WHEN TURNED ASIDE TO A QUIET PLACE

[Brother Ben]

The Lord sends the words, every now and then. Jotted this down for a dear friend going through some trying times, thought I'd share it.

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WHEN TURNED ASIDE TO A QUIET PLACE

Weary of the same old road,
And tired from the same old walk,
I turned aside to a quiet place,
Where a Stranger came to sit and talk.

"How's your journey?" Asked he there,
"Have you grown tired in the test?"
"Yes," I said, "The trail tries me,"
"And I just thought I'd take a rest."

"The road grew weary for me, too,"
"I stumbled once beneath the load,"
"Good for me a fellow there,"
"Was able to help me up the road."

And then I saw his nail pierced hands,
I saw the scars upon his brow,
At once I knew this Fellow Traveller,
I fealt his Comforting Presence now.

So, now I'll walk a little further,
The same old road, with all it's length,
But my visit there, in a time of quiet,
Has left me with a Blessed Strength.

"Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light."
Matt. 11:28-30

[rachel4]

Thanks Brother Ben, this is really good!

American Rachel (as opposed to the old Rachel ;D)

[rachel]

Yes, this is very beautiful, brother Ben. Did you write it yourself? Does it have music?

from the Australian Rachel (who is actually younger than the 'new' Rachel, so I'm not really the 'old' Rachel... although I'm not saying that you're 'old', though, other Rachel!).

[rachel4]

Hi Rachel....I meant that I was the old Rachel, so I could be American Rachel instead of Old Rachel, ha ha! Blessings!

[Brother Ben]

I had to reread for a second, all you "Rachels" are getting me confused! ;D

I thought, Rachel, (from Australia, ) could be RachelA,and Rachel from America, could be RachelA...no no no, that won't work. Oh, well, you two will have to figure that out. I'll just continue to look at the screen name and location.

[rachel]

Well, we have divulged into a separate topic complete here...

Sorry about the confusion, other Rachel.

Which, to avoid in future, perhaps just prefixing our nationality before our names? For example, I would be Australian Rachel, and the other one would be American Rachel?

Alternatively, we could be 'Southern Hemisphere Rachel' and 'Northern Hemisphere Rachel'. 'South Aussie Rachel' and 'Indiana Rachel'...