amos the churchmouse: changing world same jesus

amos the churchmouse:

a view from under the pew

Editor's note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on a computer keyboard, but he can't operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks - except hyphens and dashes.

changing world same jesus

boss i ran across carrie

chameleon the other day

she was busy transforming

herself to look like green

grass then a pink rock and

finally the brown road

the changes she underwent

amazed me boss but it

caused me to reflect on the

state of the church pew

underworld

there may be a number of folks

who don t believe this

is a century of progress

but no one will deny that

it s a century of change

we ve all heard the cynical

bugs remark - nothing is

permanent except change -

i don t know how it is in

your world boss but events

in the church pew

underworld tumble over

each other with barely

enough time to happen

change is everywhere evident

i ve noticed boss that a

week-old newspaperis as out of date

as a month-old newspaper was

50 years ago

can you imagine the plight

of my friend ziggy the waterbug

who s a current-events lecturer

question mark here boss

by the time he has prepared

his speech and found somewhere

to deliver it - such as the rotary

bugs club - most of his

current events will have already

begun to breathe the fragrance

of lavender and old lace

in such a breath-taking age

boss mice and men alike

look here and there for a

point of permanence

some rely on financial

investments but money

stocks bonds and even gold

seem to have an uncanny knack

these days for unpredictable

roller-coasterrides - and

often set records

for quick getaways

others seek to endure through

fame honors and position

but bricks often follow bouquets

and the famous are soon the forgotten

some rely on friends but

too many friends - like

shadows - follow only in

sunny weather and even the

best must sometime be

called away

how very aware we are that

things don t stay the same

since all of this is true boss

it has come as a tremendous

relief to us in the church

pew underworld to be able

to turn from these

ever-changing scenes to a

straightforward rock-solid

phrase in hebrews thirteen

verse eight - jesus christ

the same yesterday today

and forever

he s the same - no matter

where we are - no matter

where we go - no matter

what our circumstances

no matter what we do

he s always there and

he s always the same

when hearts are faint and

weary this same jesus

speaks gentle rest to those

who come and lean on him

he is our joy our strength

our peace our life and

he is always the same

yesterday today and

forever

amos