When Water Isn't Wet
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By David Vanderpool
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When Water Isn't Wet
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Isaiah 5:20
To say that water isn't wet is simply just absurd but things like this we're told we should believe for when it comes to moral issues this is what we hear if moral relevance we must receive How sad it is that those who lead and want our confidence succumb to such absurdity as this and yet they say we should support their lack of common sense pretending that their ignorance we miss If those who do know right from wrong would vote accordingly this craziness we see would never be for Christians are obliged to take responsibility to honor God and stop this lunacy
David L Vanderpool
This is the first time I have ever written a poem that reflected a political position. I don't want to seem preachy or opinionated, but I am both a preacher and a teacher of Gods Word and I can hardly remain silent given the escalating circumstances of our day. I know that Christianity is not a political position, but we have a responsibility to take part in the governmental process within which God has placed us and I want to do whatever I can to encourage Christians to do so. GOD STILL REIGNS! (Rev. 19:6) He is completely sovereign and a part of believing that God is indeed sovereign means that He has sovereignly given us responsibility and that there are consequences for not taking that responsibility seriously. I know that there is not a preferable choice for the leadership of this nation in the upcoming election, but we must set our preferences aside an vote according to a right conscience before God. I pray that all of my fellow chimers will give this matter the serious attention it deserves.
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Submitted: Sunday, May 22, 2016
Last Updated: Monday, May 23, 2016
About the Poet
I am 58 years old and have lived in the Winona Lake area of Indiana for 16 years with my wife and children. I have written poetry for many years and use it primarily in personal ministry. For most of the past two years I have been recovering from cancer, something that God has used to impact my life in remarkable ways. I wrote a series of poems about the emotional and spiritual struggles that accompany having an illness like cancer. I used these to encourage people I met while going through kemo and radiation therapy. Since then, I have used them to minister to many people who struggle with cancer.
I work with the chaplaincy in the healthcare wing of a local retirement village near my home where two of my three daughers also work. My wife often accompanies me and we find it very rewarding to be involved in the lives of the people who live there.
My website address is http://callofissachar.com (Temporarily inactive)
Other Poems by David Vanderpool
- A Challenge to Fathers
- A Change of Perspective
- A Chapter of My Life
- A Hope That Endures
- A Prisoner of Choice
- A War of Deception
- Alzheimer's Journey
- An All Too Common Struggle
- Angels of Mercy
- As I Begin My Day
- Bumps Are What You Climb On
- Cancer in Our Midst
- Changes of Life
- Choosing Up Sides in the Neighborho
- Comfort or Flame
- Compromise Comes in a Package
- Counterfiet Reality
- Dichotomy
- Do I Hear God Speaking
- Do You Feel Like Quitting
- Everyone Worships
- Fear Can Become Anger
- For Those Who've Traveled Far
- Games Played in the Neighborhood
- God Hears My Heart
- God, I Have Cancer
- Hidden Treasure
- His Guding Promise
- Holding on to Yesterday
- I Come Again
- I Have Sinned
- I Need to Be in Love with God
- I Still Do What I Can
- Interceding Love
- It Seems I Do Most Anything - but P
- Kites Flew High in the Neighborhood
- On Pleasing Self
- Quiet Perspective
- Raise Your Ebenezer
- Reflection of Christ
- Simple Pleasures
- So You Want to Go to Heaven
- The Changes of Life
- The Gift of Youth
- The Great Escape
- The Names of God
- The Neighborhood Store
- The People Inside
- The Point of the Plow
- The World in the Church
- This Religion Thing
- To All My Friends Who Write
- To Love or Not to Love
- To Walk Alone with God
- Too Much Time Alone
- Unchanging Truth in Changing Times
- We Choose What We Love
- What I Know and What I Feel
- What of Sacrifice?
- When Sixty Seemed So Far Away
- When Water Isn't Wet
- Who has What?
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