wachtel
March 23, 2013


It’s another Saturday morn and I participating in Lisa-Jo Baker’s Five Minute Fridaywriting challenge.  Head over to her website “Lisa Jo Baker Tales from a Gypsy Mama”.  Be sure to read some of the entries from other writers.  I can promise you that you will be blessed.

Saturday, March 09, 2013

Five Minute Friday – Not Home Yet




Daily I am reminded
I am not home yet

For I am a stranger
Living in a strange land

A foreigner in a land
Not my own

An ambassador waiting for the King
To call me home before the battle begins

A bride waiting
For the Bridegroom to come take me to the Father’s house

For He has gone
To prepare a place for me

He promised that where He is
There I shall be also

He will come and take me home
And all who proclaim Christ as Lord

We will soon be removed
Before the great and dreadful Day of the Lord begins

When God’s wrath will be poured out
On those who reject God with a hardened heart

Those who close their eyes
In willful blindness

On those who plug their ears
Least they hear the truth and believe

Of God’s promises I am certain
I look back and see His faithful deliverance

I see Noah and his family
Shut in the ark, the door closed by God Himself

Lot and his family were removed before judgment began
Then the Lord rained down brimstone and fire from heaven

The Lord struck down the firstborn of Egypt
But passed over the children of Israel, seeing the blood of the Lamb

I am confident that there is a generation
Who in the twinkling of an eye will be snatched away, caught up

But the dead in Christ will rise first
Together they will be reunited and taken home

Join together with the Bridegroom
At the Marriage Supper of the Lamb


By Susan Wachtel
March 9, 2013

I confess that today I wrote for longer than five minutes. 

It’s another Saturday morn and I participating in Lisa-Jo Baker’s Five Minute Fridaywriting challenge.  Head over to her website “Lisa Jo Baker Tales from a Gypsy Mama”.  Be sure to read some of the entries from other writers.  I can promise you that you will be blessed.